sweetener

This morning I visited a local coffee shop. I ordered a tea and went and picked up some sweetners. I'm recently diagnosed so not used to unsweetened tea yet! I checked the back of the packet just out of curiosity as to what type of sweetener it was. I was surprised to see an ingredient I...

Increased awareness of the health consequences of eating too much sugar has fueled a dramatic uptick in the consumption of zero-calorie artificial sweeteners in recent decades. However, new research finds sugar replacements can also cause health changes that are linked with diabetes and obesity...

Too much refined sugar is blamed for a wave of obesity and ill-health, so the search is on for the perfect sweetener. But it's not an easy task, writes Michael Mosley. I have had a love affair with sugar that has lasted all of my life. I adore the sweet stuff and in my youth knocked back...