Reduce sugar intake especially artificial sugars 

There are artificial sweeteners that make all sorts of claims like sweet as sugar, no calories, the taste of sugar without a surge in blood sugar levels, and with no side effects or long term health damage. The research on artificial sugars has not determined all these claims to be true but research is still going on and there may be more facts revealed in the near future that can either substantiate these claims or debunk them. Reducing the sugars and artificial sugars in your diet may save you from health hazards later on down the road in your life.
Fad diets come and go, and the latest one is low sugar or sugar free diets, which are a branch off of the low carb diets. Sugar is a carbohydrate and raises the blood sugar levels. The rise in blood sugar level is fine for the individual who can process the sugars, but for the people that have bodies that cannot process the sugars correctly, sugar is dangerous and artificial sweeteners are as well, but in a different manner.  Sucralose, an artificial sugar has been associated with migraines and may act as a trigger. There are also individuals who experience the following when they use artificial sugars:
  • skin rashes/flushing
  • panic-like agitation
  • dizziness and numbness
  • diarrhea
  • swelling
  • muscle aches,
  • headaches
  • intestinal cramping
  • bladder issues
  • stomach pain
By eliminating as much sugar from the diet as possible, the blood sugar levels will even out and not spike high or low. It is obvious that avoiding the artificial sugars are a good idea. The facts have not been established well enough by research to state one way or the other if artificial sugars will be safe in the long term. Taking chances with your health by using products that can do serious harm or with products that research has not conclusively determine to be safe is taking risks that can be avoided simply if one will reduce the sugar intake in their diet, especially artificial sugars.
Take care of the body you have, it is the only one you are going to get.
 

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