Real Difficulties with Sugar Substitutes

The effect of sweetener on the microbiome has not been completely elucidated. My opinion is that they are detrimental to the microbiota and you would be best just having moderate amounts of actual sugar.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6363527/

Instead of ARTIFICIAL sweeteners, JUST USE LESS SUGAR! It can be done, if the change is gradual enough. Over a 6 month span we went from 2 cups per gallon of sweet tea to 1/2. For convenience, I eyeball an 1/8 cup instead of measuring. 1 7/8, 1 3/4, 1 5/8, 1 1/2 all the way to 1/2.

“but I LIKE sweet tea!”: I’m not suggesting you drink anything you don’t like. By dropping it only by an 1/8 cup every 2 weeks the change will be so gradual that you wil barely notice.

“What about restaurants?”: Order 50/50 blend of sweet & unsweet.

BONUS: WE ARE NOT HEALTH NUTS! The ONLY reason we cut the sugar, is because sweet drinks makes your mouth all gummy in the summer, thus making the reduced blend more refreshing. We did it slowly because we LIKED sweet tea as well, and didn’t want to drink nasty tea.

“I don’t like tea”: Although not tried, I’m guessing this technique would work with kool-aid as well.

“I’m diabetic.”: At a 1/2 cup to 1 gallon ratio this LOW sugar blend should be more tolerant. I am not sure how to do the weaning process. I guess you would need to slowly cut back on sweetener overtime until you are ready to switch to the 1/2 cup blend.

Will you record a video concerning acesulfame K and suclarose? These are widely used in soda now as well as in protein powders. Please, you’re doing a wonderful job and the internet seems to have so many opposite opinions:/

Stephanie, you are brilliant, gorgeous, and such an inspiration! Thank you for your academic content, fitness and diet tips, and for letting us see your raw, genuine character! ❤️

I’m pretty sure the sugar substitute in Diet Coke gives me insomnia. And, no, it’s not the caffeine. I’m super sensitive to caffeine, so I know my limits in that regard. Diet Coke affects my sleep worse than a normal Coke drunk at the same time of day. But it’s hard to find literature or articles on this, so I wonder…. Anyone know anything about this?

I know this is an older vid of yours but I really appreciate it. This eases my anxiety about having a reasonable amount of artificial sweeteners. I really enjoy having a can of fruity sparkling water a sugar-free jello cup everyday.

still, i would recommend things like Stevia. This only because the sweetness profile of most other sweeteners just lasts too long.

Great video. I would like for you to reference what studies you are using in future videos. You stated “studies show” a few times in the video and didn’t always name the resercher(s). This will help viewers fine-tune their research so they can know exactly what is and is not.

I was told in the med school that low-calorie sweeteners are for diabetic people and only for them… and that they are harmful to healthy people. Someone knows why that line of thinking exists and if this is true?

Hi, Dr. Aaron CarrollI would love it if you did a video sometime on food intolerance. For me personally, I have a food intolerance towards every no-calorie sweetener I have tried. I get headaches from them, which eventually turns into a migraine if I don’t take any pain killers (after about 4-12 hours or so depending on dosage).

My backstory on this: I never had the problem until I was about 27 or so, and it was intermittent headaches at first for a couple years (meaning I didn’t always have a reaction when I ingested no calorie sweeteners), and I didn’t know exactly what was causing them. Eventually it became every time I had diet soda, or anything with sacharine, aspartame, stevia or sucralose. Like, 100% of the time, even tho it wasn’t like that at first. I could typically feel a sort of “tightening”within about two minutes of ingesting even about a cup worth of diet sodain my temples. I’ve ruled out entirely some sort of psychosomatic or placebo reaction, it happens whether I know there’s artificial sweetener in the food or noton countless occasions after I’ve gotten a headache then looked up the ingredients of something to find that it had sucralose in it (I also don’t have anything against artificial sweeteners). It’s something my grandma had too, apparently she would get headaches from diet coke. My dad is a (retired, recently) ER doctor, and if I recall he was fairly certain that it’s a food intolerance (on a side note, you must be a pretty good doctor! watching your video was almost spookily verbatim the listening end of conversations I’ve had with my dad) and said it had something to do with my enzymes being stupid jerks, if I recall.

I obviously can (and do) research this on my own, but I like your videos a lot!

Side note to potential commenters: Feel free to refrain from nasty or accusatory comments. I’m not some hippy on a crusade against “unnatural” this or thatBut I know when my head hurts; you telling me why It’s not the way I say it is and can’t possibly be artificial sweeteners at fault does not change that I am me, and I have lived with this for about 7 years now, and have deduced all this with basic pattern recognition skillsIt’s undoubtedly artificial sweeteners (or natural no-calorie sweeteners). Comments involving facts or educated reasoning are welcomenay, encouraged.

what? why do you make a video about arteficial sweeteners and mention only one? Why didn’t you talk about all the other artificial and natural sugar alternatives such as stevia or xucker etc etc

Can you or anyone discuss the recently published article discussing the association between artificial sweeteners and dementia? Is concerning since we’ve learned that they are safe.

