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More About Artificial Sweeteners and Our Weight

By Gladys Alvarez

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Published: 12Feb2012
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In previous articles I have been telling you about the dangers of artificial sweeteners, but the fact is that there are so many of them that I have had to breakdown the information in order not to tire you out.

We trust our government to take care of our health as in the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), when we know fully well the government most of the times does not have the man power or the economical resources to monitor all of the departments that make up the tangled web of our food supply. At least, that is what the FDA tells us.

What then are our options? In a nutshell, WE have to take care of our own health!

So then, let us talk about low-calorie alternatives.

In the year 1970, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned the sale of cyclamates, after lab tests in rats involving a 10:l mixture of cyclamate and saccharin indicated that large amounts of cyclamates causes bladder cancer, a disease to which rats are particularly susceptible. Yet, cyclamates are still used as sweeteners in many parts of the world.

Saccharin was the first artificial sweetener to appear in 1979 discovered strictly by accident by Ira Remsen and Constantin Falhberg between the years of 1877 and 1878. Sacharin is 300 times sweeter than sugar (sucrose) and is often used to improve the taste of toothpastes, dietary foods, and dietary beverages. In order to minimize the unpleasant aftertaste of saccharin it is often disguised by blending it with other sweeteners."

Some studies have shown that high levels of saccharin could possibly cause bladder cancer in Lab rats. This information caused fear about the use of saccharin. In turn, Canada decided to ban saccharin as a result of the animal research in the US. In 1977 the FDA considered banning saccharin, however, Congress waded-in and put a legal period of delay on the ban. This delay required a warning label and also ordered further studies of saccharin safety issues.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has officially removed saccharin and its salts from their list of hazardous constituents and commercial chemical products. In a December 14, 2010 release the EPA stated that saccharin is no longer considered a potential hazard to human health.

Stevia has been used by countries in South America for centuries as well as in Japan and it has been used commercially since 1970. Because of its unique characteristics of zero glycemic index and zero calories, stevia is becoming more popular in many other countries.

In 1987 the FDA issued a ban on stevia because it had not been approved as a food additive. After being repeatedly provided with a significant amount of scientific data proving that there was no side effects to the use of stevia as a sweetener from the soda companies, the FDA gave a "no objection" approval for GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) status to Truvia in December 2008.

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