- Scientists have found that calorie-free sugar substitutes like aspartame can change the way a body processes fat, and likely
- prompt diabetes and obesity, just
- The way artificial sweeteners are digested inside the body is very different from how real sugar is processed, but the negative outcomes of consuming fake sugar may be nearly identical.
- Artificial sweeteners
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Artificial sweeteners may be as toxic for the body as regular sugar
Too much sugar's toxic for the body, but new research suggests artificial sweeteners like aspartame may be just as bad as the real thing. Scientists are starting to discover that slurping fake sugar could also lead to more obesity and diabetes.
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If you're adding artificial sweeteners like aspartameinto your coffee or tea, or sipping diet sodas to stay slim instead of guzzling down sugar, you may not be doing your body any long-term favors.
Scientists have suspected for years that artificial sweeteners may stimulate our appetites and make us eat more. But forthcoming research suggests that's not the only piece of bad news about fake sugar.
In a new study, rats who were fed the common sweeteners aspartame and acesulfame K — found in products like Equal, NutraSweet, Sunett, and Sweet One —
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Brian Hoffmann, a biomedical engineer who studies high-sugar and high-sweetener diets at the joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Marquette University, presented his yet-to-be published research at the 2018 Experimental Biology conference in April.
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