Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A large study suggested Thursday that artificial sweetener could be associated with a higher risk of heart disease, however experts urged caution about the findings. Sweeteners are consumed by millions every day in products like diet soda, partly as a way to avoid weight gain from sugar—but the healthiness of these substitutes has...
Tag: <span>Sweet</span>
Post
Sickly sweet or just right? How genes control your taste for sugar
by Daniel Liang-Dar Hwang, The Conversation Credit: CC0 Public Domain You might love sugary doughnuts, but your friends find them too sweet and only take small nibbles. That’s partly because your genes influence how you perceive sweetness and how much sugary food and drink you consume. Now our recently published study shows a wider range of genes at...