When it comes to sugar-free drinks and products, most of the world is split. Sodas like Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Canada Dry Zero and Pepsi Zero have a huge following. Others find diet drinks and sugar ...

New findings are pushing researchers to explore coffee’s potential influence on an enzyme central to how the body converts carbohydrates into blood sugar.

Sea cucumbers scrub the seafloor. Soon, they might scrub out cancer. A team of researchers from the University of Mississippi, Ole Miss, and Georgetown University has discovered a sugar compound in ...

Share on Pinterest Scientists are looking into a natural compound found in olives to manage obesity and type 2 diabetes. Juan Moyano/Stocksy Obesity raises a person’s risk of developing type 2 ...

Gut microbes that were thought to feed exclusively on dietary fiber also get fed sugar from our guts, from which they produce short-chain fatty acids that are crucial to many body functions. The ...

UC Davis researchers have shown that an enzyme produced by beneficial microbes in babies' intestines is able to harvest specific sugar compounds from human breast-milk and cow's milk. The discovery ...