Just weeks after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finally got around to removing saccharin from its very outdated list of “hazardous substances,” President Barack Obama used the low-calorie sweetener as an example while discussing his plans to launch a government-wide review of federal regulations. In an article recently published in...
Read MoreATLANTA (October 8, 2014) — The safety and benefits of low-calorie sweeteners, such as aspartame, saccharin and sucralose, have long been verified by regulatory agencies and health organizations around the world, including the American Diabetes Association and the American Heart Association. However, a recent segment featured on The Dr. Oz Show questions the...
Read MoreATLANTA (October 3, 2014) — A new study of more than 1,600 people has concluded that fructose is not associated with the development of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).* Participants in this study were from the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study (HBCS) which included 8,760 people born in one hospital between...
Read MoreA recent study published in the journal Obesity supplies further evidence that low-calorie sweetened beverages, including those that use sucralose (Splenda) can be useful for people who want to achieve and maintain a lower weight. Recently collected by a team of researchers, the new data comes from 434 participants in...
Read MoreATLANTA (September 22, 2014) — The study published in Nature this week on artificial sweeteners goes against what we know as clinicians and what our patients tell us. The study tries to link low-calorie sweeteners with weight gain and ignores the extensive data that demonstrates that low calorie sweeteners help us...
Read MoreSummary: The study suffers from small sample sizes, unrealistic sweetener applications, and a dependence largely on rodent research. Findings should be interpreted with caution. Statements from leading health organizations and other peer-reviewed published studies are contrary to the study findings. Leading health organizations, including the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics...
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