Sweeteners

In recent years some common artificial sweeteners have come under scrutiny over how safe they are.These claims range from causing cancer to birth defects. Often times the groups that claim these artificial sweeteners are unsafe use unverified research, this information can be convincing until further research is done. Contrary to this belief artificial sweeteners have been found to be safe when consumed in normal amounts. An understanding of several scientific terms must be established before…

avoided. Many individuals use artificial sweeteners to cut back on excess calories. These sweeteners give the same flavorful taste as sugar but with no additional calories to pack on the thighs. Individuals are consuming these artificial sweeteners on a daily basis for many reasons. Mainly for weight purposes, but many do not know the side effects these sweeteners tend to have on the body. Individuals should monitor how much they consume daily because these sweeteners can increase the appetite…

Tips To Compare The Maple Syrup To Other Sweeteners The maple syrup can be a healthy choice as a great sweetener because of its nutritional benefits that come with minerals, antioxidants, calories, vitamins and compounds. These may help insulin sensitivity. When you plan to prepare healthy food, you want consider to add maple syrup in those recipes. When you add the sweetener in the recipes then ensure the recipe is highly tasty as well as healthy. It is a real food from a sap of maple tree; it…

Sugar Vs. Artificial Sweeteners According to scientificamerican.com artificial sweeteners can cause tooth decay, but sugar can also cause tooth decay. Sugar comes from sugarcane or sugar beads and artificial sweeteners comes from labs made by people. Sugar and artificial sweeteners are bad because they can both cause health problem, but artificial sweeteners can make the person lose weight. Both are bad because sugar makes kids hyper while artificial sweeteners has chemicals.Although sugar is…

I. Gain the attention of the audience: By a show of hands, how many of you are familiar with stevia? This type of sweetener is naturally two-hundred times sweeter than table sugar. II. Establish credibility: According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (1989). Americans consume one hundred and fifty-six pounds on artificial sweeteners each year on a per capital basis. Because you might not know what is too little or too much. III. Adapt the presentation to yourself- the speaker: So, what’s…

People are often confused about the difference between non-nutritive sweeteners (NNS) and nutritive sweeteners (NS). Since NNS is intensely sweet compared to NS, it contains zero calories because little is needed to make a product sweet. For example, saccharin is a NNS and is about 20,000-70,000 times sweeter than sucrose, white sugar. NS contain carbohydrates and calories, which provides energy, and are found in fruits, dairy, and vegetables. NNS do not have the same functions as NS. NS…

it can cause and what it contains? Most Diet drinks have artificial sweeteners. Artificial sweeteners are sugar substitutes. Most artificial sweeteners are used to advertise losing weight. Additionally there has been a history of some artificial sweeteners backfiring. Yet some are still used today because it’s are cheaper to produce. Thus food and drug Administration should put stronger guidelines in place for artificial sweeteners for consumers to educate them on the affects to their health.…

Sweet Deception: The Skinny on Artificial Sweeteners Extensive marketing of artificial sweeteners as being beneficial for a healthy lifestyle has made their use by the general public widespread. In fact, between 1987 and 2000, the number of US citizens who ingested products containing non-caloric sweeteners rose from less than 70 million to 160 million (Hampton 2137). However, recent studies have demonstrated that the body’s reaction to artificial sweeteners may be counterproductive to their…

This study was performed to test the rate of fermentation in popular sugars and sweeteners in order to see which one fermented the fastest and how much of an affect the sugar had on the rate of fermentation of the yeast. It is a very important topic because it can lead people to make better choices about which sugar or sweetener to choose and help them better understand its effect on their…

and increased oxidative stress in the brain. Additionally, aspartame has been linked to a higher incidence of metabolic syndrome disorders in babies of mothers who consumed it while pregnant. Saccharin: Saccharin was one of the first artificial sweeteners introduced to the market. Saccharin is found in everything from toothpaste to canned vegetables. This artificial sweeter is close to 500 times as sweet as sugar. Saccharin has been linked to digestive disorders, tachycardia, and most…