A friend of mine who has diabetes always drinks sugar-free beverages because he thinks these drinks are not harmful. However, this is more a myth than truth. Sugar-free products that you believe are good for health may be the opposite!
Common Types of Artificial Sweeteners
As we all know, excessive sugar intake can lead to diabetes, hyperlipidemia, obesity, tumors, and autoimmune diseases, which harm human health. As a result, sugar-free sweeteners were developed and grew into a vast industry.
An artificial sweetener is a synthetic substance that is usually sweeter than sugar but contains no or very little of the latter. Let us first take a closer look at some commonly used artificial sweeteners….