The number of sweeteners lining supermarket shelves is mind-boggling. There are
artificial sweeteners, natural sweeteners and sweeteners with names too
difficult to pronounce.
There is not a whole lot of consensus on which one is better for you, or even
the least harmful. Too much sugar will make you fat, the experts say. On the
other hand, too much zero-calorie artificial sweetener can also make you fat,
others argue.
Being overweight can lead to heart disease, diabetes and other serious health
problems. Even if sugar substitutes don’t make you fat, at one time or another
they have been linked to cancer and headaches. But, the National Cancer
Institute says there is no clear evidence that artificial sweeteners available
in the United States are associated with cancer risk in humans.
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