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 ...

Stopping viruses before they strike is a key challenge in public health. A research team led by Associate Professor Li Dan from the Department of Food Science and Technology at National University of ...

MADISON - Though in clinical use for decades, a small, sweet-tasting compound is revealing a startling new face as a potential cure for epilepsy. 2-deoxy-glucose, or 2DG, has long been used in radio ...

Many pathogens use certain sugar compounds from their host to help conceal themselves against the immune system. Scientists at the University of Bonn have now, in cooperation with researchers at the ...

Coffee not just gives you energy but is capable of much more. According to a new study, certain compounds found in roasted coffee beans can slow how quickly sugar enters the bloodstream, a finding ...

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 ...

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a new biomimetic concept to convert naturally occurring sugars into diverse classes of stable glycosides and glycoproteins ...

A recent discovery reveals a novel physiological phenomenon linking the gut microbiome to sugar metabolism, potentially paving the way for new diabetes treatments. The Industrial Revolution 150 years ...