Diabetes on the rise among Hispanics Nov 20, 2009
The stands behind the safety of low-calorie sweeteners including aspartame, sucralose, "ace K," saccharin and "reb A." You'll find these in many food products such as diet soda, baked products, light yogurt and sugarless candy. These sweeteners, which are only needed in tiny amounts, can reduce or replace sugars and calories in foods and beverages, offering people with diabetes greater variety and flexibility with their total carbohydrate intake. (Lake City Reporter, FL)
HEALTHY EATING: Sweet predicament at the table Nov 12, 2009
It contains saccharin ... Saccharin: Discovered in 1879, its the granddaddy of all sweeteners, the most controversial and probably most familiar as Sweet n Low in those little pink packets ... In the 1970s, foods containing saccharin had to carry a label warning that the sweetener was found to cause cancer in laboratory animals. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Can Sugar Substitutes Make You Fat? Oct 21, 2009
In a series of experiments, scientists at Purdue University compared weight gain and eating habits in rats whose diets were supplemented with sweetened food containing either zero-calorie saccharin or sugar ... It's a continuation of work the Purdue group began in 2004, when they reported that animals consuming saccharin-sweetened liquids and snacks tended to eat more than animals fed high-calorie, sweetened foods ... When an animal eats a saccharin-flavored food with no calories, however... (Time.com)
Are Artificial Sweeteners Really That Bad For You? Oct 20, 2009
The first artificial sweetener, saccharin, was discovered in 1879 when Constantin Fahlberg, a Johns Hopkins University scientist working on coal-tar derivatives, noticed a substance on his hands and arms that tasted sweet ... Despite an early attempt to ban the substance in 1911 skeptical scientists argued it was an "adulterant" that changed the makeup of food saccharin grew in popularity, and was used to sweeten foods during sugar rationings in World Wars I and II. Though it is about 300 times... (Time.com)
Studies Show 1 in 100 Kids Have Autism Oct 6, 2009
Maternity vitamins and saccharin are too concentrated and strong for fetuses. Passing the contents of synthesized chemicals to a fetuses developing liver is asking too much unless you want to see more genetic mutations. (CBS News)
Are All Sweeteners Equal? Sep 10, 2009
Three artificial sweeteners that are widely used in the U.S. are Saccharin, Aspartame, and Sucralose; one natural sweetener recently approved by the FDA for use in the U.S. is Stevia ... Like most sweeteners, it is many times sweeter than sugar, which is why it takes less saccharin to sweeten foods than sugar ... Saccharin is noted for its unpleasant, sometimes bitter aftertaste. (Suite101.com)
Happy (bleep) Birthday, Sweetie Sep 9, 2009
Once you step outside the sweet and saccharin genre of cards, there are three remaining categories: body noises, babes and backsides. The last time I looked at cards I inadvertently opened one with sound that 00001657 replicated a large farmyard animal, well, you can guess. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
How Safe is Your Sugar Substitute? Sep 8, 2009
Marketed sweeteners, such as Sweet and Low, Sweet One, Equal, and Nutrasweet, contain substitutes like aspartame, acesulfame, and saccharin ... Saccharin was on the cancer-causing toxicity list because it caused cancer in animals, but the sugar substitute was removed from the list in 2000; humans are not at risk for that cancer, because they do not have the same body reaction that was affected to cause the animal cancer ... An equivalent safe amount of aspartame, the sweetener in Nutrasweet, for... (Suite101.com)
Food for thought Aug 27, 2009
Artificial sweeteners (Aspartame, Acesulfame K and saccharin) -- behavioural problems, hyperactivity, allergies, and possibly carcinogenic. Food labels caution against the use of any artificial sweetener by children and pregnant women. (India Times, India)
It's Blues-day; join the cool people Aug 27, 2009
He said that last week s all-thumbs-up column (practically) was so saccharin that his teeth started hurting. Sorry. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
'Electronic Tongue' With A Taste For Sweets Aug 18, 2009
To the scientists' delight, the sensor identified 14 different natural and artificial sweeteners, including sucrose (table sugar), xylitol (used in sugarless chewing gum), sorbitol, aspartame, and saccharin with 100 percent accuracy in 80 different trials. Many food processors use a test called high-pressure liquid chromatography to measure sweeteners for quality control. (Science Daily)
• Want some stevia with your coffee? Aug 17, 2009
