Your favorite sugar-free treats may be damaging your heart health. Higher amounts of the low-calorie sweetener xylitol, often marketed as a healthy sugar substitute, is linked to an increased risk of ...

An artificial sweetener known as sugar alcohol has never sounded like the healthiest thing for people. Turns out, it may not be. The researchers said they found the associations in a large-scale ...

Consuming too much sugar alcohol can cause side effects such as laxative effects and digestive symptoms like bloating and gas ...

Losing weight is something nearly every American wants to do but, like a lot of things, it's not always good for your health. Case in point: xylitol, the sugar substitute that's used in a lot of ...

Editor’s note: Dr. Lee Pickett has retired, but Creators continues to distribute columns from her archive. This one is from 2020. Q: Hercules, the dog I recently adopted, needs to take medicine that ...