Due to our society's love of sugar, scientists have
been able to synthetically produce artificial sweeteners and flavor enhancers.
These artificial sweeteners give us the same pleasure as sugar without the
calories and dangerous effects on insulin signaling and triglyceride formation.
This includes aspartame, acefultame potassium, sucralose and many others.
Unfortunately, these artificial sweeteners break down into highly toxic
chemical agents that damage important regions of the body.
Artificial Sweetener
Disease (ASD) is sweeping across America, affecting tens of thousands of
consumers, and Western medicine calls it anything but what it really is, so
that doctors can prescribe expensive pharmaceuticals and set up "checkup"
appointments for the following weeks.
The symptoms of ASD
can change overnight, depending on how much chemical sweetener you consume, and
which ones. Some combinations are especially toxic. Consumers can go from a
migraine headache to vomiting or from vision problems to an upset stomach. Many
people experience central nervous system disorders, cramping, nervous twitches
and abnormal reflexes. Call it recurring headaches,
unbearable migraines, depression, anxiety,
muscle pain, arthritis
flare ups, buzzing or ringing in the ears, chronic
fatigue, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), Crohn's disease, inflammation, even acid reflux, but don't call it ASD , or the patient may stop consuming synthetic
sweeteners, and then not schedule more doctor visits.
Ideal sweeteners are formed in nature and are minimally processed. These would include organic sugar, stevia, raw honey, maple syrup, etc. The greater the processing the more dangerous the sweetener can potentially be. Artificial sweeteners are often devised completely in a laboratory or they begin as sugar and undergo massive processing. Some of the most dangerous artificial sweeteners & flavor enhancers include the following:
Ideal sweeteners are formed in nature and are minimally processed. These would include organic sugar, stevia, raw honey, maple syrup, etc. The greater the processing the more dangerous the sweetener can potentially be. Artificial sweeteners are often devised completely in a laboratory or they begin as sugar and undergo massive processing. Some of the most dangerous artificial sweeteners & flavor enhancers include the following:
Aspartame:
Originally approved in 1981 for use in food is 200
times sweeter than sugar. It is composed of 50 percent phenylalanine, 40
percent aspartic acid and 10 percent methanol. Excess phenylalanine has been
shown to disrupt normal serotonin levels in the nervous system which can lead
to depressive, emotional & psychotic disorders. Individuals who continually
consume aspartame will have elevated phenylalanine. Despite safety reports of
the artificial sweetener aspartame, health-related concerns remain.
Life-span exposure to low doses of aspartame
beginning during prenatal life increases cancer effects in rats.
As few as one diet soda daily may increase the risk
for leukemia in men and women, and for multiple myeloma and non-Hodgkin
lymphoma in men, according to new results from the longest-ever running study
on aspartame as a carcinogen in humans. Importantly, this is the most
comprehensive, long-term study ever completed on this topic, so it holds more
weight than other past studies which appeared to show no risk. And
disturbingly, it may also open the door for further similar findings on other
cancers in future studies.
Acefultame
Potassium:
This artificial sweetener is often times used in
combination with other artificial
sweeteners such as sucralose
and/or aspartame to mask any form of after taste. This sweetener has been shown
to stimulate insulin secretions even though it does not increase blood sugar.
Elevated insulin increases inflammation and hampers immunity. Since Acefultame
does not increase blood sugar this insulin response can stimulate reactive
hypoglycemia. It has been linked to leukemia, breast cancer, thymus cancer and
chronic respiratory diseases.
Saccharin:
Aside from sugar
of lead, saccharin was the first artificial sweetener and
was originally synthesized in 1879 by Remsen and Fahlberg. Its sweet taste was
discovered by accident. It had been created in an experiment with toluene
derivatives. A process for the creation of saccharin from phthalic anhydride was developed in 1950, and, currently,
saccharin is created by this process as well as the original process by which
it was discovered. It is 300 to 500 times as sweet as sugar (sucrose) and is
often used to improve the taste of toothpastes, dietary foods, and dietary
beverages. The bitter aftertaste of saccharin is often minimized by blending it
with other sweeteners.
