Artificial SweetenersArtificial sweeteners are often considered convenient, low calorie substitutes for sugar, but how safe are they? Artificial sweeteners will not help you lose weight. It fact research shows the more chemical sugar substitutes you consume, the more you desire sugary foods. They could also destroy your health. The two most common artificial sweeteners used in diet foods are aspartame (such as Equal, Hermesetas and Nutrasweet) and sucralose (Splenda). Other artificial sweeteners include saccharin (Sweet'N Low), neotame, tagatose and acesulfame K. A range of artificial sweeteners are found in diet products including soft drinks, chocolate, chewing gum, lollies, desserts, yogurt, table top sweeteners, snack food and meal replacements. They can also be found in medications and nutritional supplements. But Do Fake Sugars Cause Weight Gain? The sweet taste sensation without calories drives the appetite, which often leads to over eating. So in effect you may not get the calories from the artificial sweetener but you may seek out other foods to satisfy your hunger or sweet cravings. A major study of 80,000 women showed that those who regularly used artificial sweeteners put on more weight per year than those who did not use them. What was even more surprising was the finding that with widespread use of sweeteners, the consumption of ordinary sugar and sugary foods increased too. History Finally Revealed The diet industry is worth trillions of dollars to corporations, and they want to protect their profits by keeping the truth about the danger of artificial sweeteners hidden from the public. Sucralose is a synthetic chemical that is not found in nature. While some industry experts claim that sucralose is closely related to sugar, researchers will tell you that it has more in common with pesticides. Sucralose is a chlorinated compound. Other classes of chlorinated molecules include pesticides. So, is sucralose safe for you and your family? Watch this video to see the shocking truth about this common artificial sweetener. Dr. Janet Starr Hull, author of 'Sweet Poison' is committed to exposing the truth behind aspartame. Aspartame was approved in the early 1980's and it has been the source of growing controversy ever since. It is estimated by the Aspartame Information Center that this popular artificial sweetener is consumed by more than 200 million people worldwide. New Italian studies have linked aspartame to an increased risk of cancer. The studies performed at the Cesare Maltoni Cancer Research Center in Italy have shown for the first time that aspartame has the potential to cause cancer. Aspartame showed an ability to cause tumors, leukemia and lymphomas in rats at different concentrations. The second study performed two years later assessed the cancer risk of aspartame during fetal life. Reference: Life-Span Exposure to Low Doses of Aspartame Beginning during Prenatal Life Increases Cancer Effects in Rats. Environmental Health Perspectives. Volume 115, Number 9, September 2007. Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) is a monthly journal of peer-reviewed research and news on the impact of the environment on human health.
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