This week we cover off all things artificial (and natural) sweeteners. Lab created, naturally derived...is there a difference on our health outcomes?

This week Sal and Shauna cover:

•Can sweeteners actually cause cancer?

•Whether sweeteners impact gut health

•Why too many make you crap your pants

•If they can make you crave more sweet food

•How sweeteners affect your appetite

•Weather sweeteners are actually good for weight loss

•Which sweeteners are beneficial for oral health

•Two awesome new health hacks

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References:

Effects of stevia, aspartame, and sucrose on food intake, satiety, and postprandial glucose and insulin levels

Replacing caloric beverages with water or diet beverages for weight loss in adults: main results of the Choose Healthy Options Consciously Everyday (CHOICE) randomized clinical trial

Marinovich M, Galli CL, Bosetti C, Gallus S, La Vecchia C. Aspartame, low-calorie sweeteners and disease: regulatory safety and epidemiological issues. Food and Chemical Toxicology 2013; 60:109-15. [PubMed Abstract]

Fueling the obesity epidemic? Artificially sweetened beverage use and long-term weight gain

Low-Dose Stevia (Rebaudioside A) Consumption Perturbs Gut Microbiota and the Mesolimbic Dopamine Reward System