The new guidelines issued by the United Nations Health Agency on Monday have advised against Using non-sugar sweeteners (NSS).
recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) is based on a review of the available evidence that suggests that artificial sweeteners do not help control body mass or reduce the risk of weight-related diseases,
Common NSS include acesulfame K, aspartame, avantame, cyclamates, neotame, saccharin, sucralose, stevia, and other stevia derivatives.
“Replacing free sugars with NSS does not seem to help with weight control in the long term. People need to consider other ways to reduce their intake of free sugarsuch as consuming food containing naturally occurring sugars, such as fruit, or unsweetened food and beverages,” says Francesco Branca, WHO director for nutrition and food safety.
“NSS are not essential dietary factors and are no nutritional value, People should completely eliminate sweeteners from their diet early in life to improve their health.”
fatal long term consequences
The WHO also noted “potential undesirable effects from long-term use” of NSS, such as an increased risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease. The review’s results also suggest that there may be other dangerous consequences, such as increased risk premature death in adults,
Recommendation against use of NSS applies to all people Excludes persons with pre-existing diabetes and includes all synthetic and naturally occurring or modified non-nutritive sweeteners not classified as added sugars found in manufactured foods and beverages, or available to consumers Sold by itself for mixing into foods and beverages.
other sugar derivatives
WHO recommendation Does not apply to personal care and hygiene products That includes non-sugar sweeteners – such as toothpaste, skin creams, and medications – or low-calorie sugars and sugar alcohols (polyols), which are sugars or sugar derivatives that contain calories, and are not considered NSS.
Because the association between consumption of NSS and disease outcomes could be determined subjectively due to “baseline characteristics” of study participants, the recommendation was “evaluated as conditional” following WHO procedures for developing the guidelines. Has gone.
This indicates that there may be a need for policy decisions based on WHO’s recommendation. critical discussion in specific contextsFor example linked to the extent of consumption in different age groups from country to country.
The WHO guidelines on NSS are part of a set of existing and upcoming guidelines on healthy diets that aim to establish lifelong healthy eating habitsImproving diet quality, and reducing the risk of non-communicable diseases worldwide, said the United Nations health agency.
