What is the difference between Artificial Sweeteners & Natural Sweeteners?
Artificial sweeteners are chemicals or chemically altered natural compounds that provide sweetness like sugar but with fewer calories. Natural sweeteners taste like sugar but occur naturally as opposed to being synthetically manufactured like artificial sweeteners. Individuals with diabetes have been using artificial sweeteners for years; these “fake sugars” taste like sugar but the body does not utilize them like regular sugar and therefore they don’t raise your blood sugar levels. In addition to use by diabetics, artificial sweeteners are commonly used to aid in weight loss since they’re low in calories or calorie free. While artificial sweeteners may contain little or no calories, the foods that contain these products may be high in calories, fat or carbohydrates. Let’s look at a few examples showing how artificial sweeteners may aid in weight loss or inhibit it. A regular 12 oz can of coke contains 140-150 calories but a diet coke is calorie free therefore, if we want to cut down o
