| Do you eat sugar-free diet foods in your quest to | | | | studied extensively on humans, and concerns have |
| lose weight? How effective has it been for you? You | | | | been raised about the possible adverse effects of its |
| might be surprised to find out that most people do | | | | use on the thymus gland, an organ that helps the |
| NOT lose weight with sugar-free diets foods. They | | | | immune system function properly. Sucralose has also |
| may even gain weight. In addition, foods that are | | | | been accused of causing drug-like feelings of |
| sugar-free almost always have artificial sweeteners | | | | disorientation and confusion, depression and anxiety, |
| added, and this is bad news. Manufacturers have | | | | diarrhea, fatigue, headaches and more. |
| gone to great lengths to convince you of the safety | | | | Aspartame Stimulates Appetite & May Cause |
| of their sugar substitutes, but many studies and | | | | Weight Gain |
| many reports by consumers tell another story. | | | | Many articles and studies have shown that aspartame |
| Artificial Sweeteners Cause Increased Intake of | | | | in diet sodas and other sugar-free diet foods actually |
| Calories | | | | stimulates the appetite and causes carbohydrate |
| Artificial sweeteners found in almost all sugar-free | | | | cravings. The American Cancer Society has |
| diet foods seem to give you MORE of a sweet | | | | documented that people who use artificial |
| tooth, not less, and tend to make people eat more in | | | | sweeteners like aspartame and sucralose actually gain |
| general, not less! This is especially true of beverages | | | | more weight than those who do not use them. So if |
| like diet sodas, but also true of other sugar-free | | | | you are using diet soda or other sugar-free diet |
| items. A study that was released to the American | | | | foods, you are probably endangering your long-term |
| Diabetes Association in 2005 showed that the chance | | | | health, and NOT losing weight anyways! So, stop |
| of being overweight actually rises 65% with each diet | | | | using sugar-free diet foods today! |
| soda you consume every day! Did you know that? | | | | Small Amounts of Natural Sugars in Diet Better than |
| Diet Sodas Contain Artificial Sweeteners and More | | | | Artificial Sweeteners |
| Toxic Ingredients | | | | If you are diabetic, you really want to stay away |
| 1 out of every 2 adults drink diet soda today, in spite | | | | from all concentrated sugars until you get better (and |
| of its list of ingredients that include artificial | | | | yes, type II diabetes can actually go away if you do |
| sweeteners such as aspartame, saccharin or | | | | the right things health wise, like getting enough sleep, |
| sucralose, artificial color and preservatives, phosphoric | | | | reducing stress, exercising, eating right and getting |
| acid and natural flavors, which invariably include MSG. | | | | enough vitamins and minerals). If you are not diabetic, |
| Are you perhaps still a diet soda drinker? Did you | | | | small amounts of natural sweetenters like evaporated |
| know that preservatives such as sodium benzoate | | | | cane juice (found in Rapadura and Succanat), maple |
| are often carcinogenic, phosphoric acid may cause | | | | syrup and raw honey from bees NOT fed corn syrup |
| osteoporosis and higher rates of bone fractures in | | | | are far better for you to include in your diet than |
| girls, and natural flavors that contain MSG are known | | | | artificial sweeteners, in my opinion. If you have a hard |
| neurotoxins? | | | | time staying away from sugar, you may need to |
| Artificial Sweeteners May Cause Brain Tumors, Mood | | | | make a bigger diet change. Many people find that |
| Disorders and More | | | | when they start eating real foods, make up for |
| In addition, aspartame (NutraSweet® and | | | | vitamin and mineral deficiencies with those foods and |
| Equal®) has been implicated by some scientists | | | | sometimes with whole-food supplements, and make |
| and medical professionals in possibly causing serious | | | | sure they get enough natural proteins and fats, |
| diseases like brain tumors and lesions. It has also been | | | | including virgin coconut oil, in their diets, that their |
| blamed for all sorts of neurotoxic side effects, such | | | | sugar cravings gradually disappear. |
| as seizures, headaches, dizziness, mood disorders, | | | | Copyright 2008 Karen Pijuan. This article may be |
| anxiety and more. Saccharin and sodium benzoate are | | | | copied only in its entirety and only if all links, including |
| carcinogenic. Sucralose, the new artificial sweetener | | | | those in the resource box or the about-the-author |
| for diet sodas and many other foods, has not been | | | | section, remain intact. |