Sweeteners

Pathway Contributor: Catherine Freeze

Credentials:
MEd, RD

Affiliation Statement:
Employee of Department of Health and Wellness, Government of PEI.

Contributions:

• Are there any specific considerations with regard to the use of sweeteners (e.g. nonnutritive, artificial, sugar substitutes, intense, low calorie) in pregnancy/lactation?  

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• Are there any specific considerations with regard to the use of sweeteners (e.g. nonnutritive, artificial, intense, low calorie, sugar substitutes) and sugar alcohols in children?  

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• What is the evidence on the safety of sweeteners (e.g. nonnutritive, artificial, intense, low calorie, sugar substitutes)?  

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• Are there any specific considerations with regard to the use of sugar alcohols as sweeteners in pregnancy/lactation?  

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• What effect do sweeteners (e.g. nonnutritive, artificial, intense, low calorie and sugar substitutes) have on weight management?  

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• What is the evidence on the safety of sugar alcohols?  

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• What is the evidence on the safety of polydextrose? Does it have an impact on appetite or chronic constipation?  

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• What effect do sweeteners (e.g. nonnutritive, artificial, intense, low calorie, sugar substitutes) have on cardiometabolic health?  

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• Does the use of sweeteners (e.g. nonnutritive, artificial, intense, low calorie, sugar substitutes) increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes in adults and children?  

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• Does the use of sweeteners (e.g. nonnutritive, artificial, intense, low calorie, sugar substitutes) increase the risk of cardiovascular disease in people with diabetes?  

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• What effect do sweeteners (e.g. nonnutritive, artificial, intense, low calorie, sugar substitutes) have on the management of diabetes?  

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• What effect do sugar alcohols have on the management of diabetes?  

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• Sweeteners Background

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