Sugar-Free Diet Foods Seem to
Cause Adverse Health Problems
and Weight Gain
By Karen Pijuan
Do you eat sugar-free diet foods in your quest to lose
weight? How effective has it been for you? You might be surprised to find
out that most people do NOT lose weight with sugar-free diets foods. They
may even gain weight. In addition, foods that are sugar-free almost always
have artificial sweeteners added, and this is bad news. Manufacturers have
gone to great lengths to convince you of the safety of their sugar
substitutes, but many studies and many reports by consumers tell another
story.
Artificial Sweeteners Cause
Increased Intake of Calories
Artificial sweeteners found in almost all sugar-free
diet foods seem to give you MORE of a sweet tooth, not less, and tend to
make people eat more in general, not less! This is especially true of
beverages like diet sodas, but also true of other sugar-free items. A study
that was released to the American Diabetes Association in 2005 showed that
the chance of being overweight actually rises 65% with each diet soda you
consume every day! Did you know that?
Diet Sodas Contain Artificial Sweeteners and
More Toxic Ingredients
1 out of every 2 adults drink diet soda today, in
spite of its list of ingredients that include artificial sweeteners such as
aspartame, saccharin or sucralose, artificial color and preservatives,
phosphoric acid and natural flavors, which invariably include MSG. Are you
perhaps still a diet soda drinker? Did you know that preservatives such as
sodium benzoate are often carcinogenic, phosphoric acid may cause
osteoporosis and higher rates of bone fractures in girls, and natural
flavors that contain MSG are known neurotoxins?
Artificial Sweeteners May Cause Brain Tumors,
Mood Disorders and More
In addition, aspartame (NutraSweet® and Equal®) has
been implicated by some scientists and medical professionals in possibly
causing serious diseases like brain tumors and lesions. It has also been
blamed for all sorts of neurotoxic side effects, such as seizures,
headaches, dizziness, mood disorders, anxiety and more. Saccharin and sodium
benzoate are carcinogenic. Sucralose, the new artificial sweetener for diet
sodas and many other foods, has not been studied extensively on humans, and
concerns have been raised about the possible adverse effects of its use on
the thymus gland, an organ that helps the immune system function properly.
Sucralose has also been accused of causing drug-like feelings of
disorientation and confusion, depression and anxiety, diarrhea, fatigue,
headaches and more.
Aspartame Stimulates Appetite & May Cause
Weight Gain
Many articles and studies have shown that aspartame
in diet sodas and other sugar-free diet foods actually stimulates the
appetite and causes carbohydrate cravings. The American Cancer Society has
documented that people who use artificial sweeteners like aspartame and
sucralose actually gain more weight than those who do not use them. So if
you are using diet soda or other sugar-free diet foods, you are probably
endangering your long-term health, and NOT losing weight anyways! So, stop
using sugar-free diet foods today!
Small Amounts of Natural Sugars in Diet
Better than Artificial Sweeteners
If you are diabetic, you really want to stay away
from all concentrated sugars until you get better (and yes, type II diabetes
can actually go away if you do the right things health wise, like getting
enough sleep, reducing stress, exercising, eating right and getting enough
vitamins and minerals). If you are not diabetic, small amounts of natural
sweetenters like evaporated cane juice (found in Rapadura and Succanat),
maple syrup and raw honey from bees NOT fed corn syrup are far better for
you to include in your diet than artificial sweeteners, in my opinion. If
you have a hard time staying away from sugar, you may need to make a bigger
diet change. Many people find that when they start eating real foods, make
up for vitamin and mineral deficiencies with those foods and sometimes with
whole-food supplements, and make sure they get enough natural proteins and
fats, including virgin coconut oil, in their diets, that their sugar
cravings gradually disappear.
Copyright 2008 Karen Pijuan. This article may be
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