Michael Roizen, M.D.
YouBeauty Founder
replied almost 2 years ago:
YESor NO or Maybe--High amounts of sugar (more than 4 gm an hour) cause inflammation; you can reduce the effect by using alternative sweeteners. Besides causing sudden spikes in blood sugar, foods with high sugar content have high calorie content, and if not burned off or used as fuel, those calories will be stored as fat. Though some sweeteners are low-or no‑calorie, there is a downside: Sweeteners found in diet soft drinks, in diet foods, and on restaurant tables next to the sugar packets go unrecognized by the brain. They’re essentially invisible to your brain’s satiety centers, so it doesn’t count them as real food and still desires to be fulfilled by calories from somewhere else. There’s no clear-cut proof of the effects of these sweeteners—on either a health level or on a weight-loss level—but we do know one thing: Prehistoric man wasn’t putting Splenda in his water. Artificial sweeteners, while lacking calories, may have side effects such as intestinal problems and headaches. If you’re having a hard time losing weight or don’t feel well, these are some of the first things to cut out, even though they can be an alternative to high-calorie sugars. There’s no clear-cut data on which sweeteners work most effectively..as to Stevia, it Is a noncaloric natural herb. The taste isn’t
ideal to many people, and stevia seems to lower sperm counts in some studies. Not good from our male perspective. Young Dr Mike for the YOUDOCs
