We have long been warned that eating too much sugar is bad for our health and our teeth. But diet guru Professor Tim Spector has warned so-called 'healthier' alternatives such as honey and brown ...

Agave, made from cooking the sap of a succulent, tastes sweeter than sugar and may be a good sweetener for vegans. Agave is a genus that is part of the Asparagaceae family. The succulent is native ...

Once primarily used as a key ingredient in the production of spirits like tequila and mezcal, agave is now also thriving as an increasingly popular sugar substitute. It's sometimes heated and ...

Because fructose is considered to be one of the most damaging forms of sugar, always use agave in small quantities and buy ...

Granulated sugar is also available in coarse-grained (called sugar nibs or nibbed sugar) and fine, sieved varieties. A light-golden, raw form of granulated sugar that is only lightly processed is ...

MANILA, Philippines — The country’s raw sugar production could fall below 1.8 million metric tons (MT) in the new crop year, the lowest level in 25 years, after farms reeled from the effects ...

On the edge of a small cornfield near the ruined Maya city of Chichén Itzá, in the sparse shade of a tropical tree, a voice ricochets wildly up the mouth of a well. “¡Lo vi! ¡Lo vi!” ...

Vases found in Guatemala offer rare physical proof of tobacco use among ancient Maya, but with a twist: This time, they didn’t inhale. Among the Maya, smoking tobacco was more common than liquid ...

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MANILA, Philippines — Farmers belonging to the National Federation of Sugarcane Planters (NFSP) are supporting the government’s decision to allocate all the raw sugar production in the current ...

You’ve met Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, and even heard stories of Harris’ Indian mother and Jamaican father, but how much do you know about Maya Harris, the vice ...

Harris' younger sister, Maya Harris, one of the vice president's closest confidants, again mentioned their mother on this historic night. At one point she seemed to be getting emotional at ...