Artificial sweetener

An artificial sweetener is a man-made sugar substitute that provides a sweet taste with little to no calories, often used in place of sugar.

Diet & Nutrition

Long-term aspartame intake sabotages brain and heart function

In the first long-term and real-world reflective study of its kind, scientists have uncovered new detrimental health impacts of the artificial sweetener aspartame that echoes those found in shorter research.
Wellness and Healthy Living

Diet drinks linked to 88% higher risk of gestational diabetes

Pregnant women who drink five or more diet beverages a week face up to an 88% higher risk of gestational diabetes, according to a major new study linking artificial sweeteners to pregnancy complications.
Diet & Nutrition

Artificial sweeteners linked to 60% acceleration in cognitive decline

While artificial sweeteners were once touted as healthy alternatives to sugar, research continues to prove otherwise. Yet another study has now come along saying that six popular sweeteners might be truly terrible for our brains.