Over the past few decades, the consumption of confectionery has been increasing worldwide. This is accompanied by an increased incidence of obesity, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and cardiometabolic disease.
More and more people are aware of the dangers of sugar. Driven by the “sugar reduction” wave, both sweet and sugar-free The 0-calorie sugar has emerged as a healthy choice for sweet tooth lovers.
In addition to natural sweeteners, more artificial sweeteners with low price and high sweetness are on the market.
Artificial sweeteners have almost no calories compared to added sugarsame can of Coca-Cola, regular version Calories are close to 600 kilojoules, while diet cola with artificial sweeteners aspartame and acesulfame potassium has almost no calories.
On the other hand, artificial sweeteners are not carbohydrates, and unlike sugar, ingesting artificial sweeteners does not raise blood sugar .
However, do artificial sweeteners with 0 sugar and 0 calories actually improve people’s health?
Researchers in Australia have demonstrated in animal experiments that artificial sweeteners can stimulate appetite, which in turn makes fruit flies eat more.
A study in the United States also investigated the intake of sugar-free beverages among more than 7,000 people aged 2-17. From 1999 to 2012, children With a 200% increase in diet beverage consumption among teens, the daily calorie intake of participants who opted for diet drinks was not significantly different from those who opted for sugar-sweetened beverages. In other words, diet drinks did not reduce the calorie intake of these people, and children who drank diet drinks consumed more sugar and calories from other foods.
The label of “0 calories and 0 sugar” has become a shelter for consumers to “eat more”, which runs counter to the pursuit of health. ThereforeAmerican Heart Association recommends that children not drink sugar-free drinks for a long time.
Recently, the latest research published in PLOS Medicine by a team of scientists from the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research and the Sorbonne Nord University in Paris revealed:< /span>Higher intake of artificial sweeteners is associated with an increased risk of overall cancer, especially breast and obesity-related cancersSafety of artificial sweeteners Put the question mark again.
The study included a total of 102,865 participants(approximately 78.5% female), The average age was 42.2 years old, and the health information of these participants was collected in detail through an online survey, including: height, weight, disease history, family history, medication history, physical activity, living habits and sociodemographic characteristics(gender, date of birth, education level, occupation, smoking and reproductive history).
The participants’ 24-hour dietary records will be collected 3 times every 6 months, detailing the brand and name of each food, so that researchers can It is possible to find out how much artificial sweetener is in the food, that is to say, the scope of the research is not limited to beverages, but includes all foods containing artificial sweeteners.
According to the survey, 36.9% of the participants would consume foods with artificial sweeteners in their daily life. The intake level can be divided into: no intake group, low intake group and high intake group. Based on the average intake of artificial sweeteners of each gender, male intake of artificial sweeteners is ≥17.44 mg/day. Days are considered high intakes, and women are considered high intakes ≥19.00 mg/day.
Aspartame accounts for the bulk of the total intake of artificial sweeteners 58% of intake), acesulfame potassium(29%), and sucralose(10 %).
All participants of Aspartame and Acesulfame The intakes were all below the tolerable daily intake (aspartame 40 mg/kg body weight, acesulfame 9 mg/kg body weight), only 5 Participants consumed excess sucralose(15 mg/kg body weight).
Sugar-free drinks, table sweeteners, yogurt and cheese were the main dietary sources of artificial sweeteners for participants .
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