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Artificial Sweeteners

By Kate Rafanelli. Naturopath, scientific background, honours degree in Applied Science, majoring in cell and molecular biology. Comp Medicine degree. Pges 8-9 Healthy Options magazine March 07.

Artificial Sweeteners
Who is most at risk? Anyone on a low carb fad diet who is consuming products labelled ‘sugar-free’, ‘diet’, ‘lite’, or ‘low carb’, is at risk. Diabetics are put between a rock and a hard place because they are forced to avoid sugar, but the question is, do we really need that sickly, sweet taste so badly? The fact is, that if eating sugar is a health problem, then abstaining is the best way to overcome it and over time that additive urge for the sweet taste diminishes.

Sucralose has taken the sweetener industry by storm and has become the number one selling artificial sweetener in an extremely short period of time. It has been sold and incorporated into sugar-free products for a number of years. The manufacturer of the product claims: “The safety of sucralose is well documented", but sucralose has had no long term human research. Read all about the product sucralose and it’s negative effect on the human body.

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