ARE SUGAR-FREE PRODUCTS SAFE ?
ARE SUGAR-FREE PRODUCTS SAFE ? Many people think sugar-free products are part of a healthy diet. But are they really harmless ? First of all, anything can be beneficial in a specific situation or anything can be dangerous in other situations. Water is a famous example. I remember in Toxicology class when the professor was explaining that water can be toxic. How, you may ask? Well if you consume a lot of water it can disturb the balance of ions in the body and cause water poisoning. A potentially fatal disturbance in brain functions that results when the normal balance of electrolytes in the body is pushed outside safe limits by excessive water intake. What does a sugar-free product use to be sweet? We will discuss two famous artificial sweeteners. 1- Sodium saccharin : Sodium saccharin is one of the oldest artificial sweeteners which is 300 times sweeter than sucrose (what we call sugar in our kitchens). It was first produced in 1879. It has been used in candies, cookie