Great vid again! Is there a reason you won’t give your kids “caffeine-sodas”? Hyperactivity maybe? In another video “Coffee! It’s Not Bad for You, and It might Even be Good!” you say caffeine is not bad (I don’t remember if for kids)

Are artificial sweeteners harmful? No. They don’t cause cancer, or any other issues. That being said, they’re not healthy, but neither is consuming large amounts of sugar. It’s absolutely astonishing how stories without evidence to back it up, spreads like wildfire due to the media and social outlets. Humans are not rats, and we will not react the same way they do when being tested for something. It’s one of the major flaws of how our research is conducted, but it’s completely unethical to test on humans in the early stages of any research. Anyways, just because a rat that’s predisposed to bladder cancer just happens to get it after consuming aspartame, or any artificial sweetener, does not mean it was the cause of the cancer. And it certainly does not mean humans will develop cancer from consuming the same artificial sweeteners. If you want to be healthy, focus on the right things to eat, and then you shouldn’t be worried about artificial sweeteners anyway.

My concern isn’t necessarily with just artificial sweeteners but with processed foods in general. I remember reading or hearing somewhere that the body doesn’t know how to digest man-made chemicals found in a lot of processed foods, so it stores those chemicals in your fat cells, thus increasing the size of your fat cells, leading to weight gain. Do you have any knowledge on this?

The problem I have with artificial sweeteners is that they’re not natural. Your body isn’t meant to consume the chemicals used to make the sweeteners. Aspartame and Sucralose are the worst. They most likely aren’t going to cause cancer or any other fatal illness, (I’ll agree, people over exaggerate on that one) but they will cause weight gain. Your body doesn’t understand what you’re putting into it, therefore it will store it as fat because it thinks “you may need it later”, or if you don’t exercise/ burn off the calories. With cane sugar, it is very sweet because it’s PURE, but your body recognizes it and is more likely to burn it off rather than store it as fat. I’m not saying that it won’t cause you to gain weight, because it definitely will. To much of anything will cause weight gain. However, a major contribution to the obesity epidemic right now is people being brainwashed with the “fat free will not make me get fat”. That’s not true at all. Since the companies are taking all of the fat out of the product, they still have to make it taste good. So guess what! They add sugar! Sugar is more likely to cause weight gain than fat. The FDA and food companies could care less about your health, they just care about making money. (Think about it; why are the FDA working together if they are separate things? The Drug Department of the FDA makes money off of sick people, so the food department will distribute the fat free and processed foods to kind of “make people gain weight/ get sick”. Then they’ll go buy medicine and drugs to lose weight and get better) Now I know I’m probably going to get a lot of replies telling me off on this, but I don’t want to argue; just remember, everything in moderation.

It amazes me how almost anything that comes out now is criticized by the U.S. as being bad for you because some random journal or study suddenly came out saying it was. People need to be informed that some of these studies are complete crap and you shouldn’t believe everything you read on the internet or see on television unless its by a valid source.  Artificial sweeteners where never proven bad for you the studies show it has never caused any certain kinds of cancers though I am kind of afraid of there findings from when they tested the chimps because they are closer to us in relatives and cancers that might be common to them might be common to us. So it could possibly point out that artificial sweeteners do cause some harm, but I guess that was proven wrong. But its things like this that make people afraid of certain things then scientists spend money doing these studies to prove there is nothing wrong, when that money could be used to do more important tests and studies.

In the nicest possible way I think you are being perhaps a bit too forgiving on the negatives effects of artificial sweeteners see study below showing sucralose destroying the microbiome by 50% and other negative outcomes.
Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health. Part B, Critical Reviews

Taylor & Francis

J Toxicol Environ Health B Crit Rev. 2013 Sep; 16(7): 399–451.

Published online 2013 Nov 12. doi: 10.1080/10937404.2013.842523

PMCID: PMC3856475

PMID: 24219506

Sucralose, A Synthetic Organochlorine Sweetener: Overview of Biological Issues

Aspartame: The Most Dangerous Substance on the Market. (n.d.). Retrieved from @t

This was one of our lectures in a healthy aging course that I took last semester. Now while I am open to the topic of using artificial sweeteners I found it difficult to agree with some of studies. First of all I find it hard fathom the thought of consuming coal tar (saccharine) to slim down my waistline, but if that suit your fancy go for it. Another thing that we talked about in our lecture was the fact that the substitute sweetener packets say “two times sweeter than sugar.” My thought on this is that it would increase the bad habits of those consuming those products. As mentioned in the video it is up to the person to regulate their own habits when concerning their diet, but there is some truth to wanting more sugar. This could be part of the reason that many who use artificial sweetener are gaining weight. Furthermore it is important to look into who is doing the research and who is paying for them.

