DIET 4475 Lecture Notes - Lecture 57: Diet Drink, Gut Flora, Siraitia Grosvenorii
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Aspartame is the only nutritive artificial sweetener approved by the fda, however. Non-nutritive natural sweeteners: monk fruit, new, limited studies, stevia, potential to reduce blood pressure and control blood sugar levels in diabetes. Pros: 0-4 kcal/g, helps to reduce dental caries, we need less of them to create the same sweet taste as sugar. In comparison to women who consumed < 1 serving per week. Research is too limited to recommend alternative sweeteners to patients at this time. If a patient excessively consumes ssbs it may be beneficial to recommend a switch to diet soda before cutting soda or juice out altogether. Research is also too limited to recommend patients to avoid alternative sweeteners completely. However, it is important for health care providers to stay on top of the research and potentially make patients aware of some of the potential risks if they are overconsuming sweetners. In general, keep all things in moderation including alternative sweeteners.
