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Are Diet Drinks Damaging Your Health

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Many artificial sweeteners on the market in the UK today contain ingredients that may be quite harmful to your health. Our advice here at NorthWest Personal Training in Manchester is to check out your “diet drink”  or sugar free product for the following potentially harmful ingredients:

Aspartame (E951) – has been know to produce the toxin methanol, which your body can process only in small amounts, and this has been shown to cause headaches and menstrual problems

Saccharin (E954) – another common sweetner has also been linked with bladder cancer and Acesulfame K (E950) which is found in many of the popular diet colas has also been linked with cancer, while sorbitol (E420) which is normally found in toothpase and mannitol (E421) have been associated with stomach bloating.

If you insist on having a Cola or a Fizzy orange we would recommend going for the “full fat” version as its likely to be healthier for you in the long run and if you need to sweeten up your coffee or tea, it’s best to go for brown sugar rather than white refined or try and cut it out gradually.

Also because diet drinks are usually sweet your body is expecting sugar and will start an insulin response. This will cause any fat burning to be switched off and your body will go into fat storing mode. This is one of the reasons why many people who consume diet drinks tend to be overweight.

We think that they shouldn’t be allowed to be called diet drinks because it give people the impression that they can help thm lose weight and that they are healthier than other versions.

Update: Just found an excellent article on this subject on another site:
Aspartame is poison