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	Sugar substitute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Commonwealth English, sugar substitutes are often referred to as "sweeteners" (to the exclusion of sugar).
		This may be seen in soft drinks such as cola labeled as "diet" or "light" or "economy" which contain artificial sweeteners and often have notably different mouthfeel; or in table sugar replacements which mix maltodextrins with an intense sweetener to achieve satisfactory texture sensation.
		Saccharin was the first artificial sweetener and was originally synthesized in 1879 by Remsen and Fahlberg and its sweet taste was discovered by accident.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Artificial_sweetener (2031 words)

	Sugar Substitutes: Americans Opt for Sweetness and Lite
		A tiny segment of the population is sensitive to one of the sweetener's byproducts and should restrict intake.
		An early attempt to ban saccharin came in 1911 when a board of federal scientists called the artificial sweetener "an adulterant" that should not be used in foods.
		Other "natural sweeteners" are available, but these are variations of table sugar and contain about the same amount of calories.
	www.fda.gov /fdac/features/1999/699_sugar.html (2698 words)

	Agave Nectar - Madhava Honey - Fine Colorado & Rocky Mountain Honey Products
		This natural liquid sweetener made from the extract of the wild agave, is now on the shelves at many local groceries and natural food stores.
		The introduction of this new sweetener is timely as it has a relatively low glycemic index due to its higher proportion of fructose and lower levels of glucose.
		This pure, unrefined sweetener is a great-tasting, economical alternative to all other sweeteners, granular or liquid, perfect for all around use.
	www.madhavahoney.com /agave.htm (1531 words)

	What sweetener do you use? - Nutrition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		However, two sweeteners stand-out as the "least bad." Sucralose seems to be pretty safe, though there isn't that much research on it yet.
		Personal beliefs, aside, though, it seems clear that the safest sweetener in light of today's world-wide obesity epidemic is not a natural one.
		There is nothing intrinsic to non-caloric artificial sweeteners in general that would result in them all necessarily having such characteristics.
	www.medicaltalk.org /_What_sweetener_do_you_use-25677651-15-a.html (10008 words)

	Low Carb Diet Tips & Basics - Sweetners Information
		Read the label carefully; many foods such as jams and fruit drinks are sweetened with concentrated grape or apple juice, which are very sweet, high-fructose syrups, and yield the same carb and calorie count as sucrose (table sugar).
		Fructose is sometimes promoted as a suitable sweetener for diabetics and low carbers because it does not require insulin to be used by the cells; thus there is no rise in insulin level.
		Many low carbers enjoy an occasional chocolate bar or candy sweetened with one of the sugar alcohols, and find there is no effect on their weight loss or ketosis.
	www.lowcarb.ca /tips/tips006.html (1567 words)

	Arizona State University 1984 study on aspartame toxicity
		When diet sodas and soft drinks, sweetened with aspartame, are used to replace fluid loss during exercise and physical exertion in hot climates, the intake of methanol can exceed 250 mg/day or 32 times the Environmental Protection Agency's recommended limit of consumption for this cumulative toxin(8).
		The question asked whether uncontrolled consumption of this new sweetener might increase the methanol intake of certain individuals to a point beyond which our limited knowledge of acute and chronic human methanol toxicity can be extrapolated to predict safety.
		The consumption of aspartame sweetened soft drinks or other beverages in not limited by either calories or Osmolality, and can equal the daily water loss of an individual (which for active people in a state like Arizona can exceed 5 liters).
	www.presidiotex.com /aspartame/Facts/Arizona/arizona.html (5328 words)

	Stevia Natural Sweetener Competes With Aspartame From Betty Martini Bettym19@mindspring.com
		Used as a sweetener for a thousand years in what is now northeastern Paraguay by native peoples, stevia rebuadiana is perhaps the only known plant to worry the sweetener industry today.
		So impressed by the plants' sweetening capabilities, he declared it "so superior to sugar that it is no need to wait for results of analyses and cultures to affirm its economic advantage - the simple test proves it." In 1908, the first harvest of a stevia crop occurred, a ton from its natural habitat.
		Such a small amount is needed to sweeten a cup of coffee or tea, for instance, that dipping the tip of your pinkie finger into the powder is as much stevia herb as would be required.
	www.rense.com /general37/stev.htm (2678 words)

	Sweenener
		There are, however, a variety of sweeteners that can give you that sweet buzz without all the negative side effects of sugar.
		Unfortunately, these sweeteners are artificial, cannot be used for many of the same applications (such as baking), and have a completely different taste and texture.
		Conversely, Xylitol is a naturally occurring sweetener that is crystalline in form and looks and tastes like sugar.
	www.xlear.com /xylosweet/articles/sweetener.aspx (453 words)

