Gnawing Questions: Is Sugar From Fruit The Same As Sugar From Candy?
Stories about the harms of sugar have consumers wondering whether they should put the apple back on the shelf.
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Artificial Sweeteners Don't Help People Lose Weight, Review Finds
It's easy to think that artificial sweeteners are a health win. But a review of research finds that there's no evidence they help people lose weight, and they may be associated with other problems.
My Food Struggle In Pictures: When What I Ate Made Me 'Good' Or 'Bad'
For the writer and her sister, the family's tendency to talk about food choices in moral terms triggered an unhealthy obsession with eating and a skewed sense of self-worth.
How Much Is Too Much? New Study Casts Doubts On Sugar Guidelines
An industry-funded study questions the evidence behind guidelines on daily sugar intake. Public health experts call the controversial findings an industry attempt to undermine scientific consensus.
The Final Days Of Hawaiian Sugar
The sugar industry in Hawaii dominated the state's economy for over a century. But it has shrunk in recent years. Now, the last of the state's sugar mills has wrapped up its final harvest.
This Scientist Is Trying To Unravel What Sugar Does To The Brain
Molecular biologist Monica Dus is studying fruit flies to understand how a high sugar diet affects the brain and leads to overeating and obesity. And she just won a big grant to dig deeper.
50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists To Point Blame At Fat
Documents show that in the '60s, the sugar industry funded Harvard researchers who, examining risk factors of heart disease, dismissed concerns about sugar and doubled down on the dangers of fat.
Evaporated Cane Juice? Puh-leeze. Just Call It Sugar, FDA Says
Companies cultivating a healthful image often list "evaporated cane juice" in their products' ingredients. But the FDA says it's really just sugar, and that's what food labels should call it.
An 'Added Sugar' Label Is On The Way For Packaged Food
The Food and Drug Administration has brushed aside industry objections and will require food labels to disclose how much sugar has been added to packaged food.
As Big Candy Ditches GMOs, Sugar Beet Farmers Hit A Sour Patch
As companies shun genetically modified ingredients, they're buying more sugar extracted from sugar cane rather than beets. Sugar beet farmers are thinking of going back to conventional beets.