That long-term research has been mixed overall, but the Food and Drug Administration considers sugar alcohols “perfectly safe for human consumption,” she says. It's a particularly popular sugar substitute because it behaves a lot like sugar in cooking or baking, Hazen says, and it can be u...
Xylitol is not "GRAS" (Generally Recognized As Safe for consumption). Xylitol only has a "GRAS" for cosmetic products which is why it is accepted in toothpaste and chewing gum. The assumption for "safe" use of xylitol in cosmetic products is that it is not swallowed or absorbed in any ...
Regular high consumption of alcohol is well known to be hazardous to one's health.It will cause inflammation and irritation of the esophagus, liverand even the larynx. Over a prolonged period of time it can also lead to tumor growth and cancer in the areas that are consistently irritated and...
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One study found that doses of stevioside up to 2.5g/kg bodyweight per day didn’t affect the fertility of hamsters, even after three generations. (16) For a human, this would translate to about 0.34g/kg, so a person weighing 70 kg (about 150 lbs) would need to consume almost 24 st...
As you may have guessed, allulose is quite a departure from the deluge of sugar alternatives that have hit the market in recent years—stevia, monk-fruit extract, erythritol—in tandem with mounting health concerns about excessive sugar consumption (both legitimate and fear-mongering). While allulo...
The effect of Warburg in cancer cells enhances energy consumption and thus takes part in cancer cachexia, a cancer-related metabolic disorder. It was investigated to inhibit the expression of HIF-1α in human pancreatic cancer cells by emodin and rhein if any inhibitory effect alleviates cancer ...