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Non-Sugar Sweeteners May Help Control Weight and Blood Sugar -- if You Don't Compensate
By Kathleen Doheny WebMD Health News
Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
July 9, 2012 -- Substituting other sweeteners for sugars may help people lose weight and help people with diabetes control blood sugar, according to a new joint statement issued by the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association.
"When you use these non-nutritive sweeteners smartly, they will help you cut back on sugar and calories," says Christopher Gardner, PhD, who chaired the writing group for the joint statement.
The key word here is "smartly," says Gardner, associate professor of medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine.
The benefits of the sweeteners only hold if people don't undo them. That happens when they slake their sugar craving with other sugary drinks or foods later in the day -- an all-too-common tendency among people who use artificial sweeteners.
The new scientific statement is published in the journal Circulation.
Americans eat too much sugar, the American Heart Association warned in 2009.
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Sugar Substitutes Can Lead to Weight Loss
