Here are also some healthy and safe alternatives. Quincy Jon, Tech Times 09 July 2023, 02:07 pm Do you like drinking diet sodas like Diet Coke? You better consider dropping that from your list of favorites, as health experts advise against beverages containing artificial sweeteners. Although artificial sweeteners may appear healthier than conventional cola, the current...
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In Defense of Artificial Sweeteners
Melissa Walton-Shirley, MD June 26, 2023 More than 140 million Americans use artificial sweeteners, a habit driven by the irrefutable fact that excess sugar is harmful. But I’m continually amazed by alarmist headlines on the topic. In May, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a report to support its “conditional recommendation” against the use of non-sugar sweeteners (NSS) for weight...
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WHO: Artificial sweeteners have no weight-loss benefit, may raise health risks
by Brian Niemietz Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The World Health Organization has come out against the use of non-sugar sweeteners (NSS) as a means to control weight or limit noncommunicable sickness. “The recommendation is based on the findings of a systematic review of the available evidence which suggests that use of NSS does not confer...
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Do Artificial Sweeteners Alter Post-Meal Glucose, Hunger Hormones?
Marlene Busko March 02, 2023 Drinking a no-or low-calorie non-nutritive sweetened (NNS) beverage was no different from drinking water in terms of effect on 2-hour postprandial levels of glucose and hormones related to appetite or food intake. Drinking a sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB), however, had a different effect on postprandial levels of glucose and the hormones insulin, glucagon-like...
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Artificial sweeteners may not be safe sugar alternatives: study
by Public Library of Science Artificial sweeteners may not be safe sugar alternatives. Credit: Mathilde Touvier (CC-BY 4.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artificial sweeteners reduce added sugar content and corresponding calories while maintaining sweetness. A study publishing March 24th in PLOS Medicine by Charlotte Debras and Mathilde Touvier at the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research (Inserm) and Sorbonne...
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What’s the difference between sugar, other natural sweeteners and artificial sweeteners?
by Kristine Nolin, The Conversation Glucose is the simplest of sugars and is a circle of carbon atoms with oxygen and hydrogen atoms attached to the ring. Credit: NEUROtiker/WikimediaCommons A quick walk down the drink aisle of any corner store reveals the incredible ingenuity of food scientists in search of sweet flavors. In some drinks...
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Artificial sweeteners enable delivery of carbon monoxide to treat organ injury
by Georgia State University Credit: CC0 Public Domain An oral prodrug developed by a team of scientists led by Binghe Wang, Regents’ Professor of Chemistry at Georgia State University, delivers carbon monoxide to protect against acute kidney injury, according to a new paper published in Chemical Science. Although carbon monoxide (CO) gas is toxic in large doses,...
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Common artificial sweeteners may be contributing to antibiotic resistance
Artificial sweeteners are very useful for people who do not tolerate sugar. We all need some sweetness in our lives to bring out the flavours of the tea or make coffee a little less bitter. Saccharin, aspartame and other common artificial sweeteners are great alternatives to sugar. However, a new study from the University of...
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New research casts doubts on safety of world’s most popular artificial sweetener
by University of Sussex The world’s most widely used artificial sweetener has not been adequately proven to be safe for human consumption, argues a newly published paper from University of Sussex researchers. Professor Erik Millstone and Dr. Elisabeth Dawson have forensically detailed serious flaws in the reassurance provided in 2013 by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) about the safety of aspartame—more...
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This Is The Amount Of Diet Soda That Can Increase Women’s Risk For Early Death
Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) can increase people’s risk for premature death, but this does not always mean that consuming artificially sweetened beverages (ASB) is the healthier option. Dangers Of Consuming Too Much Artificially Sweetened Drinks Findings of a large, long-term study have found that drinking one artificially sweetened drink a day instead of a sugary one...
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