The other day I saw this meme on social media:
And, since the sucralose scam happens to be a real peeve of mine, I wanted to vent:
So many food products say “sugar free”, “no sugar”, “zero sugar”, etc., but then include sucralose, which is…sugar. So I don’t see how it’s even legal for the producers to make the sugar-free claim.
And what’s worse, to make sucralose, they run sugar through a chlorination process to remove the calories.
And what is a calorie? A unit of energy.
So technically, the ONLY benefit anyone could possibly get from ingesting sugar is the calories, or the quick energy hit. But with sucralose the calories are removed, and now you don’t even get the energy, you just raise your blood glucose and increase insulin levels (which is why diabetics should avoid sucralose—in fact, new studies show that sucralose can actually cause type 2 diabetes).
The risks of ingesting sucralose? Increased blood glucose levels leading to excess fat storage, increased insulin levels, thereby increasing the risk of developing insulin resistance (type 2 diabetes), and other related health problems.
But people have been deceived into believing that sucralose (calorie-free sugar) is not as bad as normal sugar, and think switching is healthier—especially since very few actually read the tiny ingredients list, just see the “sugar-free” in big bold print on the package and believe it.
So whenever you see the “no sugar, sugar-free, zero sugar, etc” claim, especially on beverages, be sure to read the fine print. It probably contains sucralose (calorie-free sugar), which can not only be as bad for you as sugar, but potentially worse.
And even worse than sucralose: aspartame is a known neurotoxin, so you should avoid products containing that, too.
To my knowledge, the only natural sweeteners that have not been shown to be toxic or to raise glucose or insulin levels are stevia and monk fruit. So I primarily look for stevia, which is finally becoming easier to find. These days I mostly drink filtered water with added electrolytes and/or vitamins/minerals, so I look for those types of drink powders, and choose those that have as little unnatural ingredients as possible, and are sweetened with stevia and/or monk fruit, and nothing else.
(For those interested, I’d like to recommend Keto Vitals Electrolytes Powder, which meets the aforementioned criteria, and comes in a variety of flavors, many of which I enjoy, and have been using for a couple of years now…)
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