By Nathan Gray 11-Jul-2013
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Current public health messages that call for a reduction in the intake of sugary foods and drinks should consider expanding recommendations to include all sweetened products, according to one expert's opinion.
The expert review and opinion piece published in Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism suggests that while consumers and public health officials should be 'rightfully concerned' about the consequences of consuming high levels of sugar, for example from sugar-sweetened beverages - intakes of diet drinks and other non-caloric, artificially sweetened foods and beverages may not be the healthy choice to manage weight that they appear.
Indeed, building on recommendations to slash the intake of added sugar products such as sugar sweetened beverages, Professor Susan Swithers of Purdue University, USA, warned that public health concerns and warnings may also need to be expanded "to advocate limiting the intake of all sweeteners, including no-calorie sweeteners and so-called diet soft drinks."
"Although it seems like common sense that diet sodas would not be problematic, that doesn't appear to be the case," she commented.
"Findings from a variety of studies show that routine consumption of diet sodas, even one per day, can be connected to higher likelihood of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, metabolic syndrome and high blood pressure, in addition to contributing to weight gain."
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