Sugar substitutes linked to obesity

Sugar substitutes during pregnancy.

QUESTION I have a pregnant patient who regularly consumes sugar substitutes and she asked me if continuing their use would affect her pregnancy or child. What should I tell her, and are there certain options that are better for use during pregnancy? ANSWER Although more research is required to fully determine the effects of in utero exposure to sugar substitutes, the available data do not sug...

Noncariogenic sweeteners. Sugar substitutes for caries control.

The evidence is clear that the incidence of dental caries is related to the frequency of eating sugar. The use of sugar substitutes is a suggested way of reducing sugar intake. A variety of noncariogenic sweeteners exists, but most have no practical value for caries control because of their technical or safety problems, taste, or cost. Urinary bladder tumorigenic effects have been reported in e...

Impact of Sugar Substitutes on Glucose Control in Diabetic Patients

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Role of Sugar and Sugar Substitutes in Dental Caries: A Review

Dental caries is a chronic disease which can affect us at any age. The term "caries" denotes both the disease process and its consequences, that is, the damage caused by the disease process. Dental caries has a multifactorial aetiology in which there is interplay of three principal factors: the host (saliva and teeth), the microflora (plaque), and the substrate (diet), and a fourth factor: time...

Liberal trade laws linked to obesity.