The Eating Coach: EC 15: Artificial Sweeteners - What You Should REALLY Worry About

EC 15: Artificial Sweeteners - What You Should REALLY Worry About

Sep 27, 2017

In this week's show , we look at artificial sweeteners and ask what has the debate around them missed?

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Main section (length: 11 min 31)

Artificial sweeteners have a very controversial history. Many people say aspartame gives you cancer, while governments tell us it is safe. What to do in this hotly debated climate? My take is that this is the wrong discussion to have about this subject - we should worry about a different aspect of artificial sweeteners. I explain what in this section, as well as:

What Dr David Ludwig of Boston Children's Hospital has to say about this
What one eminent researcher's view is
My own (non-zero tolerance) approach in the real world - and what I do about my kids and these sweeteners

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The Harvard article about Dr Ludwig:

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/artificial-sweeteners-sugar-free-but-at-what-cost-201207165030

The American Diabetes Association study about diet drinks:

http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/32/4/688

The Snopes pro-aspartame article: