Aspartame, sucralose… These words are now part of our daily life. Presented as alternatives to sugar, these artificial sweeteners reduce calorie intake. But what is it really? News research published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal attempted to answer this question.
Increased risk
Since studies on the subject are contradictory, scientists from the Center for Healthcare Innovation at the University of Monitoba, Canada, decided to analyze data from 37 research studies (7 clinical trials conducted over approximately six months and 30 cohort studies conducted over ten years) to disentangle the true from the false. The effects of artificial sweeteners on more than 400,000 participants were thus examined.
What emerges is worrying to say the least: over the long term, researchers have found that the consumption of artificial sweeteners may be linked to weight gain, an increased risk of obesity, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. But to confirm these results, further research is needed, such as the precise Meghan Azad, study co-author: “Caution is warranted until the long-term health effects of artificial sweeteners are fully characterized.”
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