People looking to lose weight should skip sugar substitutes, according to new guidance from the World Health Organization.
The United Nations agency said Monday that a systematic review of the available evidence suggests use of non-sugar sweeteners"does not confer any long-term benefit in reducing body fat in adults or children."
. Artificial sweeteners"are not essential dietary factors and have no nutritional value. People should reduce the sweetness of the diet altogether, starting early in life, to improve their health.", as assessing this group was simply beyond the scope of the data used.
This guidance comes months after a study found erythritol, a zero-calorie sugar substitute used to sweeten low-cal, low-carb and"keto" products, isResearchers at the Cleveland Clinic studied over 4,000 people in the U.S. and Europe and found those with higher blood erythritol levels were at elevated risk of experiencing these major adverse cardiac events. The research, published in the journal Nature Medicine, also found erythritol made blood platelets easier to form a clot.
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