Abundance of low-carb grocery items leads to excessive consumption of artificial chemical sweeteners like sucralose

Monday, February 02, 2004 by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger Editor of NaturalNews.com (See all articles...) Tags: low-carb diet, Atkins diet, low-carb foods

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But manufactured low-carb foods aren't necessarily a panacea, and some contain ingredients with a questionable safety record. The heavy reliance on sucralose by low-carb dieters causes me concern, since sucralose has never undergone long-term safety testing in humans. Some low-carb dieters seem to live off this artificial chemical sweetener, and you'll find it in virtually ever sweet tasting low-carb food on the grocery store shelves.

A much better sweetener choice would be stevia, an all-natural sweetener made from an extract of the sweetleaf plant. Stevia has no calories, doesn't come from a laboratory, doesn't impact blood sugar, doesn't cause dental cavities, and has been safely used for decades by populations around the world. So why isn't stevia used in the United States? The FDA is dragging its feet on approving stevia, most likely for political reasons (to protect the profits of makers of artificial sweeteners, namely).

To learn more, read my guide that reveals which low-carb ingredients to avoid while following the Atkins diet: Low-Carb Diet Warning.