Researchers examined how common dietary sweeteners, including table sugar (sucrose) and high-fructose corn syrup, affect ...

Whether you’ve been scrolling through food content on social media in the past year or you’re someone who’s always tuned in to wellness trends, it’s likely you’ve heard about people eating certain ...

Turn on the TV and there's an ad promoting it, or a different ad promoting its absence. In a grocery store, choose your Raisin Bran with - or proudly without - it. But what exactly is high-fructose ...

Fructose, a common sugar found in the U.S. diet, may cause changes in the brain that trigger a person to overeat, a new brain imaging study shows. After drinking a fructose beverage, the brain doesn't ...

A new review suggests fructose has unique metabolic effects that drive obesity, fat accumulation and metabolic disease beyond what glucose alone causes.

NEW YORK -- Although it negates the dumping of glucose directly into the bloodstream, fructose may not be an ideal sweetener for diabetics, researchers said here. Its links with hypertension, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David DiSalvo writes about science, tech and culture. The study is the first to examine all of the gene networks affected by ...

A study published last week in the journal Philosophical Transactions found that fructose intake fuels obesity and conditions such as diabetes and fatty liver disease. The World Health Organization ...

The soaring rates of diabetes in the United States and many other developed countries over the past three decades has been generally blamed on obesity. We're getting fatter, and that puts us at risk ...

"Most people do not realize that the liver is responsible for processing much of what you consume." Over time, certain ...

Fructose, a form of sugar linked to obesity and diabetes, is converted in the human brain from glucose, according to a new study. The finding raises questions about fructose's effects on the brain and ...