List of Artificial Sweeteners – Health Benefits, Side Effects

List of Artificial Sweeteners – Health Benefits, Side Effects List Pdf  – Artificial sweeteners are alternatives to synthetic sugar. Levy advises to limit or avoid these products. Artificial sweeteners are often several times more sweet than real sugar, and this can change your tolerance for sweet things. Even zero calorie artificial sweeteners may not be healthy. Some studies conducted with laboratory animals have found links between artificial sweeteners and cancer. And while there is no evidence that artificial sweeteners cause cancer, it is best to avoid them or consume them in small quantities.

The Artificial sweetener is a type of chemical compound. These are many times sweeter than ordinary sugar.  Artificial sweeteners used as an alternative to table sugar. It has zero calories or almost no calories.

List of Artificial Sweeteners – Health Benefits, Side Effects

Artificial sweeteners name	Trade name
Sucralose	Kaltame Splenda 1, 4,6′-Trichlorogalactosucrose Trichlorosucrose Equal Sucralose NatraTaste Gold
Saccharin	Sweet’N Low Sodium Saccharin Equal Saccharin Acid saccharin Necta Sweet Sweet Twin
Neotame	NutraSweet
Aspartame-acesulfame salt	TwinSweet
Cyclamate	Calcium cyclamate Cologran Sucaryl
Erythritol	Sugar alcohol Zerose ZSweet
Xylitol	Sugar alcohol Smart Sweet Xylipure Xylosweet
Mannitol	Sugar alcohol
Tagatose	Natrulose
Sorbitol	Sugar alcohol D-glucitol D-glucitol syrup
Polydextrose	Sugar alcohol (Derived from glucose and sorbitol)
Lactitol	Sugar alcohol
Maltitol	Sugar alcohol Maltitol Powder Lesys Maltitol Syrup SweetPearl Hydrogenated High Maltose Content Glucose Syrup Hydrogenated Maltose MaltiSweet (hard to find online to buy)
Glycerol	Glycerin Glycerine
Isomalt	Decomalt Sugar alcohol Hydrogenated Isomaltulose Isomaltitol ClearCut Isomalt DiabetiSweet (also contains Acesulfame-K)
Glycyrrhizin	Licorice
Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate (HSH)	Sugar Alcohol
Aspartame	NutraSweet Canderel Equal Classic APM AminoSweet NatraTaste Blue
Acesulfame potassium	Nutrinova ACK  (Acesulfame Potassium) Sweet One Ace K Equal  Spoonful Sunett

Artificial Sweetening Agents

• All the compounds that are used as a substitute for sugar to sweeten food is called artificial sweetening agents..
• “Saccharin is the first popular artificial sweetening agent.
• Another most commonly used artificial sweetening agent is Aspartame, Alitame and Sucralose etc.

 Some commonly used artificial sweeteners with Sweetness value/Index

• Aspartame – 100
• Acesulfame potassium – 200
• Dulcin – 250
• Glucin – 300
• Saccharin – 550
• Sucralose – 600
• Alitame – 2000
• Neotame – 10,000

Artificial sweeteners Side Effects

The side effects of artificial sweeteners include:

• Headaches
• Depression
• Dizziness
• Increased risk of cancer
• Rashes
• Bloating
• Weight gain due to increased appetite
• Impact on gut health
• Increased diabetes risk
• Nausea
• Diarrhea
• Digestive problems