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No drinks with sweeteners for younger children, say UK advisors
Michelle Roberts Digital health editor, BBC News Getty Images Younger children should not be given any drinks containing artificial sweeteners, UK experts are now advising. The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) recommendations apply to beverages such as sugar-free ‘toothkind’ squash that has ingredients such as aspartame, stevia, saccharin and sucralose. It says preschool children … Read more
The quest to find healthy and cheap sweeteners
Other new bulking sweeteners are emerging too. In the UK, The Supplant Company has developed a low calorie, low glycemic response product which is mildly sweet. Supplant produces it from agricultural waste, including cobs, husks, stems and stalks, using enzymes found in fungi. Source link
Coffee Drinkers, Even Those With a Sweet Tooth, Live Longer
May 31, 2022 – Coffee lovers, rejoice. Your morning ritual may lead to a longer life, and a spoonful of sugar could sweeten the deal, based on a recent study. Among more than 170,000 people in the U.K., those who drank about two to four cups of coffee a day, with or without sugar, had … Read more