Subsequently, it was discovered that saccharin
causes cancer in male rats by a mechanism not found in humans. At high doses,
saccharin causes a precipitate to form in rat urine. This precipitate damages
the cells lining the bladder (urinary bladder urothelial cytotoxicity) and a tumor forms when the cells regenerate
(regenerative hyperplasia). According to the International Agency for
Research on Cancer, part of the World Health Organization,
"Saccharin and its salts was (sic) downgraded from Group 2B, possibly
carcinogenic to humans, to Group 3, not classifiable as to carcinogenicity to
humans, despite sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity to animals, because it
is carcinogenic by a non-DNA-reactive mechanism that is not relevant to humans
because of critical interspecies differences in urine composition."
In 2001 the United States repealed the warning label
requirement, while the threat of an FDA ban had already been lifted in 1991.
Most other countries also permit saccharin, but restrict the levels of use,
while other countries have outright banned it.
The EPA has officially removed saccharin and its
salts from their list of hazardous constituents and commercial chemical
products. In a December 14, 2010, release the EPA stated that saccharin is no
longer considered a potential hazard to human health.
Sucralose:
This artificial sweetener is
marketed as if it came from natural sugar. However, it is highly processed with
three chlorine atoms that damage the microflora within the human gut. The
biochemist Dr. James Bown says "sucralose is simply chlorinated
sugar." Sucralose
has been shown to damage the thymus gland and inflame the liver and kidneys. Chlorine is a natural anti-septic that harms the human gut and destroys microflora leading to candida formation, irritable bowel syndrome, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, obesity and cachexia.
A study conducted on rats by researchers at Duke University, one of the world's foremost patient care and research institutions, determined that Sucralose actually contributes to obesity, destroys "good" intestinal bacteria, and can prevent prescription drugs from being absorbed.
has been shown to damage the thymus gland and inflame the liver and kidneys. Chlorine is a natural anti-septic that harms the human gut and destroys microflora leading to candida formation, irritable bowel syndrome, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, obesity and cachexia.
A study conducted on rats by researchers at Duke University, one of the world's foremost patient care and research institutions, determined that Sucralose actually contributes to obesity, destroys "good" intestinal bacteria, and can prevent prescription drugs from being absorbed.
Stevia:
Stevia has been widely used as a natural sweetener
in South America for centuries and in Japan since 1970. Due to its unique
characteristics of zero glycemic index and
zero calories, it is fast
becoming popular in many other countries. In 1987, the FDA issued a ban on
stevia because it had not been approved as a food additive. After being repeatedly provided with a
significant amount of scientific data proving that there was no side effect of
using stevia as a sweetener from companies such as Cargill and Coca-Cola, the
FDA gave a "no objection" approval for GRAS status
in December 2008 to Truvia, a blend of rebiana and erythritol (developed by Cargill and The Coca-Cola Company), as well as PureVia (developed by PepsiCo and the whole Earth Sweetener Company, a subsidiary of Merisant), both of which use ebaudioside A derived from the Stevia plant.
Conclusion:
The good news is the cure for Artificial
Sweetener Disease is absolutely free and involves no doctor, no health
insurance co-pays, and has zero side effects. Here is the secret cure for
ASD: throw away your sugar free gum and candy, and then trash all foods and
drinks you have that are labeled "light" and "zero." Read
the labels on everything, so you can filter out all artificial sweeteners
from your products, including aspartame, sucralose,
sorbitol, acesulfame-k, aspartic acid, and saccharine.
Since real
sugar is only 15 calories per teaspoon, maybe everyone trying to manage their
weight should just use the real thing in their coffee or tea. Then it would
also be healthier to take the stairs instead of the elevator, park further away
from their destination and walk it off, and buy vitamins from a local health food
store.
Sources:
http://www.livestrong.com
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