By James Brown, Aston University Sweeteners have long been suggested to be bad for our health. Studies have linked consuming too many sweeteners with conditions such as obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. But links with cancer have been less certain. An artificial sweetener,…
By Tom Theimer Stevia, a plant once banned and confiscated in the U.S. during the ’80s and ’90s because it had non-toxic and sweet-tasting leaves, has a story all its own. Even Stevia’s own printed story was at one time seized by the FDA in…
By Stacy Malkan, Children’s Health Defense Key Facts About Diet Soda Chemical Dozens of studies have linked aspartame — the world’s most widely used artificial sweetener — to serious health problems, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s disease, seizures, stroke and dementia, as well as negative…
By Aaron Kesel A study published in the journal Cell Metabolism by a group of Yale researchers found that the consumption of the common artificial sweetener sucralose (found in Splenda, Zerocal, Sukrana, SucraPlus, and others) in combination with carbohydrates can actually raise blood sugar and…
A $2.2 billion industry to help people lose weight through artificial sweeteners may be contributing to type 2 diabetes, according to researchers from the University of South Australia. A recently published review led by UniSA Professor Peter Clifton reveals that people who use low-calorie sweeteners…
By B.N. Frank Last May, Waking Times published a great article by Dr. Smith about how artificial sweeteners make people fat and sick. The title of the article was appropriately: “Reconfirmed: Artificial Sweeteners Make You Fat and Sick.” New research was released that once again…
By Marco Torres Using artificial sweeteners causes biochemical changes in the body and actually throw off the body’s ability to monitor how many calories we consume. FDA-approved artificial sweeteners and sport supplements have now been found to be toxic to digestive gut microbes, according to…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Sucralose is a common artificial sweetener sold under the trade name, Splenda®. The last time I went on the Splenda® website, it discussed the decades-long process of finally obtaining FDA approval. This probably won’t surprise our readers, but the findings of a new study…
By April McCarthy While calories from any food have the potential to increase the risk of obesity and other cardiometabolic diseases, 22 nutrition researchers agree that sugar-sweetened beverages play a unique role in chronic health problems. The disease risk increases even when the beverages are…
By Natasha Longo Increased awareness of the health consequences of eating too much sugar has fueled a dramatic uptick in the consumption of zero-calorie artificial sweeteners in recent decades. However, new research finds sugar replacements can also cause health changes that are linked with diabetes…
By Gary G. Kohls, MD, guest to Natural Blaze “More than 50 conditions can cause or mimic the symptoms of dementia.” but “Alzheimer’s (can only be) distinguished from other dementias at autopsy.” — from a Harvard University Health Publication entitled “What’s Causing Your Memory Loss? It…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor While a “sedentary lifestyle” is the new modern scapegoat for all that ails us, Indian doctors are pointing fingers at ingredients commonly found in sodas: ingredients in both diet and regular. At the beginning of summer, India’s biggest independent news network reach out…
By Aaron Kesel, Natural Blaze How does soda and diet soda affect your body? You may be shocked to know the truth about what is actually going on inside your body every time you drink some cola and the effects it has on you both long…
By Health Tips Now Monk fruit also known as “Luo Han Guo”, Buddha fruit, the Lohan or Arhat fruit is a sweet fruit and its healing properties are known for centuries. The fruit grows on a vine and it was named after Buddhist practitioners, called…
By HTN Medjool dates are fruits of the date palm tree. They have deep brown color and a caramel-like flavor and can be consumed fresh or dried. So why are the Medjool dates healthiest natural sweetener? Besides that they are delicious they are also rich…
By Natasha Longo By disrupting the fine balance of appetite and metabolic hormones, artificial sweeteners distort the body’s ability to monitor how many calories we consume. About 25 percent of children and more than 41 percent of adults in the United States reported consuming foods…
By Sayer Ji, Founder Is sucralose (aka Splenda) really as safe a sugar alternative as its manufacturers and advertisers claim, or is it really a toxic chemical causing a wide range of health problems including thyroid suppression and weight gain? New research sheds light on this…
By Cassius Kamarampi Did you know that Aspartame literally turns into formaldehyde and methanol inside your body? It breaks down into, according to one paper, “phenylalanine (50%), aspartic acid (40%) and methanol (10%) during metabolism in the body. The excess of phenylalanine blocks the transport…
By Natasha Longo Artificial sweeteners prime the human body to selectively choose high-calorie foods. By disrupting the fine balance of appetite and metabolic hormones, they distort the body’s ability to monitor how many calories we consume. These are six unparalleled poisons still approved by governments…
By Daisy Luther A scathing new study has put artificial sweeteners under the spotlight and is supporting what health writers have been saying for years. The researchers have found that most of the previous studies into the sweeteners touting their alleged “health advantages” over using…
