Two Reports on Aspartame/Splenda and Diabetes

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Two Reports on Aspartame/Splenda and Diabetes

 

In a nutshell,

aspartame (NutraSweet/Equal/E951/Canderel, etc.)

can precipitate diabetes, simulates and

aggravates diabetic retinopathy and neuropathy,

destroys the optic nerve, causes diabetics to go

into convulsions, and interacts with

insulin. The free methyl alcohol causes diabetics to lose limbs.

Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic by

diabetic specialist, H. J. Roberts, M.D.,

<http://www.sunsentpress.com/>www.sunsentpress.com

 

Aspartame interacts with drugs and vaccines due

to damage to the mitochondria.

 

As to Splenda:

 

The Lethal Science of

Splenda:

<http://www.wnho.net/splenda_chlorocarbon.htm>http://www.wnho.net/splenda_chloro\

carbon.htm

 

 

Studies have shown that sucralose can:

 

* Cause the thymus to shrink by as much as 40%

(the thymus is your immune powerhouse - it produces T cells)

* Cause enlargement of the liver and kidneys

· Reduce growth rate as much as 20%

· * Cause enlargement of the large bowel area

· * Reduce the amount of good bacteria in the

intestines by 50% * Increase the pH level in the

intestines (a risk factor for colon cancer)

* Contribute to weight gain

· * Cause aborted pregnancy low fetal body weight

· * Reduce red blood cell count

 

Particular warning to diabetics: Researchers

found that diabetic patients using sucralose

showed a statistically significant increase in

glycosylated hemoglobin, a marker that is used to

assess glycemic control in diabetic patients.

According to the FDA, " increases in glycosolation

in hemoglobin imply lessening of control of diabetes. "

 

 

A safe sweetener is Just Like Sugar,

<http://www.justlikesugarinc.com/>www.justlikesugarinc.com

It is made from chicory which has been used for

70 years to improve the health of diabetics, and

orange peel. It has also Vitamin C from organic

oranges and Calcium. Usually can be found in

places like Whole Foods. Neurosurgeon Russell

Blaylock, M.D., wrote in the Blaylock Wellness

Report: " Finally a safe sweetener " , www.russellblaylockmd.com

 

Dr. Betty Martini, D.Hum, Founder

Mission Possible International

9270 River Club Parkway

Duluth, Georgia 30097

770 242-2599

<http://www.mpwhi.com/>www.mpwhi.com,

www.dorway.com and <http://www.wnho.net/>www.wnho.net

Aspartame Toxicity Center,

<http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame>www.holisticmed.com/aspartame

Aspartame Documentary: Sweet Misery: A Poisoned

World, <http://www.soundandfury.tv/>www.soundandfury.tv

Artificial Sweeteners and Diabetes

 

 

 

--- On Thu, 6/18/09, Dr. Fuhrman

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Artificial Sweeteners and Diabetes

" Joe Udouj " <<judouj47judouj47

Thursday, June 18, 2009, 5:14 PM

Diet drinks for preventing diabetes?

No way!!

Recent studies link the use of artificial

sweeteners to a 2-fold increase in diabetes. Hard

to believe that physicians often advise patients

predisposed to diabetes to use artificial

sweeteners as a means of prevention! Another

example of how being misinformed, about the

impact of food and nutrition on our health, does

so much harm and is a major contributor to our healthcare crisis.

June 15, 2009 (Washington, DC) -- People who use

artificial sweeteners are heavier, more likely to

have diabetes, and more likely to be

insulin-resistant compared with nonusers,

according to data presented at ENDO 2009, the

91st annual meeting of The Endocrine Society.

Sugars and other nutrients within the digestive

tract activate sweet taste receptors called

enteroendocrine cells, leading to the release of

hormones like incretin and insulin. These

hormones result in increased absorption of

glucose and other caloric sugars. Non caloric

(artificial) sweeteners like aspartame,

saccharin, and sucralose have many of the same

effects on these " gut taste receptors " as do

energy (calorie) containing sugars.