It would be helpful if you did updates to the research on this topic annually. I heard that artificial sweeteners can cause metabolic syndrome, which I have. So I stopped all soda and now am trying to remove them from my morning tea. I can do without it in ice tea but my morning hot tea is so difficult. It would be great to know if it is really a high risk and necessary to do or not. Updates on it as a carcinogen would be helpful too.

Artificial sweeteners continue to get a bad reputation with the general public because of misinformation being presented and interpreted incorrectly through medical studies. As the video states bladder cancer increased in rats, this is a fact the general public understands. What the general public then fails to read is the fact that increased bladder cancer in rats has not been linked to an increase in cancer in humans. This has led people to believe that drinking or consuming items which have been sweetened with artificial sweetener will put them at a greater risk for bladder cancer. I recently took a semester long nutrition class where we discussed this exact topic and found evidence that supports this video as well. Artificial sweeteners are not harmful to your health. I believe also that another aspect of people believing that artificial sweeteners are harmful is that people believe by using them they will lose weight which is not the case. Weight loss is both a combination of actively making healthy choices everyday and participating in physical activity. I believe that this video did a great job on pointing out the separation of health effects and weight loss. If the general public would look more into information they hear I believe this issue could be resolved of thinking artificial sweeteners are harmful.

I think this is very dangerous information. Even though cancer risk might not be a heavy factor, there are tons of other reasons, why artificial sweeteners are very unhealthy.
They make you more fat than real sugar, they are addictive, they let your pancres produce insulin because of the sweet taste, even though no sugar is incoming, which then can lead to an increased tolerance of insulin (what makes you fat), they slow metabolism.
Don’t take my, or his word for it, just do a little research on your own to be sure.

I didnt expect the amount of ignorance shown in the comment section to show up in said section of a video like this, but when I contemplate it further, I dont understand why Im surprised at all.

Really?? Artificially sweetened beverages are better than beverages with real sugars? I just can’t buy that. I think sodas with real sugars are terrible, but those with artificial chemicals are much worse

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LOVE THIS! Please more. There is so much confusing nutrition content on the internet…yours is science-based and your presentation of it was on point. Thank you!

I can’t stand the taste of most artificial sweeteners. I’ll stick to sugar. Actually, I prefer salty and don’t consume a lot of sugar anyway, so that’s probably why I don’t like them.

could anyone direct me to if formaldehyde is created from when artificial sugar Acesulfame-K is left for a few days. I have noticed that it smells very strong of some type of paint thinners like acetone of some sort. I read that in Gulf war the Coke turned to  formaldehyde under the tarps in the hot sun. So I am guessing similar mightt be occurring.I find this occurs in any juice concentrate that has  Acesulfame-Kin it. Like Ribeana  etc

Go ahead eat and drink? Here is the link for people who would like to read them self:
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2019/02/06/sucralose-harmful-effects.aspx

YOU FORGOT TO MENTION THAT ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS INCREASE HUNGER AND MAKE THE DRINKER EAT MORE! THAT IS WHY THESE PEOPLE ARE BIG!!

I left a “like” because I think this video is very well researched and informative.
My personal view of artificial sweeteners is that their sole purpose is to make something taste good that wouldn’t have otherwise. If I wouldn’t have eaten something in the first place, I’m not going to eat it just because it was artificially sweetened.

This was such piss poor research, what about the link to fatty liver? Autoimmune disorders? Heart disease? Cancer? Inflammation? You are dangerous to your subscribers.

You know if I inject the sugar additives, equivalent ot your body weight into you. The same way they do in those scientific studies you would have cancer or just plain die as well. Its the same thing they do to the rats they test this stuff on. Make sure when you take something out of context. your the only one that knows the weak a$$ scientific study behind it. Now no sugar in high quantities is healthy period. It’s called common sense, try it out sometimes instead of false propaganda.

Would love to hear what you think about the studies done on gut bacteria and non nutritive sweeteners. Here is an article that references one study, but I think there was a study of humans specifically showing weight gain with an artificial sweetener, with a correlation to a specific gut bacteria. https://www.usnews.com/news/health-care-news/articles/2018-10-01/study-artificial-sweeteners-toxic-to-digestive-gut-bacteria

There is a link between diet soda and weight gain. It’s proven that soda increases the body’s ghrelin levels which makes you more hungry and thus eat more.

