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"INTENSE sweeteners • Intense sweeteners are nonnutritive sweeteners, also referred to as low-calorie sweeteners. Intense sweeteners can replace nutritive sweeteners in most foods at a caloric saving of approximately 16 calories per teaspoon. Thus, caloric reduction may be achieved when low-calorie sweetened foods and beverages are substituted for their full-calorie counterparts. Examples of intense sweeteners in use in the U.S. food supply are saccharin, aspartame, and acesulfame K." - Ruth Winter, Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives: A Consumer's Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients Vitamin E (Get the book.)

"Some Sweet Alternatives to Sugar The following sweeteners are the best sweeteners to use: • Barley malt • Barley syrup • Beet sugar • Blackstrap molasses • Rice syrup • Herbal sweeteners such as stevia Any of these sweeteners is preferred over refined and artificially manufactured sweeteners. When whole foods containing any of these sweeteners are consumed, they also provide vitamins, minerals, and proteins that stabilize blood sugar and aid digestion. Propolis is a natural resin occurring in the buds of certain plants that is collected by bees for repair of the honeycomb in the hive." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Dietary Wellness: Using Foods to Heal (Get the book.)

"Avoid the following: o Simple sugars, which include: sugar, fructose, glucose, corn sweeteners, corn syrup, fruit sugar, table sugar, and brown sugar, o Fatty foods, such as bacon, cold cuts, fried foods, gravies, ham, sausage, or dairy products, o Artificial sweeteners, such as aspartame and saccharin, o Foods that contain artificial colors or preservatives, o Alcohol. o Caffeine, nicotine, stress, and other stimulants. CHAPTER TWENTY THE DANGERS ASSOCIATED WITH SUGAR AND ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS What is one of the most widely consumed addictive substances on the planet?" - Dr. David W. Tanton; Ph.D., A Drug-Free Approach To Healthcare, Revised Edition (Get the book.)

"Coffee Avoid as Much as Possible Sweeteners: high-fructose com syrup, brown sugar, cane sugar, beet sugar, fructose, sucrose, glucose, maltose, dextrose, succinat, molasses, date sugar, grape sugar, com syrup, com sugar, fruit juice concentrate, sorbitol, barley malt, caramel, carob syrup Artificial sweeteners: Aspartame (NutraSweet, Equal), saccharin (Sweet'N Low), sucralose (Splenda) Artificial colorings: FD&C Red no. 3, Yellow nos. 5 and 6, Blue nos." - Frank Lipman, Mollie Doyle, Spent: Revive: Stop Feeling Spent and Feel Great Again (Get the book.)

"Over the years I have dealt with hundreds of women who have had some serious hormonal problems and/or headaches that have cleared up after a few months off sweeteners. Diet soda and sweeteners are not an option in my opinion. Use raw honey or fructose in a powdered form. Other so-called natural sweeteners such as stevia and xylitol are known to cause diarrhea. Xylitol has a SORBITOL (E 420) ASPARTAME (NO E NUMBER GIVEN AS YET) bit of a history as some animals in the research inexplicably died. I don't believe either sweetener has been in use long enough to be found safe in humans." - Mary-Ann Shearer, Perfect Health the Natural Way (Get the book.)

"Should I avoid all sweeteners? Not necessarily. The sweetening of food, whether for desserts or meals, is important in that it serves the purpose of making food a pleasurable experience. Many people are unaware that there are unrefined and natural sweeteners available that taste good and yet also contain helpful vitamins or minerals. We suggest you eat natural sweeteners in moderation along with a meal or snack that also includes good quality fat or protein. What are natural sweetener alternatives to refined sugar?" - M.D. David Brownstein, The Guide to Healthy Eating (Get the book.) "Table 5 gives examples of sweeteners that could be used in your recipes for a more natural alternative to white sugar in your diet. Table 5: Natural Sweeteners Agave nectar Fruit (bananas, strawberries, blueberries, etc) Honey (raw) Maple sugar Maple syrup Molasses Rapadura Stevia Sucanat Xylitol How do the various natural sweeteners differ? Agave Nectar Agave nectar is a low-glycemic natural sweetener (see Chapter 1, "Carbohydrates" and "Appendix A" for more on glycemic index) that is extracted from the pineapple-shaped core of the Agave plant." - M.D. David Brownstein, The Guide to Healthy Eating (Get the book.)

"Colon Toxins from Artificial Sweeteners Carcinogen: Any chemical, material, or other foreign substance known Artificial sweeteners are food additives that mimic the flavor of sugar but contain virtually no useto cause cancer. ful energy. In the United States, the following five sugar substitutes are approved for consumer use: saccharin, neotame, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, and sucralose. We will focus on sucralose and aspartame as two of the most widespread and dangerous artificial sweeteners." - Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN, Health Begins in the Colon (Get the book.)

