Consumer Reports: Sugar substitutes are everywhere and experts are raising concerns

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Consumer Reports: Sugar substitutes are everywhere and experts are raising concerns

Consumer Reports looks at why experts are raising concerns about sugar substitutes showing up in surprising places.

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Popular artificial sweetener can increase risk of heart attack, stroke: new study

A new study reports that one of the most popular sugar substitutes — found in diet drinks and chewing gum — increases insulin in animals, potentially elevating their heart attack and stroke risk.

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Aspartame, one of the most common artificial sweeteners in dietary sodas and sugar-free foods, could have negative effects on cardiovascular health, according to a study published in the journal Cell Metabolism. Researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden found that the consumption of this sugar substitute can increase insulin levels and favor the accumulation of lipids in the arteries, which increases the risk of heart attacks or strokes.…

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Aspartame, one of the most widely used artificial sweeteners, causes insulin to spike, leading to inflammation of blood vessels, according to a new study in mice. This can increase the risk of heart attack and stroke in the long term. Although sweeteners have been linked in the past to an increased risk of chronic diseases, the mechanisms that could explain this association have not been investigated. In the new study, the research team from Swe…

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Artificial sweetener may increase heart disease risk by triggering insulin surges

New research finds a link between higher risk for cardiovascular disease as the artificial sweetener aspartame.

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Study Reveals How This Artificial Sweetener May Cause Heart Damage

The common artificial sweetener aspartame could be putting consumers at greater risk of heart disease through a newly discovered chemical trigger on the lining of arteries.