Are artificial sweeteners dangerous?

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1.25K viewsSeptember 7, 2011

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Kathleen September 7, 2011 0 Comments

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That’s a bit of a mistake lumping them all together. It’s fairly well known that saccharine and aspartame are bad but I’m not sure about Splenda and I certainly haven’t heard any bad press about stevia or xylitol (yet). I still think sugar is way worse. And even worse than that is being fat.

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Below are a few links of many that I found regarding this topic:

http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/nutrition/healthy-eating/top-numb…

http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/artificial-sweeteners-and-other-food-subs…

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/artificial-sweeteners/MY00073

Best,
Harris

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Hello Kathleen,
I like Stevia, although not as sweet as some of the other artificial sweeteners, I feel its safer.

Sincerely,
Michael

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I use Splenda. The ingredients are maltodextrin and sucralose. According to their website under FAQs it is safe.

I guess I have to test a third grader out on those ingredients. 8))

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I’m with you guys!

There’s nothing like reading a label and getting a lesson in how chemically-inept you are to make you want to eat purer foods.

Supposedly aspartame is correlated with Alzheimer’s Disease, and certain other polysaccharides in liquid sweeteners are linked to cancer. Having said that, correlation and linkage does not mean cause and effect.

I doubt we’ll ever really know the true dangers of any sweetener.

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