WHO warns: Long-term consumption of sugar substitutes increases the risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease with zero benefits to the body.

When many people want to eat sweet when losing weight, they will choose sugar substitutes. However, the World Health Organization (WHO) pointed out that long-term consumption of sugar substitutes will increase the risk of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, and has no benefit to the body.

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The WHO issued a new guideline on non-sugar sweeteners (NSS) on the 15th of this month. It pointed out that non-sugar sweeteners (sugar substitutes), as a compound that can provide sweetness, have lower calories than added sugar with the same sweetness, but after reviewing 283 studies, it was found that non-sugar sweeteners Flavoring agents are not good for health, it is recommended not to use them to control weight:

Long-term consumption of sugar substitutes will not have any benefit in reducing body fat in adults or children, and will also increase the risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Artificial sugar substitutes are not recommended for anyone except diabetics.

Francesco Branca, head of WHO’s Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, also stated that replacing free sugar intake with non-sugar sweeteners is not conducive to weight control in the long run. Those who really want to lose weight should consider other ways to reduce the intake of free sugars, such as eating foods and beverages with natural or no added sugars, such as fruits and milk.

However, common sugar substitute products include Aspartame, Saccharin, Neotame and Sucralose, etc., because low-calorie sugars and sugar alcohols (polyols) contain calories sugar or sugar derivatives, so it is not a non-sugar sweetener and does not apply to this WHO recommendation.

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According to the recommendations of the Hong Kong Center for Food Safety, taking an adult with a daily energy intake of 2,000 kcal as an example, the daily intake of free sugar should be less than 50 grams (about 10 sugar cubes). Free sugars refer to the monosaccharides and disaccharides added to food, and the sugars naturally contained in honey, syrup, fruit juice and concentrated fruit juice.

Excessive intake of free sugars can lead to excess energy intake, increasing the risk of tooth decay, overweight and obesity. The WHO strongly recommends reducing the intake of free sugars to less than 5% of the total daily energy intake throughout life, that is, the daily intake of free sugars should be less than 25 grams to reduce tooth decay.

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