Artificial Sweeteners to Avoid

Replacing sugar with artificial sweeteners may be doing your body more harm than good. Recent studies show that these chemically modified sweeteners can damage the way your body naturally processes sugar, making you much more susceptible to overeating. These sweeteners also increase inflammation in the body, which can increase the risk of disease and make a current disease state even worse. Due to the increasing public health warnings, food companies are now using obscure names to hide these artificial sweeteners in their products.

• Acesulfame K (brand names: Sunett and Sweet One)
• Advantame
• Aspartame (two brand names: Equal and Nutrasweet)
• Neotame (brand name: Newtame)
• Saccharin (two brand names: Sweet ‘N Low and Sweet Twin)
• Sucralose (brand name: Splenda)