Due
to our society’s love of sugar, scientists and manufacturers have been
busy producing synthetic artificial sweeteners. Artificial sweeteners
are designed to satisfy our taste for sugar without the added calories
and dangerous effects of triglyceride formation and insulin response.
Examples of these sweeteners and flavor enhancers are acesulfame potassium, monosodium glutamate, sucralose, aspartame, and sodium benzoate. Unfortunately these substances − designed by man − metabolize into toxic compounds that cause metabolic dysfunction, disease, and cancer.
Natural sweeteners are minimally processed and offer at least some nutritional value to the body. These include stevia, lao han extract, coconut sugar, blackstrap molasses, yacon syrup, raw honey, and maple syrup. These natural sweeteners are far better than artificial sweeteners because processing depletes nutrients and increases health risks.
Artificial sweeteners are synthetically produced in a laboratory, or are sugars that have been highly processed. The following artificial sweeteners and food additives pose grave dangers to your health and increase cancerous activity.
1. Acesulfame Potassium Weakens Immunity
Acesulfame potassium (acesulfame-K) is often found in other artificial sweeteners like sucralose to hide an unpleasant aftertaste. Although acesulfame potassium does not raise blood sugar levels it does produce insulin secretions.
High insulin levels promote inflammatory conditions and weaken immune function. Hypoglycemia is a condition of low blood sugar which can result because this artificial sweetener does not elevate blood sugar. Even in small doses this artificial sweetener may increase risk for atherosclerosis because it causes abnormal functioning of high-density lipoproteins (HDL) which are necessary to maintain optimal cardiovascular health.
Disrupted metabolic pathways from acesulfame create abnormal cell activity, genotoxicity, and imbalanced homeostasis. Acesulfame is associated with increased risk of leukemia, thymus cancer, breast cancer, and chronic respiratory disease.
2. Monosodium Glutamate: A Neurotoxin
Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is a flavor enhancer and preservative added to many packaged and canned goods. So dangerous, the Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine believes this product increases the growth of cancer cells in the body and stimulates neurotoxicity. Its consumption is
Examples of these sweeteners and flavor enhancers are acesulfame potassium, monosodium glutamate, sucralose, aspartame, and sodium benzoate. Unfortunately these substances − designed by man − metabolize into toxic compounds that cause metabolic dysfunction, disease, and cancer.
Natural sweeteners are minimally processed and offer at least some nutritional value to the body. These include stevia, lao han extract, coconut sugar, blackstrap molasses, yacon syrup, raw honey, and maple syrup. These natural sweeteners are far better than artificial sweeteners because processing depletes nutrients and increases health risks.
Artificial sweeteners are synthetically produced in a laboratory, or are sugars that have been highly processed. The following artificial sweeteners and food additives pose grave dangers to your health and increase cancerous activity.
1. Acesulfame Potassium Weakens Immunity
Acesulfame potassium (acesulfame-K) is often found in other artificial sweeteners like sucralose to hide an unpleasant aftertaste. Although acesulfame potassium does not raise blood sugar levels it does produce insulin secretions.
High insulin levels promote inflammatory conditions and weaken immune function. Hypoglycemia is a condition of low blood sugar which can result because this artificial sweetener does not elevate blood sugar. Even in small doses this artificial sweetener may increase risk for atherosclerosis because it causes abnormal functioning of high-density lipoproteins (HDL) which are necessary to maintain optimal cardiovascular health.
Disrupted metabolic pathways from acesulfame create abnormal cell activity, genotoxicity, and imbalanced homeostasis. Acesulfame is associated with increased risk of leukemia, thymus cancer, breast cancer, and chronic respiratory disease.
2. Monosodium Glutamate: A Neurotoxin
Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is a flavor enhancer and preservative added to many packaged and canned goods. So dangerous, the Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine believes this product increases the growth of cancer cells in the body and stimulates neurotoxicity. Its consumption is