Saccharin is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in drinks, drink mixes, and processed foods. It is also approved as a tabletop and baking sweetener. While saccharin is 200 to ...

Many people turn to artificial sweeteners to reduce their sugar consumption and cut calories, reducing their risk for obesity, heart disease and diabetes. Yet, some research has suggested too much ...

Think saccharin is unsafe? You may want to think again. Saccharin was first identified as a hazardous, potentially cancer-causing chemical by the Food and Drug Administration in the 1970s. But since ...

Many people, whether they are diabetic or just looking to reduce calories, want to eliminate refined, white sugar from their diets. However, it can be confusing and controversial to tell what to use ...

New research findings from The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center found that the artificial sweetener saccharin did not alter the gut microbiota or induce glucose intolerance (an indicator of ...

Saccharin is noted as being the first artificial sweetener, outside of the toxic Lead(II) acetate, and the first product to offer a cheap alternative to cane sugar. Interestingly enough, like the ...

Saccharin, a main ingredient in many artificial sweeteners, could do far more than just keep our waistlines trim. According to new research, this popular sugar substitute could potentially lead to the ...

A new study has found that the sugar substitute saccharin doesn't lead to the development of diabetes in healthy adults. For those trying to live a healthy lifestyle, the choice between sugar and ...

For the first time since the 1970s, Canadians are about to taste the sweetness of saccharin. After years of discussion, Health Canada quietly decided last month to permit the sweetener in gum, pop and ...

Too much sugar will make you fat, but too much artificial sweetener will … do what exactly? Kill you? Make you thinner? Or have absolutely no effect at all? This week marks the 40th anniversary of the ...

DIET COKE is one of science’s great miracles. Ordinary Coca-Cola relies on lashings of sugar to achieve its trademark sickly sweetness—15.9 grams per can, or about a third of the total daily intake ...

Think saccharin is unsafe? You may want to think again. Saccharin was first identified as a hazardous, potentially cancer-causing chemical by the Food and Drug Administration in the 1970s. But since ...