What are the hazards of commonly used sweeteners
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Last Update: 2019-01-05
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Source: Internet
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Introduction: sweetener is a kind of food additive What's the harm of commonly used sweetener? Let's take you to know Sweeteners have an important impact on the world's food production, from 8 million tons in 1900 to 70 million tons in 1970 With the improvement of people's awareness, it is gradually found that sweeteners are harmful to human health Let's take you to understand the harm of commonly used sweeteners The commonly used sweeteners include sucrose, saccharin (sodium), cyclamate, acesulfame, aspartame, sugar alcohols and so on The main hazards are as follows: 1 Sucrose is mainly processed from sugarcane and sugar beet Eating too much will cause obesity, caries, hyperglycemia, hypertension and other health problems 2 Saccharin (sodium) does not have any nutrition to human body, but also affects human health Experiments show that saccharin (sodium) can make male rats suffer from bladder cancer Saccharin can also affect the digestion and absorption of the gastrointestinal tract, resulting in decreased appetite, malnutrition, and a large number of thrombocytopenia 3 Sodium cyclamate can cause teratogenesis, cancer, kidney, liver and nervous system damage, especially for the elderly and children 4 Acesulfame is not nutritious and causes damage to the liver and nervous system of the body The elderly and children should eat less food containing Acesulfame 5 Aspartame can cause digestive system, respiratory system, urogenital system, nervous system and other diseases, resulting in high blood sugar, high blood pressure, long-term fatigue, lack of intelligence, decreased immunity and other problems In spirit, it can also show depression, anxiety and confusion Moreover, the experiment proved that abbaside can cause cancer in mice, which has certain carcinogenicity 6 Xylitol, sorbitol and other sugar alcohols can cause gastrointestinal discomfort such as osmotic diarrhea Today's small edition of Baibai safety net gives a brief introduction to the hazards of commonly used sweeteners If you want to know what is food sweetener and more knowledge about food additives and food safety, please continue to pay attention to our website and hope that today's content can help you Editor in charge: sun Dianwei
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