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A 21-year-old male asked:
Can you elaborate on how and why artificial sweeteners (such as aspartame and stevia) can be harmful to health?
1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in
Dr. Chuck Shafferanswered
Bariatrics 35 years experience
My opinion: artificial sweeteners can make you shun healthy, filling, and highly nutritious foods while consuming more artificially flavored foods with less nutritional value.Artificial sweeteners may play another trick, too. Research suggests that they may prevent us from associating sweetness with caloric intake. As a result, we may crave more sweets, tend to choose sweet food over nutritious food
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Dr. Richard Roberts commented
Pediatrics 48 years experience
Stevia is not an artificial sweetener.
Jul 10, 2015
Last updated Jul 10, 2015
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