This may push some consumers who are weary of other artificial sweeteners, such as saccharin and aspartame, that have in the past drawn questions about their safety ... Notes: Studies on animals showed a link to bladder cancer, but in 2000 saccharin was removed from a government list of cancer-causing chemicals after more studies on humans. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Artificial Sweeteners May Contaminate Water Downstream Of Sewage Treatment Plants And Even Drinking Water Jun 19, 2009
Through the use of a new analytical method, the researchers were able to look for seven different artificial sweeteners (cyclamate, acesulfame, saccharin, aspartame, neotame, neohesperidin dihydrochalcone and sucralose) simultaneously, and show, for the first time, that a number of commonly used artificial sweeteners are present in German waste and surface water ... They tested the water samples using their new analytical method and detected four (acesulfame, saccharin, cyclamate, and sucralose)... (Science Daily)
Ghost writer May 18, 2009
Still, think of all the fun you'd miss, doing the period research and chasing the salient details like the dusty chalk put down on the slippery floors at a desperately jolly hospital dance, where the ration-era punch is sweetened with saccharin and spiked with black-market hooch. Or the vast and empty spaces of the country-house hotel where Waters went with her partner, a London editor, to get a feel for what it was like to carry on an intimate conversation in outsized aristocratic rooms. (Globe and Mail)
Artificial Sweeteners May 6, 2009
In the 1970's, congress required that all food containing saccharin carry the following warning label: "Use of this product may be hazardous to your health. This product contains saccharin, which has been determined to cause cancer in laboratory animals." Saccarin has since been cleared from all claims of being a carcinogen ... Unlike saccharin, aspartame loses ts ability when cooked or exposed to certain acids ... Man individuals prefer aspartame to saccharin because it does not produce a... (Suite101.com)
Artificial Sweetener Wars Heat Up May 3, 2009
Sweet'N Low is actually made from saccharin, which was discovered accidentally in 1879 when a researcher spilled a compound he'd been working with on his hands, and noticed it tasted sweet ... In 1977, the Food and Drug Administration tried to ban saccharine because animal studies showed it caused several types of cancer, including bladder and uterine ... But in 2000, it was de-listed, and in 2004, the National Cancer Institute found "some evidence of an increased risk of bladder cancer in heavy... (CBS News)
Swish of sports drink gives workout a boost Apr 28, 2009
During those later tests, the study participants were given one of the two carbohydrate drinks containing glucose, maltodextrin or water sweetened with saccharin. In general, the study found, the athletes improved upon their initial performance when they rinsed their mouths with either one of the carbohydrate drinks, but not when they used water. (MSNBC -- Health)
New sweetener not so sweet for your diet Apr 18, 2009
Other commonly used sweeteners aspartame (Nutrasweet, Equal) and saccharin were developed artificially in labs ... Just as cancer concerns have dogged the artificial sweeteners aspartame and saccharin, some researchers worry about stevia. (MSNBC -- Health)
Red Pandas Have Artificial Sweet Tooth Apr 16, 2009
The commercially and esthetically inconvenient phenomenon prompts masking or removing bitter tastes (from spinach to saccharin) by. (June 29, 2004) When a fly drops in to sample your picnic lunch, it's basically tasting the same thing you taste, according to a new study by University of California, Berkeley. (Science Daily)
Hormone Disorder Drug Could Help Drinkers Stay Sober Feb 26, 2009
Notably, cabergoline did not impact the rats consumption of sucrose and, in a subgroup of binge-drinking mice, the drug did not appear to significantly affect intake of water or saccharin. This is encouraging, says Ron, because it demonstrates that cabergoline is specific for alcohol, but does not affect general reward or pleasure. (Science Daily)
Do sweeteners help or hinder your diet? Feb 18, 2009
Another obstacle is the safety concerns about the federally approved non-nutritive sweeteners: aspartame (NutraSweet and Equal), saccharin (Necta Sweet), sucralose (Splenda), stevia (Truvia and PureVia), acesulfame potassium (Ace-K) and neotame (a relative of aspartame). Forty years ago, saccharin and cyclamates came under scrutiny after a study found that the combined artificial sweeteners caused cancer in laboratory rats ... Saccharin, rarely used in soft drinks, remains a popular tabletop... (International Herald Tribune -- Health)
