{"id":25029,"date":"2021-12-13T11:05:17","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T18:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.proze.com\/?p=25029"},"modified":"2021-12-13T11:05:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T18:05:23","slug":"artificial-sweetners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.proze.com\/artificial-sweetners\/","title":{"rendered":"Artificial Sweetners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zero calorie sweetners are the jewel of the weight loss industry. Foods, drinks, snacks, wherever you\u2019re getting that fix for your sweet tooth, they\u2019re there to take away the guilt.\u00a0 But don\u2019t be fooled, you may be able to trick the body, but you won\u2019t sneak it passed the brain. It\u2019s not your weight loss solution, it\u2019s the hidden weight loss problem! <\/span><\/p>\n

Q: What Are Artificial Sweetners? <\/span><\/h2>\n

Let\u2019s replace that term with, non-nutrative sweetners, this category captures all the artificial and natural sweetners.\u00a0 Essentially they are artificial and natural chemicals that provide us the sensory sweetnes, on our tongue, and have little to no caloric value.\u00a0 Simply, they solve for one of the \u201cissues\u201d with sugar, calories.<\/span><\/p>\n

Q: Why were they created? <\/span><\/h2>\n

Mainly for diabetics.\u00a0 Diabetics have issues with breaking down sugar and their response, through a hormone called insulin, of removal of sugar from the blood stream. You eat sugar, it gets into the bloodstream, if it sits there too long, it starts eating away at all the blood vessels and now you got huge problems.\u00a0 So these sweetners, which have no sugar, do not cause the breakdown of these tissues.<\/span><\/p>\n

Q: What makes them different?<\/span><\/h2>\n

First, some are artificial, like Sucralose, Ace-K, Saccharine, and then others come from natural sources like Stevia and Xylitol.\u00a0 The natural ones have a small bit of calories, but not much.\u00a0 Next, is the intensity or power of their sweetness.\u00a0 Compared to table sugar, Sucralose is 600x sweeter, Stevia up to 300x, Xylitol 1x, and Saccharine up to 500x.\u00a0 As you can see, you don\u2019t need a lot, but they pack a sweetness punch.<\/span><\/p>\n

Q: Why are they all \u201cdangers\u201d?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Because even though you don\u2019t get the calories, you do get an insulin bump.\u00a0 Once the brain senses sweetness, it thinks there is sugar, so insulin automatically rises, which is not a healthy thing.\u00a0 Some people feel it\u2019s ok to keep eating or drinking sweet things all day, so their insulin is elevated, which is inflammatory.\u00a0 Next, you\u2019re really getting used to sweet things, which then causes you to eat more sweet foods and build a higher tolerance for sweetness.<\/span><\/p>\n

Q: What\u2019s your advice?<\/span><\/h2>\n

If you want to lose weight or curb your sweet tooth.\u00a0 Stop using any of these sweetners, they are not good long term solutions.\u00a0 \u201cKnock The Sweet Out Of Your Mouth\u201d is what I say.\u00a0 The less you get used to sweet things, the better.\u00a0 Next, as long as you don\u2019t overdo it, consume regular sugar.\u00a0 The issue isn\u2019t sugar, it\u2019s the pace and amount you consume it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Zero calorie sweetners are the jewel of the weight loss industry. Foods, drinks, snacks, wherever you\u2019re getting that fix for your sweet tooth, they\u2019re there to take away the guilt.\u00a0 But don\u2019t be fooled, you may be able to trick the body, but you won\u2019t sneak it passed the brain. It\u2019s not your weight loss […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[181,180,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-tips","category-higher-education","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.proze.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.proze.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.proze.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.proze.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.proze.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.proze.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.proze.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.proze.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.proze.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.proze.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}