With our appetite for low or zero sugar products increasing, artificial sweeteners are big business. Food or drinks containing artificial sweeteners are often marketed as a healthier option, and it’s understandable why. Because artificial sweeteners are significantly sweeter than sugar, they can be used in very small amounts and contribute little to no calories. There...
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More bad news for artificial sweetener users
FDA-approved artificial sweeteners and sport supplements were found to be toxic to digestive gut microbes, according to a new paper published in Molecules by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. The collaborative study indicated relative toxicity of six artificial sweeteners (aspartame, sucralose, saccharine, neotame, advantame, and acesulfame...
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Ditch the Diet Coke: Six artificial sweeteners used in a range of soft drinks and foods ‘are TOXIC to gut bacteria’
Scientists analyzed sweeteners approved for consumption in the US and EU They included the controversial aspartame, which is used in Diet Coke The study offers ‘further evidence’ that artificial sweeteners can damage health Artificial sweeteners found in Diet Coke and other soft drinks could damage your gut bacteria, research suggests. Aspartame – a controversial sweetener...
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Artificial sweeteners won’t affect your blood sugar: study
(HealthDay)—Can an artificially sweetened drink or food really satisfy your sweet tooth without raising your blood sugar levels? That depends on what’s in the food or drink, but a new review confirms that artificial sweeteners alone won’t cause a spike in blood sugar. “It’s been widely accepted that nonnutritive sweeteners don’t raise blood sugar, but there’s...
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