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Nestle creates game-changing chocolate – and holds the added sugar

Many bottled coffee drinks are absolute sugar bombs — here's the healthiest ones to sip

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Sugar substitutes: Is one better or worse for diabetes? For weight loss? An expert explains

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Apple's high-tech blood glucose monitors are slowly hitting store shelves

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A team of researchers myth-busted the idea of 'sugar rushes'

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Eating an unhealthy diet might be more deadly than smoking, study finds

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Petition asks FDA to regulate misleading advertising on food packaging

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Peeps will open its Bethlehem factory to the public for the first time ever

New study finds soda more likely to cause diabetes than other sweets

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6 ways to recover from a Halloween-induced sugar hangover

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The scientific reason you can’t eat just one piece of Halloween candy

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This 'healthier' Halloween candy option is not worth your time – and 'troubles'

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Children's Health

The big problem with our over-sugared children in America

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Drexel study shows at least one benefit of the Philadelphia soda tax

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Federal Donuts made a Peeps-inspired doughnut that looks way better than actual Peeps

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There are 15 teaspoons of sugar in a grande Starbucks Unicorn Frappuccino

Infrequently Asked Questions: What's the difference between the sugar substitutes?

Bad For You - Mountain Dew Black Label and Pitch Black

Carroll - Bad For You Energy Drinks

Mindful Mondays

Enough sugar-coating of the facts

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Listen to your body: Our family’s #1 food rule

Local candy shops to visit for National Marzipan Day

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