RE: AHA/ADA approve artificial sweetener use

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Agreed .... someone got paid off. Sunny Sunny Kierstyn, RN DC Fibromyalgia Care Center of Oregon 2677 Willakenzie Road, 7CEugene, Oregon, 97401541- 654-0850; Fx; 541- 654-0834www.drsunnykierstyn.com To: oregondcs From: dr_aherrst@...Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:19:54 -0700Subject: AHA/ADA approve artificial sweetener use

Sad times, indeed! I wonder who is bankrolling this

"recommendation." Oh, and note the nice passing of the buck to

the FDA re: safety of these substances.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/767169?src=nldne

"July 10, 2012 (Dallas, Texas) — The American Heart

Association and the American Diabetes Association

have issued a joint scientific statement giving a cautious

recommendation to the use of nonnutritive sweeteners to help

people maintain a healthy body weight and for diabetics to aid

glucose control [1].

Gardner further noted that the statement is limited to these six

sweeteners, as these have all had some form of acceptance from the

FDA, which allowed the review committee to stay away from

the thorny issue of safety. Acknowledging that there have been

safety question marks over some of these substances in the past,

Gardner commented: "We are not passing any judgment on the safety

of these substances in this statement. That was not our mandate.

We have left that to the FDA, and they have either approved or

given some form of acceptance to all of these six substances. We

just looked at human data on whether intake of these sweeteners

results in a reduction of sugar intake."

L Herrst DC

City Fit Chiropractic

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