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The Dangers of Artificial Sweeteners

The Dangers of Artificial Sweeteners. The use of no-calorie sweeteners may actually make it harder for people to control their intake and body weight.

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The Dangers of Artificial Sweeteners

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  1. The Dangers of Artificial Sweeteners

  2. The use of no-calorie sweeteners may actually make it harder for people to control their intake and body weight. A study in the Journal of Behavioral Neuroscience has shown conclusively that using artificial sweeteners not only does not prevent weight gain, but induces a whole set of physiological and hormonal responses that actually make you gain weight.

  3. The Diet Fallacy • The belief that consuming artificially sweetened foods and drinks will help you to lose or maintain weight is a deception. In reality, these diet foods and drinks can cause serious distortions in your biochemistry and ruin your body's ability to control calories. As a matter of fact, it’s been shown that diet soft drinks can double your risk of obesity! • Nearly a decade ago, studies were already revealing that artificial sweeteners can: • Stimulate your appetite • Increase carbohydrate cravings • Stimulate fat storage and weight gain • Unfortunately, most public health agencies and nutritionists in the United States still recommend these toxic artificial sweeteners as an acceptable alternative to sugar.  

  4. Artificial Sweeteners are 20 times sweeter than sugar. When consumed it tricks the body into over secreting insulin. Insulin puts blood glucose into cells. If the body doesn’t need it, it gets stored as fat.

  5. There are five common sugar substitutes that are approved for consumer use: • saccharin, • neotame, • acesulfame potassium, • aspartame, and • sucralose. • Of the five, sucralose and aspartame could be the most pervasive and dangerous substitute found in products on store shelves today.

  6. Sucralose (Splenda®) Sucralose is basically denatured sucrose. Its preparation involves chlorinating sucrose, chemically changing the structure of the sugar molecules by substituting three chlorine atoms for three hydroxyl groups.

  7. Aspartame (Equal® or NutraSweet®) There are thousands of everyday products that contain aspartame including yogurt, sodas, pudding, tabletop sugar substitutes, and chewing gum It is composed of three elements: aspartic acid (40 percent), phenylalanine (50 percent), and methanol (10 percent). Both aspartic acid and phenylalamine are amino acids, but aspartic acid is a known excitotoxin, meaning it overstimulates your nervous system. Phenylalamine is the precursor to tyrosine, which is used to make excitatory neurotransmitters. Excitatory transmitters energize you and speed up process in your body. Methanol is used to make formaldehyde, which is a colorless, poisonous gas. It is commonly used to make resin adhesives, paint, disinfectants, and embalming fluid.

  8. What to do… • Check your food labels at home and toss things that has on its label: Aspartame, Acesulfame Potassium (K), Saccharin or Sucralose Equal®, NutraSweet® or Splenda® • Use natural sweeteners like agave nectar, xylitol, stevia or raw honey. • Avoid products that are labeled "low calorie," "diet," "sugar free," or "no sugar added" since they all likely contain sugar additives.

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