artificial sweetener?

SunnyDub1

Cut sugar from my diet a long time ago, and in replacement I will occasional use in different recipes etc and sometimes in coffee, artificial sweetener.

Is there any major effects it can cause health wise from using it?
Getting mixed reviews when I google it.
I eat mostly clean and natural foods so my main concern is that it's not natural and most likely not healthy?

Opinions ?

curry_person

definitely not healthy by all means, and is shame to add it into your diet if your eating clean natural foods, you should try agave nectar, xyitol or stevia to sweeten your coffees, artificial sweeteners are linked to so many diseases including obesity.

Thephantomsmask

Be careful to try xylitol in small amounts first if you use it. It can have laxative effects in sensitive people. I used a small amount in coffee over 3 or 4 days before finally twigging that xylitol had me on the toilet.

Mellor

curry_person wrote: »

definitely not healthy by all means, and is shame to add it into your diet if your eating clean natural foods, you should try agave nectar, xyitol or stevia to sweeten your coffees, artificial sweeteners are linked to so many diseases including obesity.

*faceplam*

Do you not think that people suffering from obesity are more likely choose a diet drink, rather than sweetener being the cause. Most more the "links to disease" is people re-posting something them read and didn't understand.
Just because there's no health benefits doesn't mean its unhealthy. I'll take sweetener over sugar any day.

cas_k

Mellor wrote: »

*faceplam*
I'll take sweetener over sugar any day.

Under the heading of "Nutrition & Diet" why on earth would you choose
a factory manmade substance over a more natural product?

Sweetner is scientifically known as a cause for some diesease as well as linked to obesity - it is FACT that it managed to bypass laws to get regulated

Unsure about your "*faceplam*"

the world wonders

cas_k wrote: »

Under the heading of "Nutrition & Diet" why on earth would you choose
a factory manmade substance over a more natural product?

Yes, just like good old natural farm-grown tobacco is more healthy that those horrible artificial factory-made nicotine patches.

Oisinjm

Use Stevia in moderation, I saw it in tesco there the other day actually. It has recently been linked to some health benefits. The reason I say in moderation is because of how it is "broken down" by your body. Your liver and kidneys do the work with Stevia so obviously it's not great to be horsing it into you.

Diet sweeteners have been linked to severe health problems and cancer risk. Eliminating sugar is also good though in terms of body composition, so you've made the right choice in eliminating it. In particular pay attention to eliminating fructose as it will slow down your metabolism and halt fat loss.

Hope this helps
Oisín

ONeill2013

there's chemicals in most foods nowadays so I wouldn't worry about artificial sweeteners in moderation of course.

Katgurl

Www.MySpace.com/muzikmimes/blog/382499759

The dangers (hair loss, alzheimers, weight gain.. No thanks) of aspartame which is found in nearly all artificial sweeteners is well documented as is the scepticism surrounding the ethics of getting it FDA approved.

I dont think anyone is suggesting you take sugar instead.

Do you really need it in coffee? I cut it out, the first week was tough but now i don't miss it at all.

I use agave nectar when cooking, not sure if it's much better than honey health wise but it tastes delicious.

Oisinjm

Katgurl wrote: »

I use agave nectar when cooking, not sure if it's much better than honey health wise but it tastes delicious.

Agave is actually not great in terms of body composition because of it's very high fructose levels. Agave syrup is basically really well marketed sugar. Honey contains antioxidants and vitamins but again if fat loss / improved body composition is your goal then it should be avoided.

Oisín

Mellor

cas_k wrote: »

Under the heading of "Nutrition & Diet" why on earth would you choose
a factory manmade substance over a more natural product?

Why/ Because 'natural" means that its good. LMFAO

Tabacco
Cocaine
Heroin
Cyanide

Hmmm good old mother nature right there.

