The truth about artificial sweeteners – Are they good for diabetics?

Artificial sweeteners are thought to be beneficial for diabetics or obese where refined sugar can be a problem. These low-calorie sweeteners are seemingly safe to use, provide sweetness without calories, and provide a choice of sweet foods to those who otherwise cannot partake them (refined sugars)....

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Autores principales: Purohit, Vikas, Mishra, Sundeep
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Le Voyageur Temp
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5903011/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29455781
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ihj.2018.01.020
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description Artificial sweeteners are thought to be beneficial for diabetics or obese where refined sugar can be a problem. These low-calorie sweeteners are seemingly safe to use, provide sweetness without calories, and provide a choice of sweet foods to those who otherwise cannot partake them (refined sugars). However, while artificial sweeteners may indeed restrict calories most of them have no beneficial effects on control of diabetes mellitus; rather possibly increase its risk. Additionally, there could be some other safety concerns possibly risk of cancer.
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spelling pubmed-59030112019-01-01 The truth about artificial sweeteners – Are they good for diabetics? Purohit, Vikas Mishra, Sundeep Indian Heart J Le Voyageur Temp Artificial sweeteners are thought to be beneficial for diabetics or obese where refined sugar can be a problem. These low-calorie sweeteners are seemingly safe to use, provide sweetness without calories, and provide a choice of sweet foods to those who otherwise cannot partake them (refined sugars). However, while artificial sweeteners may indeed restrict calories most of them have no beneficial effects on control of diabetes mellitus; rather possibly increase its risk. Additionally, there could be some other safety concerns possibly risk of cancer. Elsevier 2018 2018-02-15 /pmc/articles/PMC5903011/ /pubmed/29455781 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ihj.2018.01.020 Text en © 2018 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Cardiological Society of India. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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