Category Archives: Sucralose

Some of the Problems with Artificial Sweeteners

Posted on March 7, 2024 by Robert Barrington

Artificial sweeteners are popular as a food ingredient, mainly because most individuals naturally have a sweet tooth. Food manufacturers play on people’s desire to avoid sugar and add artificial sweeteners to foods. In many cases these are sweeteners with little … Continue reading →

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Sweeteners Sweeteners Everywhere

Posted on September 16, 2018 by Robert Barrington
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Artificial Sweeteners Appearing Everywhere

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Robert Barrington
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Artificially Sweetened Drinks

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Artificially sweetened soft drink have become popular because of concerns over the association between sugar sweetened soft drinks and obesity. In response to these concerns, manufacturers have created a range of diet drinks that contain a number of artificial sweeteners, … Continue reading →

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Why Do Low Fat Foods Taste Good?

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Robert Barrington

ow fat foods have become popular in recent decades because of the erroneous believe that dietary fat causes obesity and leads to cardiovascular disease. However, dietary fat is appealing to human tastes and also provides texture to certain foods. Removing … Continue reading →

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The SGLT1 Cotransporter and Gastric Emptying

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Gastric emptying may be an important determinant of the glycaemic effect of food. Because lower a glycaemic load is associated with protection from weight gain, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, nutritional factors that can inhibit or delay gastric emptying are of … Continue reading →

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