I loved this video!
one thing i was very expecting in this video but didn’t see you tuch unfortently was the assumption that many people get digestive issues from artifical sweetners? would love to hear your opinion on that.
I know it’s an old video but i still hope youll read this. and I really edmier you for going all in and sharing, vournbilty is much more unique and needed in social media than a lot of other shitty content out there.

One of the most popular sweeteners being used by bodybuilders I know is Sugar Twin. I’m surprised it wasn’t mentioned. Great video though!

I love how people go by the word of the study, yea i rather go with my bodies sense of whats good and bad for it. If you want to live longer and healthier then avoid artificial food and stop over feeding your selves.

It’s a shame that you’re opening the gate to artificial sweeteners. The path leads to diabetes, IBS, and Crohn’s disease. Check out long-term effects

0 cal sweeteners teach your brain carbohydrate taste = no actual calories. This makes you REALLY hungry.

Also natural!= good, artificial!= bad. Don’t trust stevia just because it’s not made from coal tar, and don’t not trust saccharin because it’s made from coal tar.

This is my experience.
I used to drink Coke, but I wanted to avoid the calories so I switched to diet, but since there were no calories I drank more, a lot more. Up to 12 cans a day. There was something about the sweetness in soda that made me crave more. I started to get stomach aches after a while from drinking it so I finally stopped, and switched to drinking water. I would guess people who drink a lot of soda are craving the sweetness, and it would be better for them to get there cravings under control.

There are numerous studies showing how global warming doesn’t exist. Some studies presented by drug companies show amazing results for medications with copious amounts of data to back it.

There are many harmful chemicals that are approved by the FDA.

I can’t stand the taste of most artificial sweeteners. I’ll stick to sugar. Actually, I prefer salty and don’t consume a lot of sugar anyway, so that’s probably why I don’t like them.

Currently prepping for a competition and have prepped multiple times indulging in artificial sweeteners when I have a craving (for me means that women thing that happens once a month lol) and I never gained weight, I was always in a caloric deficit obviously when prepping and I neither retained water nor gained weight with artificial. Everything in moderation and a balanced diet is the key to success people! Great job steph! I really liked this video… don’t believe everything you hear on the news people! Do your scientific research I.e. peer based review and scientific journal sources ��

Aspartame manufacturer Searle manufactured their testing data when filing with the FDA. It was so bad the US Attorney started an investigation of Searle. Six months into the investigation the same US attorney was hired by Searle.

Searle then hired a congressman and hired former secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld to be its CEO. The statute of limitations expired on the investigation and, despite increasing support by independent studies that aspartame was a poison, the Reagan administration approved use of aspartame in dry foods.

Methanol is poisonous. The foods that contain methanol also contain ethanol which counteracts the harmful properties.
Phenylalanine accumulates in the brain and leads to depressed levels of seratonin.
Etc etc etc.

Basically every “scientific” organization that has written in support of the safety of artificial sweeteners is funded by Monsanto.

Videos like yours With your cheery smile are dangerous.

So, if they are “safe” why do I get headaches from?
Or my brain stam seems “dried out of fluids”?
What about overall inflammations in the body?
Etc. Etc….

My blood sugar is 250. I am a diabetic, can not have white sugar, it could damage my health. Now another group of people say we should ban all artificial sweeteners because I say so. They keep misquoting the same studies they misquoted years ago but since I’m now misquoting the studies what I say is true. You know what, if you fed a lab rat as much sugar as they fed them artificial sweeteners in these studies you know what would happen? They end up diabetic and have to eat aspartame to help control their blood sugar like the rest of us. If the product isn’t meant for you just ignore it.

Aspartame and also causes Juicy Fruit gum and big red gum to have horrible aftertaste since they decided to make it a low sugar product.

you would rather eat something made from coal tare or petroleum oil (chemicals) and say it is better for you. Before chemicals were used to eat, inject, rub all over our bodies, and wear on our skin what did Huemans do before that. Do you know can you give some research on that. Tell me what Huemans ate, rub all over their bodies, and wore on their body? The origin of something is a good indication of what you get from it. These chemical sugar replacements are terrible for your health and our environment!!
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We have a large grocery store that carries Hispanic foods (caters to the Hispanic community) and the amount of the Artificial Sweeteners in their store is astounding.

0:24 s. The first artificial sweetener (belive it or not) was Lead.
“Lead: The Ancient (And Deadly) Artificial Sweetener”
https://www.scienceabc.com/eyeopeners/lead-the-ancient-and-deadly-artificial-sweetener.html

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0 cal sweeteners teach your brain carbohydrate taste = no actual calories. This makes you REALLY hungry.

