You probably know sucralose as its brand name, Splenda. While sucralose is derived from a sugar molecule, it’s not actually sugar—it’s artificial. Sucralose is about 600 times sweeter than sugar, and it offers neither calories nor nutrients. ...
Stevia is a natural sweetener extracted from the leaves ofStevia rebaudianaplant. Stevia is reported to be 200 to 400 times sweeter than table sugar(sucrose) but has zero calories.People use steviaas an alternative to sugar and also take it to reduce blood sugar levels, andblood pressureandwei...
Some studies indicate that the three artificial sweeteners commonly used in the world (saccharin, aspartame or sucralose –“splenda”) cause an alteration of the intestinal flora, which, in turn, causes poor metabolism of carbohydrates and increase susceptibility to obesity and diabetes, related to ...
aspartame, saccharin, sucralose), with respect to the lack of insulin response. In addition to studies confirming this, I’ve also documented this in myself forxylitol(my personal favorite),aspartame(Equal), andsucralose(Splenda). I cannot speak to the other substitute non-sugar swee...