Artificial Sweeteners

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    Best-selling ‘fruit’ drinks for kids deemed unhealthy in new study: ‘Parents tell me they’ve been tricked’

    A new study that looked at 34 popular children's sweetened fruit drinks found they often contain added sugar or artificial sweeteners (and in some cases, both). And many of them don't contain any fruit juice.

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    Sugar-free diet sodas linked to higher risk of death

    Time to ditch the diet soda, if you haven't already. A new study links sugar-free, artificially-sweetened soft drinks with a higher risk of death.

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    Scientists: We've Fixed Stevia's Bitter Aftertaste

    Researchers tested the end result in orange juice and say the sweetness held up.  Related: When It Comes to Your Diet, Variety Is Not the Key “It’s a chemical-free, economical, and purely physical interaction-based approach to control Reb A’s interaction with taste receptors, which will bolster its taste profile,” says the lead author of the study in Food Chemistry, using the shortcut for rebaudioside A. Related: A Growing Food Concern: Obsession With ‘Clean Eating’ Stevia has gained popularity