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Sugar starts corroding your teeth within seconds. Here’s how to protect your pearly whites from decay

December 3, 2025 / Patient education / InnovateMed Author / sugar

by José Lemos, Jacqueline Abranches, The Conversation edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors’ notes Credit: CC0 Public Domain Between Halloween candy, Thanksgiving pies and holiday cookies, the end of the year is often packed with opportunities to consume sugar. But what happens in your mouth during those first minutes and hours after eating those sweets?

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Diets high in sugar and butter lead to changes in gut microbiome linked to excessive alcohol intake in mice

October 31, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / sugar

by Research Society on Alcohol edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors’ notes Experimental design of the free-choice alcohol model in mice. Credit: Alcohol, Clinical and Experimental Research (2025). DOI: 10.1111/acer.70165 Mice that switched from a high sugar/butter diet to a standard diet developed a strong preference for alcohol over water, in a study exploring the connection between

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Sugar Substitutes Not So Sweet for Brain Health – diet & nutrition

September 8, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / sugar

Consuming low- and no-calorie artificial sweeteners may harm cognitive function, results of a longitudinal study of middle-aged and older adults showed. In adjusted analyses, people who consumed the highest total amounts of these sweeteners had a 62% faster decline in overall thinking and memory skills, equivalent to about 1.6 years of aging, than those consuming

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Here’s Exactly What Happens to Your Brain if You Quit Sugar Cold Turkey

August 11, 2025 / Clinical Practice, Patient education / InnovateMed Author / sugar

Doctors explain what to expect and give tips on making the transition easier. By Emily Laurence Juj Winn/Getty Images Aug 9, 2025 6:25 AM EDT There’s no sugar-coating it: Decades of scientific research show that a diet high in added sugar is detrimental to brain health. “A diet high in added sugars is associated with impaired cognitive function and

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How a common sugar substitute may lead to higher stroke risk

July 16, 2025 / Patient education / InnovateMed Author / stroke risk, sugar

Share on PinterestJust a single serving of an erythritol-sweetened beverage may harm brain and blood vessel health, according to a new cellular study. Image credit: Mats Silvan/Getty Images. Recent studies suggest a connection between higher levels of erythritol — a popular sweetener — in the blood and an increased risk of vascular health issues, such

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Neurons burn sugar differently: Discovery offers new hope for fighting neurodegeneration

June 30, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / sugar

by Buck Institute for Research on Aging edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Robert Egan Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new study from scientists at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging has revealed a surprising player in the battle against Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia: brain sugar metabolism. Published in Nature Metabolism, the research

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Popular Sugar Substitutes Linked to Faster Cognitive Decline