That “fridge cigarette” might be accelerating your cognitive decline. A new study out of Brazil determined that popular ...

A long-term study of Brazilian adults found that higher intake of several widely used artificial sweeteners was linked to faster cognitive decline, especially in people under 60 and those with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sucralose is a key ingredient in some artificial sugar substitutes. - Aleksei Bezrukov/iStockphoto/Getty Images/File A growing ...

Brace yourself for some not-so-sweet news: People who ingest high levels of artificially sweetened foods are on a faster path to cognitive decline, a new study suggests. Researchers who published ...

We all know having too much sugar in our diet is bad, but now there has been an associated link between artificial sweeteners ...

The association didn't seem significant among the over-60s in a study.

Sugar substitutes are readily available in restaurants throughout the country — but they may be confusing the brain and make people "feel" hungrier than they really are, a new study suggests.

Your brain may be able to tell the difference between a diet soda and a regular sugary drink, even if they taste exactly the ...

Flavored yogurt often contains added sugars and artificial flavors that can turn a healthy snack into dessert. Choose ones ...

What was studied: Whether kids who eat certain sweeteners (like aspartame, sucralose, glycyrrhizin, and added sugar) may face a higher risk of early puberty — especially when they carry genes that ...