Tag: artificial sweeteners
One of the most popular movements in American food today is the “whole foods” movement. This is the trend where people are beginning to cook foods from scratch using ingredients like fresh fruits and vegetables, dry brown rice or beans…
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It is not surprising to come across artificial food sweeteners on most tabletops these days. The reason? A world driven by heightened health awareness! Artificial sweeteners such as aspartame, saccharin, neotame, and sucralose have long ruled the world of diabetics.…
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The combination of America’s enormous appetite for sweets and its obsession with thinness has led to a flood of artificial sweeteners like aspartame and sucralose that are used throughout the food industry, especially in products that are labeled “light” or…
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Consumers may notice that when buying a “light” product containing aspartame, there is a label warning those who have phenylketonuria not to consume it. This is because artificial sweeteners are not simple carbohydrates like regular table sugar, but have a…
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Still using Splenda as your sweetener of choice? It is the most versatile and widely used artificial sweetener. However, as is often the case, popularity of a product does not mean that it is safe.
Over the years since Splenda’s…
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The combination of American’s growing problems with weight and its incredible sweet tooth have led in recent decades to a veritable tsunami of artificial sweeteners flooding the market; they are now in a variety of “light” or “low-calorie” foods and…
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You might think the world doesn’t need a more potent artificial sweetener, but the Ajinomoto Group disagrees.
This Japanese company produces most of the world’s MSG and is also the major supplier of aspartame. It acquired its aspartame business from…
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Eating mostly whole foods as nature intended is the best recipe for a brain-healthy diet. This minimizes consumption of food additives, some of which are bad for your brain. But most of us, even with the best intentions, eat food…
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“Advertising is legalized lying.” – H.G. Wells
This could not possibly be more true than in today’s food industry.
The grocery store has become a virtual mine field of coded words. Packages say one thing, while covering the truth of…
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Sweeteners are a hot topic, applauded by many and detested by others. Some artificial ones are enjoyed for their supremely sweet taste (the sucralose Splenda, for example, is 600 times sweeter than sugar), yet others avoid the likes of saccharin,…
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