ATLANTA (September 3, 2015) — Even though there is no research to support this notion, media reports (including a Good Morning America segment) allege that the consumption of low-calorie sweeteners cause people to crave sugar. In fact, single studies, reviews, and meta-analyses of published research show that low-calorie sweeteners can...
Read MoreATLANTA (August 7, 2015) — According to a July 27 article by physician and professor Dr. Aaron Carroll, which was published in The New York Times, science continues to point to low-calorie sweeteners, such as aspartame and sucralose, as preferable alternatives with less calories. As noted by Dr. Carroll, science has persistently...
Read MoreATLANTA (June 1, 2015) — “Substitution of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages with Other Beverage Alternatives: A Review of Long-Term Health Outcomes”, published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, describes a systematic review of prospective cohort studies and randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that examined long-term health outcomes between sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs)...
Read MoreATLANTA (April 9, 2015) — While some in social media and in the press allege that the consumption of products made with low-calorie sweeteners may lead to weight gain, the majority of scientific research on these sweeteners shows otherwise. Many healthcare advocates, professionals and associations who rely on scientific evidence recommend...
Read MoreATLANTA (March 13, 2015) — The recent study in Nature by Suez et al. (2014) led to another round of warnings about the use of non-caloric sweeteners based on the authors’ conclusions that “artificial sweeteners induce glucose intolerance by altering the gut microbiota” and that their “findings suggest that NAS may have...
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