Parents often stress about their kids’ sugar intake, but it can be hard to know how much is too much – or what to do about it. Glucose – a simple sugar that forms the basis of most carbohydrate-rich ...

Whether it’s your morning cup of joe, your afternoon snack, or your evening dessert, sugar is included in everything. To many ...

Your brain runs on sugar—literally. Glucose is the brain’s preferred energy source, providing the fuel it needs to remember everything from the words of your favorite song to the fastest way to drive ...

Eating too much junk food early in life may rewire the brain in ways that last into adulthood, even after switching to a ...

As concern grows about the long-term health effects of modern diets, new research led by the University of Technology Sydney ...

Added sugar leaves permanent scars on memory circuits, preventing full brain recovery even after switching to a healthy diet.

We often hear about how sugar affects our waistlines, but how does it affect our brain? Could its effect on our brain reward systems prompt us to continue to eat sugary foods and drinks? Watch the ...

After adjusting for factors such as age, sex, high blood pressure, and cardiovascular disease, researchers found that the highest intake group had a 62 percent faster decline in overall thinking and ...

Consuming large amounts of junk food early in life may cause lasting changes in the brain, even if a person later adopts a ...

In a recent study published in the journal Science Advances, researchers tested whether low, clinically relevant doses of metformin lower blood glucose via inhibition of Ras-related protein 1 (Rap1) ...