Artificial Sweeteners: What They Don’t Tell You

Artificial sweeteners are common in many products, but what impact do they have on your health? At Marc Bony Chiropractic Center, we explore the truth behind these additives and their effects on the body.

Artificial sweeteners: what they don’t tell you

The advertising you see on television and other media about sweeteners is due to commercial marketing purposes, not an interest in consumer health. See what research says about the most common sweeteners:

• Animal research has shown that all the artificial sweeteners currently approved and considered safe by the United States Food and Drug Administration and the relevant authorities in Europe cause DNA damage and interfere with the normal and healthy activity of gut bacteria.
• The artificial sweeteners analyzed in the study presented here are aspartame, sucralose, saccharin, neotame, advantame, and acesulfame potassium, also known as acesulfame-K.
• Saccharin caused the most severe and extensive damage, exhibiting both cytotoxic and genotoxic effects, meaning it is toxic to cells and damages genetic information in them (which can cause mutations).
• Aspartame and acesulfame potassium were found to cause DNA damage. Likewise, neotame was found to cause metabolic disorders and elevated concentrations of various fatty acids, as well as lipids and cholesterol.
• Another recent investigation has shown that artificial sweeteners damage vascular function and cause cellular changes that may be significant during the onset and progression of diabetes and obesity.

  The animal study,^1,2,3,4,5 published in the journal Molecules, found that all the artificial sweeteners currently approved and considered safe by the United States Food and Drug Administration cause DNA damage and interfere with the normal and healthy activity of gut bacteria.

Some of the artificial sweeteners included in that study and their results are:

• The saccharin caused the most severe and extensive damage, exhibiting both cytotoxic and genotoxic effects, meaning it is toxic to cells and damages genetic information in them (which can cause mutations).
• The Sucralose caused: Destruction of gut bacteria. Alteration of glucose, insulin, which could increase the risk of diabetes. Fewer red blood cells. Higher male infertility. At higher doses, causes brain lesions. Calcified and larger kidneys. Risk of spontaneous abortions. Possible interactions with medications.
• Neotame was found to cause a metabolic alteration in mice and increased concentrations of various fatty acids, as well as lipids and cholesterol. Additionally, several genes decreased due to this sweetener.
• Aspartame and acesulfame potassium – the latter commonly found in sports supplements – are found to cause DNA damage.

Artificial sweeteners are linked to weight gain and health problems

Research published in the last 3 decades has also convincingly shown that artificial sweeteners stimulate appetite, increase carbohydrate cravings, and produce various metabolic dysfunctions that promote fat storage and weight gain. In 1986, a study

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