Consumption of non-caloric, artificially
sweetened beverages is associated with an increased risk for chronic life style
diseases according to Susan E. Swithers, PhD, a professor of behavioral
neuroscience at Purdue University in West
Lafayette, Indiana,
published online July 10 in Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism.
Frequent consumers of these sugar substitutes
may be at increased risk of excessive weight gain, metabolic syndrome, type 2
diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease. This risk is independent of
baseline body mass index.
Another earlier study found that children of
normal weight who consume artificially sweetened beverages may have decreased
weight gain compared with those who consume sweetened beverages.
In another study, overweight and obese adults
who substituted water or artificially sweetened beverages for sweetened
beverages had no greater weight loss at 6 months than an attentional control
group.
Artificially sweetened beverages intake was
not associated with improved fasting glucose, but water intake was.
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