Also natural!= good, artificial!= bad. Don’t trust stevia just because it’s not made from coal tar, and don’t not trust saccharin because it’s made from coal tar.

you should research studies that are NOT part of a corporate profit agenda. Research peer reviewed published science and you will see that aspartame is a neurotoxin and is directly linked to heart disease, strokes, cancer, and obesity. You must realize that banks and corporations control the studies that the majority see and that they care only about profit, furthermore the unhealthier people are the more profit they make. They control food and health profiting from both. Do more digging and dont be fooled by Big Brother. This video is misinformation.

Need to be new research on diet sodas. It’s TRUE it does spike insulin when you drink it. I’m going to do an experiment by drinking diet soda while doing keto intermittent fasting and long term fasting knowing its going to kick me out ketosis for about a couple hours. I need some pleasure like diet A&W rootbeer or diet Dr Pepper. Strawberry Sparkling water is not bad. No sweeteners or calories.

Steph, you are the best!!!! I wish all social media influencers were like you, science based and worried about providing the best content. Congrats from a food scientist! <3

So, if they are “safe” why do I get headaches from?
Or my brain stam seems “dried out of fluids”?
What about overall inflammations in the body?
Etc. Etc….

No studies found to make it “unhealthy”

Then you consider the fact that those studies were likely funded by the companies indirectly.

Research on aspartame and how it got passed the FDA (hint: bribes and fake panels )

They forget mention that the aspartame fucks with the chemicals in your brain and that’s what make you want to eat more. So that’s the big Link!!!

carbonated water is just as bad for my teeth as Diet Coke no different…the only difference is that Diet Coke as the added aspartame caffeine colourings sodium etc…

did you get money from soda companies for making this video? People drinking diet soda eat more because they start to crave more because of the 0 calorie artificial sweetness tricking their brain, not because everytime they think that they can eat more & everytime they actually end up eating more without any coincidence.

Its is better to help people, rather than misguide them.

My doctor eats junk food, drinks diet soda, and smokes. He looks young for his age and slim. Can you please do a video on tobacco and its benefits?

YOU FORGOT TO MENTION THAT ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS INCREASE HUNGER AND MAKE THE DRINKER EAT MORE! THAT IS WHY THESE PEOPLE ARE BIG!!

I left a “like” because I think this video is very well researched and informative.
My personal view of artificial sweeteners is that their sole purpose is to make something taste good that wouldn’t have otherwise. If I wouldn’t have eaten something in the first place, I’m not going to eat it just because it was artificially sweetened.

My doctor eats junk food, drinks diet soda, and smokes. He looks young for his age and slim. Can you please do a video on tobacco and its benefits?

This is my experience.
I used to drink Coke, but I wanted to avoid the calories so I switched to diet, but since there were no calories I drank more, a lot more. Up to 12 cans a day. There was something about the sweetness in soda that made me crave more. I started to get stomach aches after a while from drinking it so I finally stopped, and switched to drinking water. I would guess people who drink a lot of soda are craving the sweetness, and it would be better for them to get there cravings under control.

Hi, Stephanie! Yesterday I had an argument with a friend regarding this same topic: “are artificial sweeteners harmful?”. I said no, explained that effects of artificial sweeteners have been studied, but I also referenced him to this video! I just wanted to tell you that this type of in depth content is awesome. Thank you!

my mum has a condition called multiple sorosis. she thinks sweeteners had something to do with it because when she was a teen she had sweeteners instead of sugar. as a result my sister and I aren’t allowed sweeteners which are in a lot of things.

We have a large grocery store that carries Hispanic foods (caters to the Hispanic community) and the amount of the Artificial Sweeteners in their store is astounding.

Aspartame was linked as an investigatory agent in the development of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis as well. The reason saccharine came back on the market is when they looked at the original test data that showed there was a problem, they were using doses that were far above anything anybody would ever come close to using in daily life. They had to go back to some of the earlier studies where they were actually using what you might use. It eventually prompted a test we’re sucking on a new dime for 10 or 12 hours a day could cause a problem. But nobody suggested taking dimes off the market.

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Thank you for making this. Alot of my family and friends (including myself) are always hearing horror stories of sweeteners from the internet. It’s a relief to hear from a doctor citing peer reviewed studies on the reality of these rumours. I’ve really appreciated these videos and thank you for making them.

Thank you for the video!
I LOVE your academic content, I find it very inspiring.
I would really like to see more scientific content in your instagram:)

could anyone direct me to if formaldehyde is created from when artificial sugar Acesulfame-K is left for a few days. I have noticed that it smells very strong of some type of paint thinners like acetone of some sort. I read that in Gulf war the Coke turned to  formaldehyde under the tarps in the hot sun. So I am guessing similar mightt be occurring.I find this occurs in any juice concentrate that has  Acesulfame-Kin it. Like Ribeana  etc

They forget mention that the aspartame fucks with the chemicals in your brain and that’s what make you want to eat more. So that’s the big Link!!!