	FAQ - Stevia, Nature's Natural Low Calorie Sweetener
		Stevia is a plant that produces a variety of high-potency low-calorie sweeteners in its' leaf tissue.
		The sweet compounds found in stevia leaves are diterpene glycosides (steviol glycosides) and are synthesized, at least in the initial stages, using much the same pathway as gibberellic acid, an important plant hormone.
		The steviol glycoside and gibberellin pathways diverge at kaurene.
	res2.agr.gc.ca /london/faq/stevia_e.htm (1108 words)

	Dr.Julian Whitaker's Health & Healing® (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This is a Tale of Two Sweeteners, full of sound and fury, signifying that the FDA has sold you and your kids to the drug companies again, and you are unwitting receptacles of a sweetener that has obvious toxicity.
		The FDA has blocked the use of a natural sweetener that is totally safe.
		These sweeteners contain aspartame, which was first approved by the FDA in 1974.
	www.healthfree.com /Dr.JulianWhitakers.htm (738 words)

	Artificial Sweeteners, Cancer Facts 3.19 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		There is no evidence that the regulated artificial sweeteners on the market in the United States are related to cancer risk in humans.
		Questions about artificial sweeteners and cancer arose when early studies showed that cyclamate, one of several types of artificial sweeteners, caused bladder cancer in laboratory animals.
		Aspartame, an artificial sweetener distributed under several trade names (e.g., Nutrasweet or Equal), was approved in 1981 by the FDA after tests showed that it did not cause cancer in laboratory animals, although not all of the laboratory experiments agreed.
	cis.nci.nih.gov /fact/3_19.htm (666 words)

	Calorie Control Council \| Low Calorie Sweeteners - Sucralose
		Its unique combination of sugar-like taste and excellent stability allow sucralose to be used as a replacement for sugar in virtually every type of food and beverage, including in home cooking and baking.
		This change produces a sweetener that has no calories, yet is 600 times sweeter than sucrose.
		Currently, a range of products sweetened with SPLENDA are on supermarket shelves, such as carbonated soft drinks, low-calorie fruit drinks, maple syrup, and apple sauce.
	www.caloriecontrol.org /sucralos.html (1318 words)

	stevia natural sweetener (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Stevia sweetener is a low calorie natural sweetener diet sweetener natural sweetener.
		Stevia is not a chemical sweetener but an herbal based dietary supplement.
		Our diet sweetener is a natural sweetener low calorie sweeteners all in one.
	www.wisdomnaturalbrands.com /sweetener.htm (149 words)

	IMPORT ALERT IA4506
		The product is used in these countries as a table-top sweetener in virtually all food commodities and as a flavor enhancer in such products as teas.
		If stevia is to be used in a dietary supplement for a technical effect, such as use as a sweetener or flavoring agent, and is labeled as such, it is considered an unsafe food additive.
		However, in the absence of labeling specifying that stevia is being or will be used for a technical effect, use of stevia as a dietary ingredient in a dietary supplement is not subject to the food additive provisions of the FD&C Act.
	www.fda.gov /ora/fiars/ora_import_ia4506.html (704 words)

	Study: Artificial sweetener may disrupt body's ability to count calories
		In the first group, both liquids were sweetened with natural high-calorie sweeteners so there was a consistent relationship between sweet taste and calories.
		For the second group, one of the flavored liquids was artificially sweetened with non-caloric saccharin so that the relationship between sweet taste and calories was inconsistent.
		"Increased consumption of artificial sweeteners and of high-calorie beverages is not the sole cause of obesity, but it may be a contributing factor," Swithers said.
	news.uns.purdue.edu /UNS/html4ever/2004/040629.Swithers.research.html (1473 words)

	Low fat foods - fat free foods at All Diet Foods (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Foods and beverages sweetened with SPLENDA® Brand Sweetener can provide good-tasting, lower-calorie alternatives for people with diabetes who are interested in reducing their calorie or sugar intake.
		SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener may be used as part of a healthy diet that includes a variety of nutritious foods in moderate portions.
		Because SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener tastes like sugar and can be used for cooking and baking, it helps meet consumer demand for good-tasting foods and beverages without all the empty calories of sugar.
	www.alldietfoods.com /splenda.html (634 words)

	Aspartame Archives - Information on the Artificial Sweetener Aspartame - Nutrasweet
		is the place to find independent, reliably sourced and credible information regarding the no calorie artificial sweetener aspartame, which is sold under the brand name NutraSweet in the United States and is used in more than 6,000 products.
		According to reports in Time Magazine and other news sources, online myths about aspartame side effects (and other artificial sweeteners such as sucralose, saccharine and stevia) rank among the top rumors circulating on the Internet.
		This is a common mispelling for the low-calorie artificial sweetener.
	www.aspartamearchives.org (260 words)

