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Researchers Compare Nutritional Value of Infant and Toddler Foods

December 4, 2019

New study shows that such foods sold in pouches have lower nutritional value than products sold in jars and other packaging...

Sugar Delivered to Earth from Space

November 21, 2019

First evidence of bio-essential sugars in meteorites

Too Much Sugar Doesn't Put the Brakes on Turbocharged Crops

November 12, 2019

Recent research into highly productive crops such as maize and sorghum show the secret to their productivity could lie in the...

Searching for the Characteristics of Award-Winning Wine

September 20, 2019

Researchers' analysis shows large wine challenges tend to favor wines with high ethanol and sugar levels

Sugar Alters Compounds That Impact Brain Health in Fruit Flies

September 6, 2019

This finding could tell researchers why behaviors that change with the internal energy state, such as food intake, learning a...

Higher Consumption of Soft Drinks Linked with an Increased Risk of Mortality

September 5, 2019

This is the main highlight of a study published today in JAMA Internal Medicine, based on a population of about 452,000 peopl...

Vanilla Makes Milk Beverages Seem Sweeter

June 25, 2019

Research subjects' responses indicate that with the addition of vanilla, the added sugar content in flavored milk could poten...

High-Sugar Diet Deadens Sweet Tooth, Promotes Overeating in Flies

May 17, 2019

After feeding fruit flies a high-sugar diet, the flies’ taste neurons triggered a molecular chain-reaction that hampere...

No Such Thing as 'Sugar Rush'

April 5, 2019

Sugar does not improve any aspect of mood and can even worsen it, according to new research

Researchers Advance in the Development of 'Papaya Sugarcane'

April 3, 2019

The findings pave the way for using biotechnology for the genetic manipulation of sugarcane to boost the production of s...

High-Fructose Corn Syrup Promotes Intestinal Tumors in Mice

March 26, 2019

Consuming a daily modest amount of high-fructose corn syrup accelerates the growth of intestinal tumors in mouse models, inde...

Fruit Flies Help to Shed Light on the Evolution of Metabolism

January 4, 2019

What are the underlying genetic changes of animal metabolism?

Sugar Targets Gut Microbe Linked to Lean and Healthy People

December 27, 2018

The gut microbiota plays a key role in human health, and its composition is associated with diet

Getting Yeast to Make Artificial Sweets

December 20, 2018

A report describes a way to prepare large quantities of stevia using yeast

Food for Thought

November 5, 2018

Two indigenous populations give anthropologists a glimpse into how diet, and western eating habits, impact health

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