Sugar sweeteners

I must say that saccharin had to "feed" the majority of the adult population of the planet. Even those people who never replace sugar sweeteners, receive daily a considerable amount of this substance.

The fact that saccharin is widely used in food industry. One of the ingredients of ice cream, creams, gelatin desserts and other pastry is a food additive E 954. Under this elusive and little-understood alias hiding saccharin. So he has long been an integral part of our everyday lives.

The second synthetic sweetener are sodium and potassium salts Cyclamic acid, simply put, cyclamate. Career of this sweetener immediately began with a major scandal: Doctors have declared him a carcinogen, and slow acting poison. Only recently was the sale of cyclamate permitted in the European Union. However, in France, Britain and the United States, this substance is still officially banned the production and consumption.

In Russia, this replacement was examined by the Ministry of Health and tested Gosepidnadzora. Despite the approval of higher authorities, experts do not recommend the use of cyclamate to pregnant women, children and people suffering from kidney failure. For everyone else there is an admissible daily dose of the sweetener, which corresponds to 11 mg per 1 kilogram.

One of the most popular sugar substitute aspartame is synthesized in the 70th years of the company "Monosanto". Now it accounts for about 25% of the total consumption of "sweet synthetics. In spite of this prevalence, aspartame poses a potential danger. The problem lies in the chemical structure of the substance: it consists of two amino acids - phenylalanine and aspargina connected by a molecule of methyl alcohol.

In the course of the research evolved methanol to formaldehyde, which is a Class A carcinogen So experts do not deny the possible complications associated with consumption of large doses of the sweetener. In addition, aspartame is accused of a multitude of other sins.

At the American Association for the Control of the use of drugs and foods (FDA) annually receives thousands of complaints in which ordinary consumers associate the disease of the gastrointestinal tract, headaches, a syndrome shutdown of consciousness and depression, with a daily consumption of aspartame. Perhaps that is why it very suspicious of all European states and forbid them to adapt to sweeten food, targeting children under four years.

Doctors do not recommend aspartame and adolescents, however, make exceptions to this substitute from their diet is very difficult. The fact that this replacement is relatively well soluble in water. This property is widely used in food industry: Aspartame is now used in almost all the "lightweight" Lemonade. It is thanks to him to sell drinks boast minimal calories. Of course, a moderate amount of such "soft drink" will not bring any harm.