I always check the label. If it contains Aspartame, it’s going back on the shelf. It’s even found in some crisps (Potato chips) too.

Currently prepping for a competition and have prepped multiple times indulging in artificial sweeteners when I have a craving (for me means that women thing that happens once a month lol) and I never gained weight, I was always in a caloric deficit obviously when prepping and I neither retained water nor gained weight with artificial. Everything in moderation and a balanced diet is the key to success people! Great job steph! I really liked this video… don’t believe everything you hear on the news people! Do your scientific research I.e. peer based review and scientific journal sources ��

This was such piss poor research, what about the link to fatty liver? Autoimmune disorders? Heart disease? Cancer? Inflammation? You are dangerous to your subscribers.

xylitol is being used to break down biofilms, which are basically mucous like gels that protect bacteria in blood vessel linings. Using xylitol with antibiotics makes them more effective in killing the targeted bacteria and other pathogens. Also not sure if you mentioned it, but supposedly even a little xylitol can kill pet dogs.

I drank a 24 can case of Diet Pepsi a week for about 10 years. I had major health issues from this. When I’d run out of Diet pop of any kind, I’d get very moody and short tempered. There’s something very negative with aspartame. It also kept weight on me, but after I quit drinking pop/soda that contained aspartame the weight melted off. The same thing happened with my sister in-law, once she stopped drinking diet pop/soda she lost a tremendous amount of weight. I’m not saying that aspartame causes weight gain, but for people who have issues (like I had) this chemical has an effect when it comes to losing weight.

could anyone direct me to if formaldehyde is created from when artificial sugar Acesulfame-K is left for a few days. I have noticed that it smells very strong of some type of paint thinners like acetone of some sort. I read that in Gulf war the Coke turned to  formaldehyde under the tarps in the hot sun. So I am guessing similar mightt be occurring.I find this occurs in any juice concentrate that has  Acesulfame-Kin it. Like Ribeana  etc

I loved this video!
one thing i was very expecting in this video but didn’t see you tuch unfortently was the assumption that many people get digestive issues from artifical sweetners? would love to hear your opinion on that.
I know it’s an old video but i still hope youll read this. and I really edmier you for going all in and sharing, vournbilty is much more unique and needed in social media than a lot of other shitty content out there.

I don’t understand why people don’t do their own research or why this lady is dismissing the studies that show that ingesting sweeteners cause an insulin spike as badly as sugar in some cases. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23633524

In fact what the heck is this lady talking about? One of the studies she posted show how both aspartame and stevia have a higher insulinogenic index than sugar. What am I not understanding here? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2900484/

Artifical sweeteners cause release of Insulin just like sugar, however as that Insulin isn’t used up to regulate blood sugar (because there isn’t any) this increases Insulin resistance over time. Enjoy your diabeetuz

It’s a shame that you’re opening the gate to artificial sweeteners. The path leads to diabetes, IBS, and Crohn’s disease. Check out long-term effects

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Very well done and informative video! Really appreciate all the research you did to create this. Plus I gotta say, your one smart cookie:)

There are numerous studies showing how global warming doesn’t exist. Some studies presented by drug companies show amazing results for medications with copious amounts of data to back it.

There are many harmful chemicals that are approved by the FDA.

HI. So I just wanted to thank. I watched this video first when it got released 2 years ago and actually saved it. Now I got an assignment from my English teacher to write a discursive essay. I chose this topic. This video is very helpful to me because it covers all the bases and the major arguments regarding this topic. So thank you once again for putting in the hard work and effort in reseaching this topic. It served me well.

This is glorious, I have been researching “clean bulk calories calculator” for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you ever come across Senictoria Bulking Paradise (just google it )? Ive heard some awesome things about it and my cousin got great success with it.

Apparently aspartame in artificial sweeteners interferes with insulin & leptin production which is responsible for body fat metabolism in the body.

I’ve been trying to find out why I can’t seem to get under 120 kilograms of body weight, despite weighing 140 kilograms before & losing 20 kilograms by replacing sugar based foods & beverages with aspartame based products, I’m trying to get down to my ideal weight of 90 kilograms.

I believe that aspartame based sweeteners have been causing that so I’m looking to buy a sucralose based sweetener next time such as this one for example: https://www.splenda.com.au/products/sachets?gclid=CjwKCAiAoNTUBRBUEiwAWje2lk0W4BLz6Ta19LUPve_Bm9A5x4XmPjDr9OCOjRtrKPS8lwEdrdy9JhoCdxAQAvD_BwE#open-menu

carbonated water is just as bad for my teeth as Diet Coke no different…the only difference is that Diet Coke as the added aspartame caffeine colourings sodium etc…

What happens to the Cyclamate that is absorbed? You mention it’s not completely absorbed and also that it’s not metabolized. Does it accumulate somewhere? Thanks!

