When we substitute sugar in our coffee for sweetenersWe believe that it is a healthy action, avoiding excess calories. However, this habit may not be so healthy as we imagine.
From different studies carried out, it is becoming known that sweeteners can react with our metabolism.
One of the consequences of consuming excess sweeteners can be the accumulation of fat, especially in people with a tendency to be overweight.
Glucose and sweeteners
Artificial sweeteners have been used not to gain more weight and to prevent diabetes. However, the same substance that is used to reduce sugar consumption can promote the development of glucose intolerance. In a next phase, there would be the risk of metabolic disease and pre diabetes.
These types of substances, integrated in the sweeteners that are added to ice cream, soft drinks, yogurts, etc., are not one hundred percent healthy. Even if they don't have sugar, they can influence the body's ability to use glucose. This is because, with its consumption, the intestinal microbiota, the bacteria located in the intestine, is altered.
Lab tests
In the development of applied studies, the researchers chose a group of mice and added sweeteners like saccharin or aspartame to the water they drank. The results were compared with another group of mice that drank water with glucose or just water.
From the analysis of the results, it was derived that the mice taking the sweeteners (especially those who had taken saccharin), had higher blood sugar levels That the others.
Translated the tests to people, in samples of hundreds of human beings, scientists have verified that the gut bacteria of those who frequently consume sweeteners are very different of those who did not often put saccharin in their coffees. Hence it follows that these types of sweetener products are not so healthy.
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