Low-calories sweeteners might not be as good for us as we thought

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A new study suggests that artificial sweeteners may not be as harmless as once thought—and may even increase the risk of diabetes or weight gain

found 80 percent of children and more than half of adults consumed low-calorie sweeteners once daily. Obese adults used low-calorie sweeteners more frequently.Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited.: A 2017 nationwide nutritional survey found 80 percent of children and more than half of adults in the United States consumed low-calorie sweeteners once daily.

“In mice, some of these non-nutritive sweeteners are sensed, and they impact the gut microbes, which have an amazing capacity to metabolize many of these compounds,” Elinav says. He decided to test whether the same held true in humans: Could altered gut microbes disturb the glucose metabolism?

 

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Duh

No need for sugar or sweeteners

'But the scientists also stress that their results should not be interpreted as a call to consume more sugar as an alternative to non-nutritional sweeteners.'

As some say, count chemicals not calories.

Who though that they were good?

This obsession with replacing natural grown ingredients (sugar) with chemical products created in a lab (sweeteners) was never going to end well... Except of course for the big business who profit off 'cheaper' ingredients and 'new' chemical products..

😱

I like the real sugar. Not the fake stuff.

Think of what else is... and people are still stupid enough to use it. Smokers: go to a medical school and see if they'll let you see/feel the inside of lung of a dead Smoker. I did during an anthropology class, it reminded me of La Brea Tar-pits.

The only viable sweeteners are Monk Fruit and Xylitol. And Xylitol increases gas and will cause liver failure in your dogs if they accidentally eat some. So the only viable sweetener is Monk Fruit.

Ha, I knew it!!

Better get diabetes the old fashioned way with loads of sugar then? Bullshit.

As predicted in the scrolls

That’s the most scariest information I’ve ever read! 😱

Somes1 crap is literaly gold

The forefront is faecal matter believe it or not wid more efectiv bacteria n digestiv enzymes

In other words, chemicals are bad for you. With that, how unhealthy are these fake-meat burgers that we keep seeing?

Nope! Are comparing the amount or just the fact! How can 1g of sweetener be as bad as as 100g of sugar?

titanic.

True

I thought we’ve always known this… lol

They also feed the sweet tooth/palette Which sets you up to want more sweet tasting food.

So basically it's on us to carefully take sugar and control how much it'll be.

Aspartame is terrible for you just eat the sugar 🙄

Should I feel smart or intelligent that I’ve known this for about 10 years

I Knew it !!!

Might have read this. But your immediate pop-up to capture my address in exchange for a free trial, with no opt-out? Dealbreaker. The Disneyficated marketing that's beset will cripple your survival.

amerix has always been right

That crap is poison!

If you don't have any allergy, it will be wise if eat in moderate way. The problem start when we eat everything we want without considering how many, how much we take to our tummies.

Aspartame kills mice if you have no other rodenticide...

That's not what Dr Fauci the' nation's top infectious disease doctor 'says. Just in case you didn't know Dr Fauci is the nation's top infectious disease doctor

I’m no scientist but the word artificial should be a clue to you that they are dangerous, something artificial is not natural and more than likely not safe for human consumption

We’ve had scares in the British media about artificial sweeteners (& virtually ever other food) about every 5 years, for decades.

what? I mean yeah no surprise since it's basically sugar. But at what amount we're talking here?

What a surprise 🤔

Duh. Aspartame and Acesulfame is awful .... Though ppl knew this

Noooo. Nobody saw this coming.

Breaking: Water is wet. Sheesh. 🙄

This is not new information, Good Chefs and Nutritionists have known this for years. Aspartame, which is in diet sodas is a carcinogen, but it was put in there anyway because it is addictive!!

Who ever said they were harmless?. Back in the 80's they said these sweeteners may cause cancer. Always natural sugar in moderation

Pretty much known for a while.

No one thought that

Sugar should be classed as a risk to life in all things we eat &drink.The beverages & food companies need too stop burying the different types of names for sugar in it’s label list on the side of bottles & cans in everything we drink or eat ArtificialSweeteners are harmful 2life

What a surprise…fake food is bad for you.

studies and studies and nothing sure.... a study says that snowflakes are dumb as ... sh..t and no one publish it

Seriously. Please do better. You were once an iconic publication. Hold the line if you want to survive as a relevant publisher

Seriously? This has been fact for a long time. Y’all must be just stewing

I am not diabetic, but sensitive to sugar. I'm 60 and noticed in my 20's that artificial sweeteners were cloyingly sweet and gave me intestinal pain. I use sugar sparingly in my kitchen and have no side effects.

That’s not new. We’ve known that for decades. They just keep allowing them…

Paywalled article. Pass.

They also taste like crap.

No $hit.

They r not good!!!

Does that include stevia?

Diabetes is actually usually contracted mistaking alcohol as the mana described in Exodus with the term Hebrew. If you were to transpose either the term Insulin or diabetes with the name Hilfiger than the designer label on sweeteners that animals find cockroaches nutritious.

There are plenty of other sites to find information on sweeteners. I won't sign up to read yours.

The closer to nature something is, the more recognizable is it to our body. Eat homegrown salad, use honey or fruits as sweeteners. Raise your own meat, so you know what they're fed.

The word artificial is right there in the name. No one thought it was harmless, just does different harm than sugar.

This is old news to me. Questionable when man made sweeteners is said being better than sugar, when they contain substances that can be more health risk than natural sugar.

never thought it is harmless

And irn bru ruined irn bru using these dreadful sweet chemical pills

日本では、人工甘味料が有害であることも、発がん性物質を含むことも、糖尿病等の原因となることも、10年以上前からよく知られています。

I instinctively KNEW this. 40 Yrs ago... I was a Waitress at a small Diner in Noble, Ok. Every Time a Customer asked me to bring Them some Sweet & Low to put in Their Coffee, I would automatically forget to bring it to them. Subconsciously PROTECTING Them. No Tip for me.

I thought everyone knew this?

We've known for a long time that artificial sweeteners are dangerous! Aspartame anyone

Only took you several decades to say what we already knew?

What a marketing strategy first sell something as an alternative then find an alternative for it , mind boggling business 😉

This was known almost 15 years ago, so why is this news now?

everybody knew this come on

Now figure out why aspartame gives some of us awful headaches.

Don’t worry. I’m sure they tested these sweeteners on at least eight mice.

Yeah I legitimately prefer authentic sweetening over artificial, it just feels scuffed... Though, I don't use much of any sweetening anyway

Big surprise over processed again

they're not even low calorie, technically straight white sugar could also have '0 calories' printed on em' (under 5 and you're good) but they don't because it's literally a marketing ploy that sugar users don't tend to care about

We’ve known for decades.

Wait this is not new I thought this was well known that if you're gonna sweeten stuff might as well just use real sugar 🤷‍♀️

If everything is so harmful then what are the governments across the globe doing allowing food companies to sell this junk. Just imagine how much healthier the human race would be, of course they're not interested, us being healthy doesn't bring in the money does it?

JoseA_Ocampo hay que reducir el consumo de azúcar sin aumentar el consumo de edulcorantes.

Am shocked

Harmless? Those little packs say they give you cancer right on them... 🤔😅

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