In today’s fast paced world, sugar seems to be everywhere in our morning cereals, mid day snacks, sauces, beverages, and even in seemingly “healthy” foods like granola bars and yogurt. It’s sweet, ...

Here’s Exactly What Happens to Your Brain if You Quit Sugar Cold Turkey originally appeared on Parade. There’s no sugar-coating it: Decades of scientific research show that a diet high in added sugar ...

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, ...

Though diet soda isn’t inherently bad for you, studies have linked regular consumption of it to potential health concerns. Limiting your intake is key.

Stores of glucose in the brain could play a much more significant role in the pathological degeneration of neurons than scientists realized, opening the way to new treatments for conditions like ...

Sometimes (or, um, many times), your body decides it wants a bag of Sour Patch Kids or a chocolate bar, stat. Whether they hit every day or once in a while, sugar cravings are simply a fact of life.

If you’ve ever sworn off sugar on a Sunday night only to find yourself face-deep in a donut by Wednesday afternoon, you’re not broken – you’re human. And your brain is literally working against you.

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 ...

Although metformin has been the go-to medication to manage type 2 diabetes for more than 60 years, researchers still do not have a complete picture of how it works. Scientists at Baylor College of ...