Did you think that sweeteners helped control blood sugar (blood sugar levels) and that they were valuable allies for your health?
According to a team of Israeli researchers, you are wrong, when sweeteners, especially if used excessively, would even cause hyperglycaemia and diabetes. The study was presented during the European Association of the Study of Diabetes, held in Vienna. The molecules contained within artificial sweeteners (saccharin, aspartame) would be the cause of metabolic upheavals within our organism, which would gradually manage to change the delicate balance of blood sugar, thus causing the onset of diabetes. The sweeteners, as well as being used industrially within many foods called ” light“, they are also widely used in low-calorie diets in pure form, since they contain much less calories than sugar and imitate their sweetening power, but they are not recommended for children and pregnant women . In fact, their abuse can cause migraine, diarrhea and intestinal problems In addition, many of the artificial sweeteners are suspected of being downright carcinogenic, even if the scientific community has not yet definitively expressed itself in this regard. It is therefore advisable to limit the use of these substances to the bare minimum, dangerously present in many foods of our daily diet, always checking the label and avoiding the foods that contain them in high quantities. For those who want to supplement their low-calorie diet with sweeteners, it is recommended to use the natural ones, which are much healthier and tastier, including stevia, fructose and honey.