I am not a fan of refined sugar, generally speaking. But I’m most certainly not a fan of the ‘healthy’ alternatives – artificial sweeteners – either. One cause of concern is their safety. For example, aspartame (Nutrasweet, Equal, Canderel) has quite a body of research which demonstrates it has real potential to have adverse effects [...]
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Your sweet tooth craves it, but your body doesn't need it. Stevia is the latest alternative to ease you through withdrawal. Sugar, sorry to say, can make us sick. The most popular alternative -- artificial sweeteners -- have long p... Read Post
The notion that artificial sweeteners (and sweet tastes in general) might produce an insulin response is one of those murky memes that winds itself around the blogs, but it’s never stated one way or the other with any sort of confid... Read Post
Q: In products that use Equal/Nutrasweet as their sweetener, there is a sugar alcohol content. What other sugar substitutes have sugar alcohol amounts??— T.P. Jackson, Mich. A: No, that’s not quite right. Equal/Nutrasweet is a prote... Read Post