Sweetner is scientifically known as a cause for some diesease as well as linked to obesity - it is FACT that it managed to bypass laws to get regulated

Show me a proven link to disease. Not an unsubstantiated homemade website.
A cause for obesity. A cause, not a link. A link is meaningless. Cholesterol could be linked to cholesterol reducing foods or medication. Why? because people with high cholesterol are more likely to switch to those products. Just like people with sugar issues switch to sweetener.

Katgurl wrote: »

Www.MySpace.com/muzikmimes/blog/382499759

Wow a MySpace blog. That's a quality source. :rolleyes:
I wonder if there is a Facebook post to really solidify it.

The dangers (hair loss, alzheimers, weight gain.. No thanks) of aspartame which is found in nearly all artificial sweeteners is well documented as is the scepticism surrounding the ethics of getting it FDA approved.

Documented where?
There's endless claims online, but most are not backed up. There's a lot of lies made up, which have been repeated over and over and people take it as gospel.

Aspartame isn't found in any artificial sweeteners other than aspartame. It had trouble getting into the FDA as it was the most scrutenised substances in their history.

I use agave nectar when cooking, not sure if it's much better than honey health wise but it tastes delicious.

It's supposed to be sweeter than sugar, so you might use less. so its good in that sense. But its still a sugar. 10g of nectar is 10g of sugar.

I'm not saying artificial sweeteners are good for you in themselves. I don't believe they are. But I do think that if artificial sweeteners help people to reduce sugar then that is a good thing. A massive dependancy should be fixed, but small doses are acceptable imo.

Ultimately, if the worst part of your diet is a small amount of sweetener. Then you don't have too much to worry about.

hfallada

Just because artificial sweeter are made in factory doesn't mean there 100% bad. EU has to ban honey from most countries as its either carcinogenic (the Africans arent keeping the bees right) or its full of antibiotics( the Chinese honey is full of them).

Nonoperational

cas_k wrote: »

Under the heading of "Nutrition & Diet" why on earth would you choose
a factory manmade substance over a more natural product?

Sweetner is scientifically known as a cause for some diesease as well as linked to obesity - it is FACT that it managed to bypass laws to get regulated

Unsure about your "*faceplam*"

Fact? Not really.

If you think about it rationally, sweeteners don't cause "obesity". Over-eating does. There's a big difference between humans in real life and rats in a lab.

Katgurl

Oisinjm wrote: »

Agave is actually not great in terms of body composition because of it's very high fructose levels. Agave syrup is basically really well marketed sugar. Honey contains antioxidants and vitamins but again if fat loss / improved body composition is your goal then it should be avoided.

Oisín

Thanks, yes was wondering myself about this and if it was another miracle product.

Weightloss is my goal and not setting off sugar cravings is part of that. Approx once every two days I have porridge or porridge pancakes and I take three teaspoons agave with this. Can you recommend a better solution than agave - would berries be better?

Oisinjm

Katgurl wrote: »

Thanks, yes was wondering myself about this and if it was another miracle product.

Weightloss is my goal and not setting off sugar cravings is part of that. Approx once every two days I have porridge or porridge pancakes and I take three teaspoons agave with this. Can you recommend a better solution than agave - would berries be better?

Yeah berries would be better, or Stevia. I find that if I increase my fat intake I get a lot less cravings for sugar. I've no idea if this is scientifically proven or not though. Increasing my fish oil intake, eating more oily fish and nut butters. Obviously this still needs to be factored into your daily calorie intake.

Oisín

Danger781

I don't really use sweetener that often - But when I do I'll take 1 or 2 teaspoons in a cup of tea.

I'd probably have 4 - 6 cups of tea per week.

Is this level of Sweetener anything to worry about?

Note: At home I use Stevia, at work I use Canderel Yellow.

Dude111

curry_person wrote:

definitely not healthy by all means, and is shame to add it into your diet if your eating clean natural foods, you should try agave nectar, xyitol or stevia to sweeten your coffees, artificial sweeteners are linked to so many diseases including obesity.

Aspertame is the WORST of any of them i might add!!