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Not-so-healthy sugar substitutes?
Publication date: June 2016 Source:Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, Volume 9 Author(s): Susan E Swithers Replacing sugar-sweetened beverages with diet soft drinks containing sugar substitutes that provide few or no calories has been suggested as one strategy for promoting improved public health outcomes. However, current scientific evidence indicates that routine consumption of beverages with non-nutritive sweeteners not only fails to prevent disease, but is associated with increases in risks for the same health outcomes associated with sugar-sweetened beverages, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease,...
Source: Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences - March 23, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research