	Stevia-Plant.com : stevia sweetener, stevia sweetner, stevia powder, stevia leaf, stevia seed, stevia herb, stevia ...
		The major glycoside is called stevioside, and is one of the major sweeteners in use in Japan and Korea.
		Non caloric sweeteners are a big business in the U.S., as are caloric sweeteners like sugar and the sugar-alcohols, sorbital, mannitol and xylitol.
		It is small wonder that the powerful sweetener interests here, do not want the natural, inexpensive, and non-patentable Stevia approved in the U.S. In the 1970s, the Japanese government approved the plant, and food manufacturers began using Stevia extracts to sweeten everything from sweet soy sauce and pickles to diet Coke.
	www.stevia-plant.com (1895 words)

	Calorie Control Council \| Low-Calorie Sweeteners: Aspartame
		Aspartame is unique among low-calorie sweeteners in that it is completely broken down by the body to its components – the amino acids, aspartic acid and phenylalanine, and a small amount of methanol.
		Aspartame tabletop sweeteners may also be added to some recipes at the end of heating to maintain sweetness.
		Foods and beverages sweetened with aspartame offer people with diabetes a much wider variety of products from which to choose and greater flexibility in budgeting their total carbohydrate intake.
	www.caloriecontrol.org /aspartame.html (2747 words)

	Splenda - Sugar Free Sweetener
		SPLENDA is used around the world as an ingredient in low-calorie processed foods and beverages, and as a sweetener available to consumers in supermarkets and other consumer outlets.
		The sweetening ingredient in SPLENDA, sucralose, is one of the most thoroughly tested food additives in history.
		One should note, however, that foods made with low-calorie sweeteners are not normally a recommended part of a child's diet, since calories are important to a growing child's body.
	www.maplegrove.com /splenda.asp (785 words)

	Junkscience.com -- (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Dieters, diabetics, and health-conscious folk take cover -- the tabletop sweetener police are back, and they’re after your diet soft drink.
		In the latest round of attacks against artificial sweeteners, a May 14 Wall Street Journal column reels off a number of false (and tired) accusations against aspartame, the sweetener marketed as Equal and NutraSweet.
		The WSJ erred by reporting that unlike the other sweeteners, "sucralose hasn’t been linked to any adverse health effects." But the very same fear profiteers who make false adverse health effect claims cited in the WSJ article make similar and worse claims regarding sucralose.
	www.junkscience.com /may03/sweetener.htm (455 words)

	Aspertame sweetener side effects
		Aspertame is a non caloric sweetener used in many diet soft drinks and food preparations.
		Because it degrades when heated and looses its sweeteness, aspertame can not be used for cooking and in sterilizing foods.
		Several national and international organizations have assessed the safety of the aspertame sweetener and checked for its side effects.
	www.greenfacts.org /aspartame/aspertame-sweetener (262 words)

	Stevia Egypt - Stevia is natural Green Sweetener
		Stevia is natural Green Sweetener, which is extracted from Stevia Leaves (Herbaceous herb of the Composite family) and was proved to be "Green Food" by the Center of China Green Food Development
		Stevia is widely used as Food Sweetener (No special limit of quantity) in Japan and also be separately approved as Natural Sweetener and Medicine medium by China Hygienic Department in 1985 and 1990
		As sweetener in beverage and food, it can be bacteriostatic and protract the expiry of quality guaranteed.
	egy-stevia.tripod.com (306 words)

	FDA resisted proposals to test aspartame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Disclosure that federal scientists outside the FDA sought more studies adds a new twist to a long-running controversy over the manner in which the agency approved the popular, low-calorie sweetener in 1981, expanded its uses in 1983 and defended its safety over the last 15 years.
		NIEHS officials say the FDA's resistance effectively prevented government research that might have resolved conflicts between scores of industry-funded studies, which have found the sweetener to be safe, and dozens of independent studies that have raised health concerns.
		Dunnick, who joined Huff in urging a study in 1994 and also nominated the sweetener in the late 1980s, said she did so because women expressed concerns about the sweetener's safety during a National Institutes of Health survey.
	users.westnet.gr /~cgian/fda1.htm (1053 words)

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		Healthier Sweetener Resource List --------------------------------- Before detailing the sweetener resources, there are two general points that are very important to consider.
		For healing and disease preventation it is preferable to use the safer sweeteners listed below in relatively small amounts and primarily not near mealtime.
		Please don't become a guinea pig for another poorly-tested toxic sweetener only to find out years from now that it contributed to the destruction of your health.
	www.holisticmed.com /sweet/sweet.txt (1244 words)

	Splenda (Sucralose) Toxicity Exposed
		New chemical sweeteners (like Splenda) and the sweetener blends (aspartame, sucralose and acesulfame K blended together in one product) may be causing users to show signs of weight gain, disruption of sleep patterns, sexual dysfunction, increases in cancer, MS, Lupus, diabetes, and a list of epidemic degenerative diseases.
		Children are reacting to artificial sweeteners in harmful ways, but this aspect of the sweetener wars has gone unnoticed in the mainstream health community.
		The sweetener corporations market to children by placing soft drink machines in public elementary schools, and by influencing doctors that diet sweeteners don’t cause abnormal behavior and emotional stress in children.
	www.splendaexposed.com (2388 words)

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