ATLANTA (July 10, 2012) – Using low-calorie sweeteners in beverages and other foods has the potential to help people reach and maintain a healthy body weight and is helpful for glucose control for people with diabetes, according to a scientific statement from the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes...
Read MoreATLANTA (June 18, 2012) — The Calorie Control Council is pleased that the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES) today released a report that concludes that low-calorie sweeteners do not cause adverse effects during pregnancy. ANSES does state, however, that on the basis of one study additional...
Read MoreATLANTA (May 29, 2012) – Consumers can safely enjoy a range of sweeteners, both full-calorie and low-calorie ones, as part of a healthy diet guided by current nutrition recommendations, according to a newly updated position paper by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly the American Dietetic Association). The Academy...
Read MoreATLANTA (April 20, 2012) — Despite some media reports to the contrary, as well as the press release from The Cleveland Clinic, the findings presented in the study “Soda consumption and the risk of stroke in men and women” fail to show that soda sweetened with low-calorie sweeteners leads to strokes. This...
Read MoreATLANTA (March 30, 2012) — The findings presented in the "Dietary patterns matter: diet beverages and cardiometabolic risks in the longitudinal Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study" confirm what previous studies have shown about the importance of total diet, but fail to show that beverages sweetened with low-calorie sweeteners...
Read MoreATLANTA (February 20, 2012) — Findings presented in a study titled “Adverse Effects of High-Intensity Sweeteners on Energy Intake and Weight Control in Male and Obesity-Prone Female Rats” by Swithers et al.1 should be interpreted with caution. The study was conducted on a small number of rats and it is...
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