"Processed carbohydrate sources, such as refined cereals, cookies, chips, crackers, pasta, bread, and cake mixes made from white flour, instant mashed potatoes, gelatin, and pudding mixes • All oils with the exception of walnut, almond, extra-virgin olive oil, and fish oils • All sweeteners (including artificial sweeteners) with the exception of a dab of pure honey and the supplement stevia As you discard the bad, you'll want to substitute with the good: • If you feel a desire to drink milk, choose organic skim milk." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"Sugar alcohols, such as mannitol, sorbitol, and xylitol, are low-calorie sweeteners sometimes used in candies, chewing gum, and desserts. They have about half the calories of table sugar. There are, of course, other artificial sweeteners. The disadvantage of the lot of them is that they do not help you break your love affair with sweets, so when artificial sweeteners are not available, you will find yourself returning to sugar. My friend and colleague Hans Diehl, DrHSc, head of the Coronary Health Improvement Project, says the best thing to do for a sweet tooth is to "have it pulled!" - Neal D. Barnard and Bryanna Clark Grogan, Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes Without Drugs (Get the book.)

"Artificial sweeteners such as Aspartame and Splenda: once in the body, they break down into powerful carcinogenic compounds.41 Alcohol consumption: It causes liver bile duct congestion, suppresses the immune system and reduces magnesium in the body42—all risks for developing cancer. The British Journal of For details about the effects of artificial sweeteners, see Timeless Secrets of Health and Rejuvenation." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"In the 1950s, Americans' average daily intake of sugar and other sweeteners was 23 teaspoons. By 2000 this had increased to 32 teaspoons of sweeteners per day, providing an additional 135 calories. (Just one 20-ounce bottle of soda, for example, contains about 16 teaspoons of sugar.) Without any other changes in diet or exercise, a person taking in an extra 135 calories per day gains more than 1 pound each month (3500 extra calories lead to 1 pound of weight gain)." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"If you're trying to lose weight the added calories of these sweeteners will make your job harder. Foods that contain artificial sweeteners are the stealth bombers of healthy eating. Food manufacturers have led us to believe that "low cal" is king. How The Truth About "Low Fat" Packaged Foods. People who are trying to lose weight see reduced-fat foods as great diet foods. But they usually fail to notice that what's missing in terms of fat has been added in some other form to make up for the loss of flavor and texture that fat provides." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"Additionally, a recent pilot study with adolescents tested the effect of replacing caloric beverages with lower-energy-density beverages containing intense sweeteners [66]. Over 25 weeks, an intervention group received home delivery of diet beverages, while a control group continued their usual beverage consumption. There was no overall effect of the intervention on BMI, but analysis based on participants with relatively high BMI values found that participants in the intervention group lost weight, and those in the control group gained weight." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Yogurt has half as much protein as cottage cheese per equivalent serving and typically more grams of carbs than cottage cheese or meat due to sweeteners and fruit added for taste. Unless they are nonfat products, the dairy products have saturated fat but no omega -3 fat. Tuna has about 30 more calories in a 3.5-ounce serving than the dairy, but this is a situation that calls for choosing nutrients without worrying about calories. Fish is better than dairy." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"This pattern of behavior was not seen when low-calorie sweeteners were substituted covertly for sugar in the diet [165]. It seems that the knowledge of the contents of foods drastically changes the decision to consume it or not, an effect well documented in the laboratory [166-168], although not universally [169]. Miller et al. [170] found that information about the caloric content of potato chips significantly affected restrained eaters, but had no effect on unrestrained eaters." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Eliminate all processed grains and sweeteners. Avoid white flour, white rice, processed breakfast cereals, and sugar or other sweeteners. If using pasta occasionally, use whole wheat, brown rice, bean, or lentil pasta, not white flour pasta. daunting at first, since developing new habits and new taste preferences takes time. But as you begin to feel better and regain your youthful vigor, your desire and ability to do what is necessary to totally protect yourself from heart disease and stroke will grow by leaps and bounds. Dear Dr." - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Cholesterol Protection for Life, New Expanded Edition (Get the book.)

