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Study on Artificial Sweeteners

rosebette
rosebette Posts: 1,660 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Well, hubby and I were having a discussion this morning about artificial sweeteners. He's diabetic and uses artificial sweetener in his coffee (fortunately, he gave up all soda a long time ago). I opened up a new box of Splenda which I had bought with a coupon (we had been using Truvia or Nectrisse), and he told me it was poison for diabetics and causes blood sugar spikes. I thought this was just another Internet rumor, but I searched it, and lo and behold turned up this article from the Washington Post.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/study-suggests-sweeteners-could-contribute-to-obesity-and-diabetes/2014/09/17/c3c04ea6-3dc2-11e4-b03f-de718edeb92f_story.html

What's worse for a diabetic --- to put sugar in his coffee or the other stuff?

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