I always check the label. If it contains Aspartame, it’s going back on the shelf. It’s even found in some crisps (Potato chips) too.

“People are suspicious of chemicals.” EVERYTHING is made of chemicals. There is not a single concrete thing, except vacuum, that is not made of chemicals.

Its adequate to say sweeteners are chemical materials, if you are consuming then there should be consequences and unknown interactions inside your body!

ASPERTAME = Neurotoxin.
I was just going to breeze by and go back to mini meat Jeffs videos but then you went with the great for children to end the segment.

You really have been in a lot of schooling read indoctrination haven’t you.
For an Internet personality I would assume that you source information from the intuitive groups around you, or those with issues (from industrial food stuffs smh) that would give them a perspective on these chemicals?
What do Crohn’s disease, gluten intolerants, and any number of people with food allergies say?
What do people in and around the myriad of different health movements say?
I could point you to about 100 better sources than the big University totally financially tied up with big business based literature that you just espoused.
What would really anyone with a modicum of mind body connection or kinesthetic sense say… Certainly not the corporate line like Suzy school girl.

Aspartame is a neurotoxin.

You just breezed over the actual controversy and set of issues associated with it.
The link between big business, Ag, food, science, food science, nutrition, health, health literature is well documented.

This is an airhead take.

When you get into acceptable levels you should think about Rachael Carson Silent Spring written 60 years ago.
It explains how there is no such thing as a herbicide.. it is a biocide.
This packet of chemistry doesn’t discriminate, it doesn’t hurt you in the same way it hurts a bug but it hurts you in a chronic, homeopathic, trace amount way.
The analogy is plain.
The companies write this literature.

My high school girlfriend became a Dentist.. her name was Stephanie, and no.. I don’t think the however many years of school un airheaded her.
To the contrary.
Only a real intellect, and self individualized person can suffer the indoctrination and come out the other side a free thinking, humanity serving physician.
Think Patch Adams.

The line between pharma sales chick and doc babe is getting mighty thin lass.

Please reconsider the spectrum of sourcing on this info.
This isn’t muscle meat head glute fiber science based.
I know your trying to do a thing here… like Bro Jeff,
when you start saying that Aspartame is great for kids
Doing wayyy to much.

Will you record a video concerning acesulfame K and suclarose? These are widely used in soda now as well as in protein powders. Please, you’re doing a wonderful job and the internet seems to have so many opposite opinions:/

It would be interesting to separate out these studies into government funded and private research to see if differences exist. Given the debacle of the “climate change” pseudo-science I suspect that we might find different results given different political agendas.

Why is there so much negative press about artificial sweeteners when they haven’t been proven harmful? Well, imagine you grew and sold a shit-tonne of corn and/or sugar beet, and you realised that an increase in demand for diet-sodas with no sugar would reduce the price of your produce. So you come up with slander and misinformation about the “supposed benefits” or “potentially cancer causing” artificial sweeteners to try and reduce demand for them, and keep demand for your high-fructose corn syrup nice and high. I could be wrong, but…. what do you think?

Artificial Sweeteners are being exported from china in large quantity. Buyers needs to know more about the data and Manufacturer’s Information.

You really shouldn’t be spreading nonsense like this about artificial sweeteners. The evidence just isn’t there. Worse, media outlets like DNews create the impression that normal sugar and artificial sweeteners are similarly damaging to your health. They just aren’t. Not by a long shot. This is bad science and irresponsible journalism: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/28/upshot/the-evidence-supports-artificial-sweeteners-over-sugar.html. http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/artificial-sweeteners/art-20046936.

As someone who studied science, anything which says it causes cancer, obesity and stroke is so broad and not specific. Therefore, you should always do your own research and do not believe everything you read online. Fake news are there to make money, gather views etc.

I drank a 24 can case of Diet Pepsi a week for about 10 years. I had major health issues from this. When I’d run out of Diet pop of any kind, I’d get very moody and short tempered. There’s something very negative with aspartame. It also kept weight on me, but after I quit drinking pop/soda that contained aspartame the weight melted off. The same thing happened with my sister in-law, once she stopped drinking diet pop/soda she lost a tremendous amount of weight. I’m not saying that aspartame causes weight gain, but for people who have issues (like I had) this chemical has an effect when it comes to losing weight.

Great video. I would like for you to reference what studies you are using in future videos. You stated “studies show” a few times in the video and didn’t always name the resercher(s). This will help viewers fine-tune their research so they can know exactly what is and is not.

