#SweetEners

While artificial sweeteners may offer a temporary bridge for those looking to rapidly reduce their sugar intake, they are not a harmless free pass.

Recent studies have suggested that sugar substitutes might not be the free lunch they're advertised as. We asked experts what they thought.

Grandchildren of mice fed artificial sweeteners had altered glucose tolerance and gut bacteria, without ever eating them.

Artificial sweeteners like sucralose and stevia may pass along metabolic and genetic changes to future generations, according to a mouse study published in Frontiers in Nutrition.