One theory suggests that ingestion of non caloric

(artificial) sweeteners may prepare the gut for

the presence of nutrients in the same manner as

the nutrients themselves, but in the absence of a

source of calories, the balance between taste

receptor activation, nutrient assimilation and

appetite may be disturbed, leading to an increase

in appetite and overeating of unnecessary

calories when they are readily available.1

 

A study analyzed data, from participants in the

Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA), to

determine whether weight status and health risk

measurements differed among artificial sweetener

users and non-artificial sweetener users. The

primary sweetener consumed was aspartame followed

by saccharine and sucralose. Although the group

who used sweeteners was younger and heavier, they

did not consume any more calories than those who

did not use sweeteners yet they were twice as likely to develop diabetes.2

 

Other reasons to avoid artificial sweeteners:

linked to cancer

triggers headaches and migraines

causes brain tumors and seizures in animals

 

All of the possible dangers of artificial

sweeteners are still unknown. Utilizing such

artificial products is gambling with your health.

Aspartame also exposes us to a methyl ester that

may have toxic effects. Play it safe and stick to natural foods.

 

The bottom line here is, try to enjoy your food

choices without refined or artificial sweeteners

of any kind. Fresh fruit and occasionally dried

fruits or ground dates is the safest way to go to

satisfy a sweet tooth. I recommend dropping

colas, sodas, sweetened teas, and juices - diet

or not. If they don't contain artificial

sweeteners, they are loaded with sugar. Eat

unrefined food and drink water. Melons blended

with ice cubes and dates for added sweetness make

delicious, cooling summer drinks.

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References

1Eagan J, Margolskee R. Taste Cells of the Gut

and Gastrointestinal Chemosensation. Mol Interv. 2008;8(2) 78-81.

2ENDO 2009: The Annual Meeting of the Endocrine

Society: Abstract P2-478. Presented June 11, 2009.

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Another Report:

 

 

 

Dear Dr. Mirkin: Are artificial sweeteners a good alternative for weight loss?

 

They may not be. At the Annual Meeting

of the Endocrine Society on June 11, 2009,

researchers from the National Institute of Aging

reported that those who use artificial sweeteners

are twice as likely to develop metabolic syndrome and diabetes.

 

They are also more likely to be obese and take in

more calories, carbohydrates and fats; have higher fasting blood sugar and

 

fasting insulin levels;, and have more insulin resistance. This

 

is supported by two other studies (Circulation,

January 2008; and Obesity, June

2008). Artificial sweeteners affect sweet taste

receptors in the brain and intestines in the same

way that sugar does, causing release of incretin,

which increases sugar absorption from the intestines.

 

 

<http://www.medscape.com/>www.medscape.com

 

 

Medscape Conference Coverage, based on selected sessions at:

·

<http://www.medscape.com/viewcollection/30348>ENDO

2009: The Endocrine Society Annual Meeting

This coverage is not sanctioned by, nor a part

of, the <http://www.endo-society.org/>The Endocrine Society.

 

 

 

From <http://www.medscape.com/news>Medscape Medical News

ENDO 2009: Use of Artificial Sweeteners Linked to 2-Fold Increase in Diabetes

 

Crina Frincu-Mallos, PhD

 

 

June 15, 2009 (Washington, DC) People who use

artificial sweeteners are heavier, more likely to

have diabetes, and more likely to be

insulin-resistant compared with nonusers,

according to data presented here during ENDO

2009, the 91st annual meeting of The Endocrine Society.

 

Results show an inverse association between

obesity and diabetes, on one side, and daily

total caloric, carbohydrate, and fat intake, on

the other side, when comparing artificial sweetener users and control subjects.

 

First author Kristofer S. Gravenstein, a

postbaccalaureate researcher with the Clinical

Research Branch at the National Institute of

Aging (NIA), National Institutes of Health (NIH),

said the association may reflect the increased

use of artificial sweeteners by obese and/or

diabetic study participants. " This is a

cross-section study, " Mr. Gravenstein told

Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, " so there are

limitations we cannot say that artificial

sweetener use causes obesity, we can say it is associated with it. "

 

Increased Use vs Increased Glucose Absorption

 

Artificial sweeteners activate sweet taste

receptors in enteroendocrine cells, leading to

the release of incretin, which is known to

contribute to glucose absorption. Recent

epidemiologic studies in Circulation

(2008;117:754-761) and Obesity

(2008;16:1894-1900) showed an association between

diet soda consumption and the development of obesity and metabolic syndrome.

