How to beat the sugar rush.

We've survived the stretch between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day, when rich, sweet treats come at us non-stop. Now is the season of reform, when gym memberships, cleanse books and weight-loss plans ...

As a registered dietitian nutritionist, I spend lots of time talking to people about their eating habits and how they feel about food. I've found that focusing on details like exactly how many grams ...

A friend and I were talking the other day about our addiction to sugar and fatty comfort foods (think cookies, cake, chocolate). We do so well for a while, and then somehow find ourselves back at it, ...

Are you or someone you know addicted to sugar? Feel the need to have that afternoon candy bar? Dr. Jonny Bowden, known as The Nutrition Mythbuster, visited the ABC7 studio to talk about how to kick ...

Imagine your body is a high-end smartphone that hasn't been rebooted in years. It’s lagging, the battery drains instantly, and the "background apps" — your internal organs — are struggling under the ...

What's all the hype about sugar? Why is it so bad for people? S.S., Shepherd, Mont. Let's begin with a little sugar trivia: A 20-ounce bottle of Coke contains 17 teaspoons of sugar. In colonial times, ...

A Nigerian health expert has raised an alarm over the dangers of refined sugar, warning that it is more addictive than cocaine and poses a major risk to public health. Associate Professor of Public ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I Stopped Eating Sugar for a Week and Here’s What Happened As a dietitian, I’m the first to tell you that too much of anything ...

Hoebel and researchers in the department of psychology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute have demonstrated patterns of craving and relapse, the third and final stage of addiction, that had ...

Some researchers compare the overuse of refined sugar to drug addiction. Source: Myriams-Fotos/Pixabay/Used with Permission Something happens in the brain of a drug ...