The findings suggest that perception and labeling can measurably shape how people experience sweet foods and drinks.

Study reveals sugar triggers memory storage in the brain, offering clues to stress-related eating and learning processes.

Brain study reveals memories stick when learning triggers a brief “energy emergency” in glucose-sensing neurons.

Many people know that too much sugar can harm the heart and waistline, but growing evidence shows it may also impact the brain. Research suggests that high sugar intake could increase the risk of ...

Parents often stress about their kids’ sugar intake, but it can be hard to know how much is too much – or what to do about it. Glucose – a simple sugar that forms the basis of most carbohydrate-rich ...

Harmful sugar made by gut bacteria can trigger immune damage connected to two devastating brain diseases. This data points to ...

Sugar and hunger shape human memory. That is the conclusion reached by a team of French scientists at the Paris Laboratory of ...

Christmas and New year revelries are around the corner. It is a season in which many persons eat and drink to stupor. I am concerned more about sugary drinks and their inescapable effects on blood ...

Sugar: natural reward, unnatural fix In neuroscience, food is something we call a “natural reward.” In order for us to survive as a species, things like eating, having sex and nurturing others must be ...

A well-known diabetes drug may influence the brain.

While most discussions often emphasise the dangers of high blood sugar (hyperglycemia), low blood sugar can also be extremely ...