Artificial Sweeteners

Warning: Long, science-heavy video. No funny cats or guys getting hit in the nuts. Artificial sweeteners, or as they are usually referred to in the literature "non-caloric" sweeteners or "high-intensity" sweeteners, address the problem of sugar calorie excess in our diet. They've been demonstrated to support weight loss or maintenance, reduce cavities and can be part of a healthy lifestyle. Much focus has been on CSPI report: www.cspinet.org I disagree with CSPI on about 25% of their rankings, but I appreciate that they take a very conservative stance. Citations: Aspartame: 1. Comp Funct Genomics. 2010. In vivo cytogenetic studies on aspartame. 2. Drug Chem Toxicol. 2004 Aug;27(3):257-68. Genotoxicity of aspartame. 3. Am J Ind Med. 2010 Dec;53(12):1197-206. Aspartame administered in feed, beginning prenatally through life span, induces cancers of the liver and lung in male Swiss mice. 4. Toxicol In Vitro. 2011 Feb;25(1):286-93. In vitro effect of aspartame in angiogenesis induction. Sucralose: 5. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol. 2009 Oct;55(1):1-5. An overview of the safety of sucralose. 6. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol. 2009 Oct;55(1):6-12. Expert panel report on a study of Splenda in male rats. 7. Food Chem Toxicol. 2000;38 Suppl 2:S53-69. Acute and subchronic toxicity of sucralose. 8. Food Chem Toxicol. 2000;38 Suppl 2:S71-89. A combined chronic toxicity/carcinogenicity study of sucralose in Sprague-Dawley rats. 9. Food Chem Toxicol. 2000;38 Suppl 2:S91-7. A carcinogenicity study of ...