the real things. There are brands such as Equal, Splenda, and Sweet and Low. These are known as artificial sugar substitutes. These artificial sugar substitutes are sometimes found in food that we consume daily depending on our likes. Items that are, labeled as “diet” or “sugar free” use artificial sweeteners. There is “sugar free gum” and “diet soda”. These products typically have artificial sweeteners. The demand for the sugar is how much the consumers are willing to pay at diverse price points
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Leah Arvay ENG 1020 052 November 11, 2013 The Truth about Sweeteners When you go to the store do you ever notice that all of these sweet foods and drinks are claiming to have no sugar and zero calories? And if all these foods and drinks are claiming to have no sugar in them, then why are our obesity numbers in this country continuing to rise? The American Heart Association says in their 2013 Statistical Fact Sheet that 23.9 million children ranging the ages of 2 to 19 are either overweight or obese
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synthesized in 1937, but wasn’t used by the masses until later. There are two varieties, sodium cyclamate and calcium cyclamate. Unlike some other sweeteners, it doesn’t have a metallic aftertaste. Cyclamate is 30 to 50 times sweeter than table sugar, making it the lesser sweet of the synthetic sweeteners. Studies have liked it to causing cancer. This sweetener is not recommended for women who are pregnant or lactating. Studies that were conducted early on showed that cyclamate can change in the intestines
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*NONNUTRITIVE sweeteners *ASPARTAME *SUGAR substitutes *DEGENERATION (Pathology) *FOOD additives *CARCINOGENICITY RISK factors Author-Supplied Keywords: Artifi cial sweetener aspartame sugar substitute Abstract: Sugar is an inseparable part of the food we consume. But too much sugar is not ideal for our teeth and waistline. There have been some controversial suggestions that excessive sugar may play an important role in certain degenerative diseases. So artificial sweeteners or artificially
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Skinny on Sweet and Low More that 20,000 years ago, dating back to cave men, there has been a desire for sweetener. Now in the 20th century there are many technologies and comforts to have that added sweetness without all the calories. Fortunately, a low calorie sweetener was developed called saccharin. Saccharin is the world’s oldest sweetener and the main ingredient in the artificial sweetener Sweet N Low. Sweet N Low has been a favorite to many and used on a daily basis for many of years. Saccharin
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According to splenda.com the discovery of Splenda as a sweetener was somewhat of an accident. One of the young scientist misheard the request to “test” it as a request to “taste” it. (splenda.com) Splenda comes from a compound made from sugar called sucralose. Splenda was discovered in 1976 and approved in Canada in 1991. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Splenda as a non-nutritive sweetener in 1998 and as a general-purpose sweetener in 1999. It is now approved in more than 80 countries
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Ludwig, David S. "Are Artificial Sweeteners A Good Alternative To Sugar?." Harvard Health Letter 37.2 (2011): 1. Academic Search Premier. Web. 5 Nov. 2013 Humphries, P., E. Pretorius, and H. Naudé. "Direct And Indirect Cellular Effects Of Aspartame On The Brain." European Journal Of Clinical Nutrition 62.4 (2008): 451-462. Academic Search Premier. Web. 5 Nov. 2013. Roy, Anitha, et al. "Edible Fruits - Nature's Gift For Diabetic Patients - A Comprehensive Review." International Journal Of Pharmaceutical
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and Additive Petition; Amendment Is amending the filling for the use of non-nutritive sweetener and flavor enhancer in foods generally, except meat and poultry, it is proposed to provide safer use as a non-nutritive sweetener in tabletop applications and powdered beverage mixes. This proposed regulation does affect me and my family because it will regulate the use of non-nutritive sweetener in our food. I think that this should be a concern of everyone in the public, we as a public
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Leah Arvay ENG 1020 052 November 11, 2013 The Truth about Sweeteners When you go to the store do you ever notice that all of these sweet foods and drinks are claiming to have no sugar and zero calories? And if all these foods and drinks are claiming to have no sugar in them, then why are our obesity numbers in this country continuing to rise? The American Heart Association says in their 2013 Statistical Fact Sheet that 23.9 million children ranging the ages of 2 to 19 are either overweight or obese
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The usefulness and potential of artificial/non-caloric sweeteners as weapons to reduce or control obesity in the general population Abstract Obesity is a growing global health problem in the work. Many are increasing in weight and seeking ways to reduce weight or solution to stop matter from getting worse. Over a century ago many accidental discovery of sweetening agent which called artificial sweeteners with low or zero calories ought to be able to assist with obese and overweight issues. Many
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