 

This report tested whether participants in the

Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA),

which began in 1958, differ in anthropometric

measures, daily caloric intake, and glucose

status, separating them into 3 different groups:

artificial sweetener users, artificial sweetener nonusers, or controls.

 

A total of 1257 participants, with a mean age of

64.8 years (range, 21 - 96 years), had data on

self-reported 7-day dietary intake, 2-hour oral

glucose tolerance test (OGTT), and anthropometric

measures. The major artificial sweetener consumed

was aspartame, preferred by 66% of BLSA

participants, followed by saccharin (13%),

sucralose (1.0%), and combinations of the three (21%).

 

" In our study, we were actually able to isolate

what type of sweetener was used at a certain

point in time, as we used food diaries, and not

food questionnaires, " Mr. Gravenstein pointed out.

 

" When we first did this analysis, we found that

people ate more fat before 1983, which is the

year [of] a big increase in artificial sweetener

consumption in the American population it was

actually when aspartame was approved and diet

Coke was introduced, " he explained.

 

As a result, the study further analyzed data from

a subset of participants, starting in 1983.

Compared with 550 people who did not use

artificial sweeteners, the 443 people who did

were younger, heavier, and had a higher body mass

index (BMI), yet they did not consume more

calories from people who did not use artificial

sweeteners. Fat, carbohydrate, protein, and total

caloric intake were not different between the 2 groups (users vs nonusers).

 

Furthermore, Mr. Gravenstein noted that people

who used artificial sweeteners " were less likely

to have a normal OGTT, or they were less likely

to be diagnosed as having a normal glucose homeostasis. "

 

In terms of glucose status, the impaired glucose

tolerance (IGT), and/or impaired fasting glucose

(IFG), the data show that artificial sweetener

users " were not different than the prediabetics,

ie, they had the same prevalence of prediabetes, "

he said, adding that " in our population, people

who used artificial sweeteners were twice as

likely to have diabetes, 8.8% compared to 4.4% for controls. "

 

Analyzing the data further, the investigators

focused on a subpopulation, in which fasting

insulin values were available from 374 nonusers

and 311 artificial sweetener users. The users had

a higher fasting glucose levels, higher fasting

insulin levels, and a higher measure of insulin

resistance, as measured by the homeostasis model

assessment, but glycosylated hemoglobin A1C

levels were similar between the 2 groups.

 

Alternative Hypothesis and Clinicians' Role

 

The researchers suggest an alternative

hypothesis, that artificial sweeteners modulate

the metabolic rate through enteroendocrine cells,

therefore contributing to the development of

diabetes and/or obesity. However, this hypothesis

needs further testing in longitudinal analysis

and intervention studies, said the investigators.

 

" Also, it could be that artificial sweeteners are

causing diabetes, or it could be that there is a

higher use of them because a lot of physicians

actually recommend people to use artificial

sweeteners to prevent diabetes.... " Mr.

Gravenstein said. The researchers are planning to

address this question with a prospective analysis.

 

" This is a very interesting study, " Rachel C.

Edelen, MD, a pediatric endocrinology

practitioner at the Aspen Centre in Rapid City,

South Dakota, told Medscape Diabetes &

Endocrinology in an interview. " I diet screen all

my patients, and they are not drinking enough

milk. Usually, they replace the milk with

something else, sweetened tea, Gatorade, etc, not

just water. With my type 1 diabetics, the

information they were getting from the hospital

was to drink diet pop. But who even goes into the

hospital and drinks pop? " she wondered.

 

Support for this study was provided by the

Intramural Research Program of the National

Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of

Health. Dr. Edelen and Mr. Gravenstein have

disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

 

ENDO 2009: The Annual Meeting of the Endocrine

Society: Abstract P2-478. Presented June 11, 2009.

 

Authors and Disclosures

 

Journalist

 

Crina Frincu-Mallos, PhD

 

Crina Frincu-Mallos is a freelance writer for Medscape Medical News.

Medscape Medical News 2009 Medscape, LLC

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