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times sweeter than sugar, it’s easy to see how • Twinsweet
Splenda can contribute to an addiction for • Sweet ‘N Low

overly sweet foods and drinks. • Xylitol

Sucralose, derived from sugar, was Where can sweeteners be found?
originally introduced as a natural sugar Here are a few surprising examples
substitute. However, evidence is building of where to check for the sweeteners

that daily intake of Splenda and sucralose mentioned above.
can trigger many potential side effects: 1. Toothpaste and mouthwash

alter glucose and insulin levels, trigger 2. Children’s chewable vitamins
migraine, negatively impact gut flora 3. Cough syrup and liquid medicines
and possibly lead to leukemia. 4. Chewing gum

5. No-calorie waters and drinks
Most Common Sweeteners 6. Alcoholic beverages

Here is the list of some most popular 7. Salad dressings
(and harmful) artificial sweeteners on 8. Frozen yogurt and other frozen deserts
the market today. It’s important to be 9. Candies

able to recognize artificial sweeteners on 10. Baked goods
the labels, so check all ingredient labels 11. Yogurt

carefully for the following: 12. Breakfast cereals
• Aspartame 13. Processed snack foods
• Acesulfame potassium 14. “Lite” or diet fruit juices and

• Alitame beverages
• Cyclamate 15. Prepared meats

• Dulcin 16. Nicotine gum
• Equal
• Glucin What are our options when life without

• Kaltame sweets seem dull? All natural sweeteners
• Mogrosides — including maple syrup, coconut sugar,

• Neotame stevia, fruit purees, and raw honey — are
• NutraSweet great, healthy substitutions.
• Nutrinova

• Phenlalanine So, if you are consuming artificial
• Saccharin sweeteners, it would be a wise decision to

• Splenda reconsider this option and better stop.
• Sorbitol
• Sucralose Katerina and Indigo Team

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