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artificial sweeteners effect on diabetes

teena kushner

07/15/08

teena kushner

Topics:Diabetes , artificial sweeteners

Heard on a morning newws show that artificial sweeteners have a negative effect on diabetics. I am a nurse and work with diabetics and want to have the latest updates.

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Cherise Shockley

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Cherise Shockley

Teena-

Hello! I am a diabetic and I have used many sweeteners. I can only speak from my experience, sorbitol and mannitol causes my blood sugar to rise. I would like to recommend subscribing to David Mendosa's sharepost, he has a lot of good information when it comes to diets and other nutritional information. The links provided below will route to to 2 of our community experts and their take on sweeteners.

David Mendosa's sharepost:

http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/17/16790/trouble-sweeteners

Cynthia Haines's sharepost:

http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/8534/24667/safety

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