It sounds counterintuitive, even a little crazy, but I’d take sugar over artificial sweeteners every day of the week. We’ve been conditioned to see the calorie count on a label and make an instant moral judgment: calories bad, zero calories good. That’s brilliant marketing but wrong thinking. As human beings, we require real, naturally occurring […]
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5 Reasons to Ditch Artificial Sweeteners
Did you give up sugar only to swap it out for Splenda, aspartame, Ace K or erythritol? Today I’m breaking down 5 powerful reasons to ditch artificial sweeteners and sugar alcohols for good! — and what happens when you do. 1. Your Gut Microbiome Starts to Heal Artificial sweeteners may taste sweet, but they leave […]
Is Sucralose Genotoxic?
Splenda also known as sucralose is genotoxic or a gene toxin. But I could walk into Costco, Krogers, Safeway, Wal-Mart and pull a bag off the shelf from the edible food isle. If you are a Splenda consumer you may be saying “but is it really that bad”? I mean the FDA approved it and “health” influencers […]
Are artificial sweeteners making you fat?
What if I told you that artificial sweeteners like sucralose, Splenda, aspartame, sweet n low, NutraSweet were actually increasing your risk of fat accumulation. Crazy right? I mean we are told by the American Diabetic Association that zero-calorie sweeteners don’t count and if you are macro counting for weight loss, there are no carbs in […]
