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With the creativity seen in desserts nowadays,added sugarnever looked (and tasted) so sweet.

Also known as polyols,sugar alcohols do occur naturallyand are typically extracted from plants that produce fruit-like berries.

Plus, they are much better for our oral and dental health than sugar, just like artificial sweeteners.

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While this all sounds ideal, there are some unfortunate side effects associated with these alternatives.

This is likely related to thealteration of gut bacteriaassociated with these sweeteners.

Despite these concerns, sugar alcohols are considered foodssafe to consumeby the FDA.

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Regardless, Equal or aspartame has gained stamps of safety approval from multiple credible sources including both theU.S.

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)andWorld Health Organization (WHO).

This product was actually the first commercialized artificial sweetener and became popular duringWorld War Idue to sugar shortages.

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Ultimately, saccharin is also considered a safe food additive by theFDAandWHO.

Sucralose may also not be the best baking ingredient.

When its heated above 350 degrees Fahrenheit in combination with a fat source, a substance calledchloropropanolmay be produced.

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Chloropropanols are known to be carcinogenic.

Otherwise,research published inNutrition and Cancerfound sucralose to pose no cancer risk after assessing multiple long-term studies.

Despite this conflicting evidence, this sweetener has also been recognized as asafe foodby the FDA.

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The bottom line

So, what should you do with all this research-intensive information?

For this reason alone, the safest bet is to either avoid these options or use them sparingly.

This helps to break that positive feedback loop of needing more and more sweet treats throughout our days.

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