Sugar often gets compared to drugs like nicotine or cocaine in popular media, with claims that it "hooks" us and keeps us coming back for more. But is sugar truly addictive in the same way as those ...

Sugar addiction is more than a trite expression people use to describe their sweet tooth. A pattern of fasting and overloading on sugary foods may foster dependence, according to a study published in ...

If only a small fraction of what we know about sugar’s effects were known about any other food additive, that substance would be banned.” Pure, White and Deadly by John Yudkin.