Support local journalism. A digital subscription is incredibly affordable and worth its weight in gold. Click here and subscribe today. When it comes to sugars, fructose is the most controversial of ...

Does sugar cause inflammation? Here, experts explain what happens to your body when you eat sugar, plus steps you can take to limit the effects.

But in that category of added sugars, there’s an array of sweeteners that are often seen as more “natural” or healthier than ...

Chemically, there are many different types of sugar. But for dietary purposes, there are only two kinds of sugars you need to concern yourself with: naturally occurring sugars and added sugars.

Think that all sugars are the same? They may all taste sweet to the tongue, but it turns out your body can tell the difference between glucose, fructose and sucrose, and that one of these sugars is ...

July 5, 2007 -- Fructose, a sugar used for sweetening most soft drinks in the United States and elsewhere, has been linked to an increased atherogenic profile relative to glucose in a short-term study ...

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Consuming high fructose corn syrup appears to be as bad for your health as consuming sugar in the form of fructose alone, according to a new study from researchers at the University of California, ...

Hereditary fructose intolerance is markedly different to a food allergy. A food allergy involves the immune system reacting to a food – for example, cow's milk protein – as if it's harmful to the body ...