"Use of nutritive and nonnutritive sweeteners. J. Am. Diet. Assoc. 104, 255-275. 50. American Diabetes Association. (2006). Nutrition recommendations and interventions for diabetes?006. A position statement of the American Diabetes Association. Diabetes Care 29, 2140-2157. 51. Shiell, A. W., Campbell, D. M., Hall, M. H., and Barker, D. J. (2000). Diet in late pregnancy and glucose-insulin metabolism of the offspring 40 years later. Br. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 107, 890-895. 52. Ilic, S., Jovanovic, L., and Pettitt, D. J. (1999)." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Sugars to eliminate include table sugar, honey, molasses, maple syrup, and other concentrated sweeteners. A moderate amount of the herb stevia may be used as a sweetener when needed. All sodas, diet and regular, should be strictly avoided. Other foods to avoid are those containing partially hydrogenated vegetable oil. This man-made oil is found in commercial peanut butter, margarine, and most baked goods. Most supermarket oils are refined (unless kept in a special "health food" section) and not so labeled. Make sure the oil you use is labeled "unrefined" or "expeller pressed." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"In 2000, each American consumed an average 152 pounds of caloric sweeteners. That amounted to more than two-fifths of a pound, or 52 teaspoons per person per day.16 This is something unheard of in human history. Dr. Thomas Cleave did a historical survey after World War II of indigenous cultures to which white sugar and white flour had been introduced. He found that in every culture in which there was an outbreak of Type-2 diabetes, the disease occurred approximately twenty years after white sugar and white flour were introduced. That's a very clear statement." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "All vegetables: carrots (raw), beets (raw), squash (raw) Fruits: low-glycemic fruits-blueberries, raspberries, cherries, fresh and unsweetened cranberries, pomegranate, goji berries, grapefruit, lemons, limes Condiments and sweeteners: mesquite, cacao, carob Bee pollen granules Grains: quinoa, buckwheat, millet, amaranth, spelt Fermented and cultured foods: apple cider vinegar, miso (non-soy), sauerkraut, probiotic drinks Notes: Phase 1: no grains, not sweet or fermented Phase 1.5: grains stored less than 90 days, low-sweet fruits, and fermented food Phase 1." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "The high-fructose corn syrup sweeteners that have been implicated in the epidemic of obesity is an interesting example of a low-SI food, as it does not turn on the natural satiety response. Glycation Associated with a high blood sugar is the destructive effect of the glucose as it links with protein in a process called glycation. The higher the blood glucose, the more severe the glycation process. When the glucose non-enzymatically links with protein molecules, it results in the formation of nonfunctioning protein structures in the body." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"If you must eat dairy products, the choices that can be consumed on a limited basis are: Cheese (unprocessed and/or made from unpasteurized milk only; the whiter and less sharp the cheese the better) Cottage cheese þYogurt (homemade is best without sweeteners or additives) Butter (unsalted) Soy and Soy Products Commercial manufacturers have done it again. If something doesn't have a natural niche in the food market—create one! It doesn't seem to matter whether the product is good for health, just as long as it sells and people are convinced they need it." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"The nutritional value is comparable to fresh, but like vegetables, avoid the canned variety because they are not as nutritious, they often have sweeteners added, and they have already lost most water-soluble nutrients. 4) Beans or Legumes Stock up on dried and canned beans. These plant foods will help you feel full and curb your desire for sweets. Most of our soup and stew recipes also contain legumes. Canned beans are convenient and easy to add to a salad to make a filling meal." - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Eat For Health: Lose Weight, Keep It Off, Look Younger, Live Longer (2 book set) (Get the book.) "Do not purchase foods that contain flour or sweeteners in the first four ingredients or that contain any hydrogenated (trans) fat, or chemical additives. • Avoid foods that have more then 300 mg sodium per serving. Navigating the Food Categories 1) Vegetables Since vegetables and fruit contain the most nutrients, the first part of your health makeover is to include more of them in your menus. Let's go over how you can do this. The first thing to include in your daily menu is a salad, either at lunch or dinner. Eating raw vegetables every day is an important part of a healthy diet." - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Eat For Health: Lose Weight, Keep It Off, Look Younger, Live Longer (2 book set) (Get the book.) "Substances such as artificial colors, sweeteners, stabilizers, nitrates, and preservatives are often linked to cancer in lab animals and may be harmful or cancer promoting in humans. They are best avoided. You can find out what additives are in a given food by knowing how to read the label. Lets take a look at a sample this packaging. Start Here ^ QcheckCalones > Limit these Nutrients Get Enough Oof these Nutrients w -?" - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Eat For Health: Lose Weight, Keep It Off, Look Younger, Live Longer (2 book set) (Get the book.)

"These drops he said, can be "full of sweeteners and dyes. They're meant to dissolve gas bubbles, but research has shown that they're not any more effective for treating colic than a placebo. But yet that's the number-one thing that parents, if they're told to do something, it's that. It's usually, 'Go buy some drops, wait, it'll go away.'" A better way to help a colicky baby, he said, is one conventional medicine often fails to address. "Look for the root causes. Why is the baby colicky? Is it just the way they're born and their temperament?" - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

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