It is amazing how few sheep… I mean people do their own fact checking. These lazy drones would rather follow the herd. Medical Entertainment (guest speakers. TV doctors, authors selling fear, etc etc) lies about aspartame for speaker fees, ratings and book sales.

Why not see what scientists without an axe to grind think. FDA approved in 1981 Aspartame is one of the most exhaustively studied substances in the human food supply, with more than 100 studies supporting its safety. No smoking gun has been found regarding the harm it can do except “people with a rare hereditary disease known as phenylketonuria (PKU) have a difficult time metabolizing phenylalanine, a component of aspartame, and should control their intake of phenylalanine from all sources, including aspartame. ” The US FDA has established an Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) of 50mg/kg or 110mg/lb of body weight per day. I don’t believe many people are exceeding this. That is 237 cans of coke zero each day for a 125lb woman or 332 cans for a 180lb man.

The case against aspartame is not based on any credible research. Coincidence is NOT causation is an important scientific premise. The case against aspartame relies on the belief that coincidence is causation. Enough said… medical entertainment is a multi billion dollar industry… always looking for new spins on health scare.

The fda is lying out their ass when the say ace k and sucralose are healthy. Remember when they said high fructose corn syrup was healthy? Then they admitted they fucked up

my mum has a condition called multiple sorosis. she thinks sweeteners had something to do with it because when she was a teen she had sweeteners instead of sugar. as a result my sister and I aren’t allowed sweeteners which are in a lot of things.

This video is pretty uneducated. Aspartame has been shown to worsen depression in studies and also put your body in fat storage mode. So those calories you eat along with the aspartame are being stored as fat. Calories in calories out still apply but there is different ways of your body using calories, it is way worse for your health to be excessively storing that fat. Do more research everyone

With people asking about harmful effects. As she noted, the normal amounts are way below anything to cause problems. Meta analysis has been done also to show they are safe. In order for one of these like aspartame to say cause cancer as people say it does.. someone would have to drink, I believe it was like 30 cans of diet soda (could have been more) a day, everyday, for years. I personally drink soda max once a day, but usually way less than that, sometimes never. I was told by my mom it can cause cancer (as can basically everything at certain levels) but then seeing more research and actually understanding this, and even from a dietitian. I know natural is healthier (and honestly I have seen something showing maybe organic food has mutagens so bugs done eat it and those mutagens can cause cancer) but if I am trying to lose some weight, switching out these wont kill you.

As for the taste, you have to find which tastes fine to you. Personally I like coke zero. Aspartame and Sucralose are ones that taste least bad to me. I can’t touch stevia, such a bad aftertaste, as well as sugar alcohols can cause diarrhea in certain people (they don’t effect me). So people just need to try things for themselves.

what about studies that have shown that artificial sweeteners taste sweeter than regular table sugar, and can potentially be a risk for needing more sugar when you consume the regular type (things taste less sweet the more artificial sweeteners you take)

The effect of sweetener on the microbiome has not been completely elucidated. My opinion is that they are detrimental to the microbiota and you would be best just having moderate amounts of actual sugar.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6363527/

Several doctors have told me not to drink diet pop/soda ever because of the artificial sweetener. There’s a reason why medical doctors tell people this. It’s not healthy. There’s the saying All Things In Moderation. I use natural (and sometimes organic) stevia in my teas and other things. Works for me!

Thank you for the clear up. Defiantly was a lot of BS around this whole sweetener. Only down fall to soda is just its bad for your teeth and can cost a lot of money if you drink it everyday. Never hurts to cut back on it or drink water between each soda to rinse out your mouth. You shouldn’t consume it so much because of the caffeine and sodium. It dehydrates you, and being dehydrated does a lot of damage to your body. So just keep that in mind.

Steph, you are the best!!!! I wish all social media influencers were like you, science based and worried about providing the best content. Congrats from a food scientist! <3

Somethings I am curious about while watching this video were the test groups between the monkeys and rats! Are monkeys and rats digestive and immune system on par of that with a human being and could testing these on humans lead to no advancements on artificial sweeteners? Also I am curios about the vast majority of different and highly complex artificial sweeteners that were not talked about in this video? Lastly, Is cancer the only thing that can be obtained through artificial sweeteners or can they also lead to increase blood pressure and volume? Yet, overall the facts brought up were interesting and could be perceived as an answer to the many problems that could be brought on by artificial sweeteners. Never the less Cancer is one of the largest and most erratic problems we face in today’s health care world. So starting off from here may lead a serious of events to gather new information.

Go ahead eat and drink? Here is the link for people who would like to read them self:
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2019/02/06/sucralose-harmful-effects.aspx

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for me, sugar free of anything cause panic attacks for me, last time I had it, it went to ER, thought I was going to die and have a heart attack or stroke. I dont even chew gum anymore. or use tooth paste containing sugar free.