As all the articles published in our journal are open access, you have free and unlimited access to the full texts. We invite you to read the following highly cited papers, published in 2023 and 2024:

1. “Real-World Intake of Dietary Sugars Is Associated with Reduced Cortisol Reactivity Following an Acute Physiological Stressor”
by Nicola Di Polito, Anthea A. Stylianakis, Rick Richardson and Kathryn D. Baker
Nutrients 2023, 15(1), 209; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15010209
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/1/209

2. “Association between Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption and the Risk of the Metabolic Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”
by Ainara Muñoz-Cabrejas, Pilar Guallar-Castillón, Martín Laclaustra, Helena Sandoval-Insausti and Belén Moreno-Franco
Nutrients 2023, 15(2), 430; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15020430
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/2/430

3. “Carbohydrate Intake and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prospective Studies”
by Unhui Jo and Kyong Park
Nutrients 2023, 15(7), 1740; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15071740
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/7/1740

4. “A Diet Pattern Characterized by Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Is Associated with Lower Decision-Making Performance in the Iowa Gambling Task, Elevated Stress Exposure, and Altered Autonomic Nervous System Reactivity in Men and Women”
by Kevin D. Laugero and Nancy L. Keim
Nutrients 2023, 15(18), 3930; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15183930
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/18/3930

5. “Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Artificially Sweetened Beverages Consumption and the Risk of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver (NAFLD) and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)”
by Tung-Sung Tseng, Wei-Ting Lin, Peng-Sheng Ting, Chiung-Kuei Huang, Po-Hung Chen, Gabrielle V. Gonzalez and Hui-Yi Lin
Nutrients 2023, 15(18), 3997; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15183997
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/18/3997

6. “Acute Intake of Sucrose but Not of the Intense Sweetener Sucralose Is Associated with Post-Prandial Endotoxemia in Healthy Young Adults—A Randomized Controlled Trial”
by Raphaela Staltner, Victor Sánchez, Ina Bergheim and Anja Baumann
Nutrients 2023, 15(18), 4038; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15184038
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/18/4038

7. “Application of a New Carbohydrate Food Quality Scoring System: An Expert Panel Report”
by Kevin B. Comerford, Adam Drewnowski, Yanni Papanikolaou, Julie Miller Jones, Joanne Slavin, Siddhartha S. Angadi and Judith Rodriguez
Nutrients 2023, 15(5), 1288; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15051288
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/5/1288

8. “Effects of Consuming Beverages Sweetened with Fructose, Glucose, High-Fructose Corn Syrup, Sucrose, or Aspartame on OGTT-Derived Indices of Insulin Sensitivity in Young Adults”
by Bettina Hieronimus, Valentina Medici, Vivien Lee, Marinelle V. Nunez, Desiree M. Sigala, Andrew A. Bremer, Chad L. Cox, Nancy L. Keim, Jean-Marc Schwarz, Giovanni Pacini and et al.
Nutrients 2024, 16(1), 151; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16010151
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/16/1/151

9. “The Role of the Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load in the Dietary Approach of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus”
by Ioanna Mavroeidi, Aspasia Manta, Athina Asimakopoulou, Alexandros Syrigos, Stavroula A. Paschou, Efthimia Vlachaki, Constantinos Nastos, Sophia Kalantaridou and Melpomeni Peppa
Nutrients 2024, 16(3), 399; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16030399
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/16/3/399

10. “Swapping White for High-Fibre Bread Increases Faecal Abundance of Short-Chain Fatty Acid-Producing Bacteria and Microbiome Diversity: A Randomized, Controlled, Decentralized Trial”
by Yanan Wang, Brooke Wymond, Himanshu Tandon and Damien P. Belobrajdic
Nutrients 2024, 16(7), 989; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16070989
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/16/7/989