Our Weight and Artificial Sweeteners

We have no time for the gym, but we do not want to gain weight, what is the alternative? Artificial sweeteners of course! They put in our sodas, we put it in our coffee, we put it in our recipes and in our water; but are we accomplishing our goal, or are we totally missing our mark?

We find High-Fructose Corn Syrup in many of the products we use daily such as tomato sauce, salad dressings and others. TV advertising tells us that our bodies don't know the difference between corn syrup and cane sugar.

They tell us that sugar is sugar and though that might be true, what about processed sugars that have had some of their glucose converted into fructose to produce a desired level of sweetness, but because of its processing, some brands of High-Fructose Corn Syrup may contain mercury, a known neurotoxin.

Many studies have shown that artificial sweeteners and Mono-sodium Glutamate suppress the feeling of being full thereby causing us to overeat. We know that scientists experiment on rats and that when an item is tested on them, as with High-Fructose Corn Syrup, they developed a fatty liver disease and type 2 diabetes, while those on a fructose-free diet did not.

Other studies suggest that High-Fructose Corn Syrup directly causes obesity. When the reaction in lab rats is a negative, then should take pause and reconsider our options.

According to Dr. David Williams: "There is no 'maybe' about the connection between sugar and heart disease. I can't put it more plainly: sugar kills." (Alternatives, June 2010).

When sugar prices are high, manufacturers of soda, candy and food processors, turn to corn syrup as a cheaper substitute sweetener. So, does this mean that artificial sweeteners are safer for you?

Let's mention aspartame, found in artificial sweeteners which is being used in more than 6,000 diet products today. Studies have shown that aspartame may have a carcinogenic effect at a dose level within the range of human daily consumption. It is also suggested that the carcinogenic effects of aspartame increase when exposure begins during fetal life, in other words, the mother-to-be is ingesting diet products which contain aspartame.

Environmental Health Perspectives (from the National Institutes of Health) published the first compelling experimental evidence for the carcinogenic effects of aspartame. One packet of Equal contains 33 mg. of aspartame; one can of diet soda (355 ml.) contains 131 mg. of aspartame; and one-half cup of gelatin light or pudding contains 40 mg. of aspartame, according to the Canadian Diabetes Association.

A 44-pound (20-Kg.) child would only have to consume 400 mg, about the equivalent of three diet sodas per day to reach the carcinogenic 20 mg/kg body weight dose. Parents, do not give your children "diet" anything at all!

Sucralose in Splenda) alters the micro-flora in the intestine and "exerts numerous adverse effects," according to Duke University study, including an increase in body weight (not quite what a "diet aid" is supposed to do!) and an elevation of liver enzymes, which negatively affects the bio-availability of nutrients.

And as our colleagues at The Alliance for Natural Health International note, Sucralose is an organo-chloride compound. Most of the derivatives of this type of compound are insecticides, herbicides, and pesticides - not something you'd put in your children's lunch boxes.

Safer alternative, Maple syrup is the only sustainable-harvested, large-scale forest sweetener in the world. Maple is one of the richest source of minerals found in any sweetener. Try organic maple syrup and maple crystals as an ingredient.


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