Sunday, March 18, 2007

Artificial sweeteners = Diabetes . . .

Artificial sweeteners, like cyclamate and saccharin are used in softdrinks and ice cream because they cost much less than sugar. Cyclamate is thirty times sweeter than sugar, while saccharin is 550 times sweeter. However, studies have shown that cyclamate can cause liver damage, which we all know controls sugar level and producing of glucose which is essential in our body. Studies proved that irregularities of glucose in our body results to what we know as Diabetes.

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