by Office | Aug 4, 2022 | Diet & Nutrition, Mouth-Body Health, Oral Health
There are lots of reasons why so much sugar gets added to ultra-processed food products. Adding sweetness is only the most obvious one. Sugar is also used as a preservative and to help fermentation along. It can act as a coloring or bulking agent. It can modify... 
by Office | Apr 14, 2022 | Diet & Nutrition
Kicking a sugar habit is hard, especially since we humans are hardwired to love the stuff. It doesn’t help that sugar is so prevalent in so many products. Many wind up turning to artificial sweeteners to get the sweetness they crave minus the health risks that come... 
by Office | Dec 16, 2020 | Diet & Nutrition, General Health & Wellness
One of the oft-mentioned upsides of stevia is that it has no apparent downsides. But now a new study in Molecules has called that into question. Like your mouth, your gut is home to trillions of bacteria. Some are helpful; others, not so much. And just as with your...