How sweet it is: Sugar, aspartame are not health hazards. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)Steinmeyer, Lori
Scientists have known for some time that the T1r2+T1r3 receptor is the primary mechanism that allows taste cells to detect many sweet compounds, including sugars such asglucoseand sucrose and alsoartificial sweeteners, including saccharin and aspartame. However, some aspects of sweet taste could not...
Aspartame is the sweetener most surrounded by controversy. Aspartame is used in liquid, granular and powdered forms in over 6,000 products. It is approximately 200 times sweeter than sucrose and appears in the U.S. by the trade names NutraSweet, Equal and Sugar Twin. It decomposes when expose...
Once autumn is upon us it’s time to embrace the fall harvest by crunching into a sweet/tart juicy apple. Maybe it is time to bake up some apple crisp or traditional apple pie. Just writing this post has me imagining the scent of apple drifting through the house, now my mouth is wate...
We do, however, know that there are immediate harmful effects of sugar overconsumption and obesity, which is why Ipersonallycontinue to use these (even Splenda)in moderation. I love sweet things but I know that sweet things are usually high in calories and if I ingest too many calories I ...
We measured how sweet 1,757 Australians thought sugars (glucose and fructose) and artificial sweeteners (aspartame andneohesperidin dihydrochalcone) were. We also looked at how sweet 686 Americans thought sucrose was and whether they liked its taste. ...
Aspartame ® / Nutra-Sweet ® is in over 5000 "off the shelf products", how can you be sure it's not in you ? Question:- How does Aspartame ® affect black ants ? Try this trick at home. Find an ant nest, sprinkle Equal ® around the ant hole and a bit on a few ants...
instead. “If you can cut back on sugar for three weeks, you’ll be amazed at how your taste buds adapt, and suddenly, you won’t be craving that sugary fix as much. It’s smart to avoid artificial sweeteners as the brain thinks it’s sugar, keeping you hooked on that sw...
On the other hand, sweeteners like sucralose, aspartame, and saccharin have been associated with health issues like cancer, cardiovascular disease, and impaired gut health. What’s more, due to your body’s learned response from consuming sweet foods, artificially sweetened products may feed ...
Swapping out sugar in favor of anartificial sweetener, likeaspartameor saccharin, can sometimes help lower added sugar intake. However, they may not always be the best option.14 "Artificial sweeteners provide the sweet taste without calories, so when you consume these products, hunger isn't satis...