What About Sugar Alcohols?
Dietitian Brenna at Eating Simple recently posted an article on artificial sweeteners exclusive of sugar alcohols. Now she’s reviewed sugar alcohols. Many who have a sweet tooth, including myself,...
View ArticleAHA and ADA Position Paper On Non-Nutritive Sweeteners
The American Heart Association and American Diabetes Association just published a review paper on nonnutritive sweeteners, also known as low-calorie sweeteners, artificial sweeteners, noncaloric...
View ArticleIs Any Non-Caloric Sweetener Really Natural?
Daniel Engber has an article at the online New York Times on the quest for natural no-calorie sweeteners. Some quotes: As badly as stevia needs the soft-drink companies, the soft-drink companies may...
View ArticleA New Artificial Sweetener: Advantame
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration this last spring approved a new artificial sweetener called advantame. The press release calls it a high-intensity sweetener, which is a new term for me. Advantame...
View ArticleDo Artificial Sweeteners Cause Diabetes and Overweight?
We don’t know with certainty yet. But a recent study suggests that non-caloric artificial sweeteners do indeed cause overweight and type 2 diabetes in at least some folks. The study at hand is very...
View ArticleDo Diet Beverages Inhibit Weight Loss?
Overweight and obese women who habitually drank diet beverages lost more weight if they substituted water for the diet beverage. Over the course of 24 weeks on a reduced calorie diet, the water...
View ArticleFrom Diabetes Care: What About Sugar Substitutes?
“The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reviewed several types of sugar substitutes for safety and approved them for consumption by the general public, including people with diabetes (211). In...
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