One study showed that drinking blood orange juice for a month increased the number of gut bacteria that produce short-chain ...

Have you ever felt a surge of energy after eating something sweet, only to crash hard a little while later? Or maybe you’ve noticed that once you start eating sugar, it feels almost impossible to stop ...

All of our cells use sugar as an energy source. Eating too much added sugar can increase your risk of chronic diseases, including cancer. Foods with naturally occurring sugar, such as fruit, have ...

Brown sugar and cinnamon are both sweeteners that add a flavor, scent, and coloring to food and drinks. They each contain ...

A doctor explains how intermittent fasting affects your blood sugar and what to know before starting if you have diabetes or blood sugar concerns.

Diabetes affects the body’s ability to move sugar out of the bloodstream and into cells. Eating sugar when you have diabetes increases blood sugar and may cause headaches, difficulty concentrating, ...

Diet Coke contains no sugar and has little direct impact on blood sugar. Still, drinking it too often may carry potential health risks. Does Diet Soda Affect Blood Sugar? Diet soda contains aspartame ...

New research suggests that limiting sugar during pregnancy and the first two years of life can have lasting benefits for our heart health. The study, published in the medical journal The BMJ, looked ...

Energy drinks offer a temporary energy surge but often lead to fatigue due to dehydration, sugar crashes, and caffeine ...

As Halloween and other indulgent holidays come up on the calendars, people are likely to enjoy more sweet treats. But it won’t only be the individual enjoying that extra rush of sugar; the bacteria ...

In the short term, high blood sugar can cause neurological symptoms, ranging from lethargy to trouble focusing and altered mental status, sometimes referred to as "brain fog." In the long term, it may ...