Food is sustenance, providing macronutrients, vitamins, minerals, and, of course, calories. But whether naturally or through artificial ingredients like non-caloric sweeteners, some foods and drinks ...

Here's how to stay in a deficit safely. If you’re trying to lose weight, it’s natural to want an efficient solution. During ...

Not all zero-calorie sugar substitutes are as sweet as they might seem. New research suggests that sucralose — one of the most popular artificial sweeteners on the market — messes with a brain region ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- New research looks at your brain on fake sugar. About 40% of Americans regularly consume sugar substitutes, usually as a way to reduce calories or sugar intake. But could these ...

Sometimes you just want to indulge in a creamy, delicious bowl of ice cream. But when it becomes a daily habit, it can quickly derail your healthy eating goals. A decade ago, finding lower-calorie ...

US consumers favor caloric sweeteners like honey, brown sugar and sucrose over their no- or low-calorie counterparts, despite shoppers acknowledging the health benefits of sweeteners like stevia, ...

Intermittent fasting has been sold as a metabolic shortcut, but a new German study suggests the clock alone won’t save us. When people ate within strict time windows but didn’t cut calories, there ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor and has been writing about health, fitness, and science here since 2015. Beth was the recipient of the 2017 Carnegie Science Award in science ...