It is with great dismay that I peruse diet blogs and Web sites to find people extolling the virtues of artificial substances as weight-loss aids. People, we were not meant to eat synthetically created... Read more >>

Most of us have folks in our families who can’t tolerate sugar like they used to raises her hand. They usually end up being left out in the cold when it comes to serving up treats. This drink... Read more >>

The average American eats the equivalent of 20 teaspoons of sugar a day. Most of the intake is from corn sweeteners, used heavily in sodas and other sweetened drinks. The remainder is from sucrose... Read more >>

I remember my first conscious exposure to artificial sweeteners. A friend in college baked an entire batch of cookies with a calorie-free sugar substitute and offered me one. My reaction: I can eat… Read more >>