The food industry never ceases to amuse Dr. Mercola whenever it introduces products that are designed to deceive and manipulate you. Among its latest gimmicks is “fortified” Splenda. The sucralose-based artificial sweetener now has three new versions: Splenda Essentials with 1 gram of fiber Splenda Essentials with B vitamins Splenda Essentials with antioxidants The manufacturer, [...]
Another American has hammered a nail in the coffin of aspartame. Dr. Joseph Mercola recently interviewed Victoria Inness-Brown, a California native who conducted a personal two-and-a-half-year experiment on the effects of aspartame on rats. Her book, My Aspartame Experiment: Report from a Private Citizen, describes her experiment in full detail. Inness-Brown’s concern over her family’s [...]
Aspartame is commonly sold under the brand names NutraSweet and Equal. It was one of the first artificial sweeteners to hit the market. About 180 times sweeter than sugar, aspartame is now an ingredient in more than 6,000 products consumed in over 180 countries by around 250 million people worldwide. But did you know that [...]
Erythritol is a polyol or sugar alcohol approved for use as a bulk sweetener which does not contain as many calories as sugar. It does have around 60 to 80 percent of the sweetness of sugar and is similar in taste to sucrose. Sugar alcohols naturally occur in plants, with part of their chemical structure [...]
Can you imagine eating all the ice cream, cake and sweets you love and letting your children do the same without having to worry about your blood sugar levels? It doesn’t sound as impossible as you might think. Keep your fingers crossed (I am) because the FDA may soon decide the future of stevia – [...]
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Dr. Mercola is a well-known physician and a multiple New York Times Bestselling Author. He started his website, Mercola.com, in 1997, and it has become the world's #1 Natural Health site. Dr. Mercola is a recognized, licensed Physician and Surgeon in the state of Illinois. He first opened his practice outside Chicago in 1986 and has treated over 20,000 patients.
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