For decades, dietary guidelines have painted sugar with a broad brush. But a sweeping new study suggests the story is more ...

Linda says you would be amazed at what you can use sugar for besides cooking.

A recent BYU study shows that not all dietary sugars carry the same risks. In the largest and most comprehensive ...

Sugar is the energy produced by plants when exposed to sunlight. In nutrition terms, it is a carbohydrate — a compound of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.

The scientists are pointing the finger at the sucrase-isomaltase (SI) gene, which plays a key role in breaking down sucrose (also known as table sugar) and maltose (a less sweet compound found in ...

“However, that being said, there are some sugars that are harder for our bodies to digest and can have a larger impact on our overall health, such as high-fructose corn syrup and sucrose.

HFCS is cheaper and usually sweeter than sucrose, sugar made from cane or beets. Is there any biological difference? “Not enough to fuss about,” says Marion Nestle, professor of nutrition at N ...

The bond between the oxygen and hydrogen atoms (O–H bond) in sugar (sucrose) gives the oxygen a slight negative charge and the hydrogen a slight positive charge. Sucrose is a polar molecule. The polar ...