The WHO is (probably) wrong about Artificial Sweeteners

The World Health Organization (WHO) issued recent guidelines discouraging artificial sweeteners. Is it true that artificial sweeteners raise risk of disease long-term, like heart disease, obesity, diabetes or death?? A look at the scientific evidence on artificial sweeteners.

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0:00 New WHO guidelines
1:13 Randomized trials
2:24 A conundrum
3:45 The solution?
6:21 My take away
7:15 A new trial
8:09 Good points
8:55 The #1 question

[GuilhermeSilva-gunz]

I would love to see a video about the effect of artificial sweetners on gut bacteria! What is your takeaway regarding this topic, should we avoid artificial sweetners because of this?

[testitestmann]

How can you claim that you have no conflict of interest, if you are such a sweet boy <3

[jep]

Type 1 diabetic here. Yes its possible for me to consume regular sugar sodas, but it makes things much more difficult - insulin technology just isn’t there yet.

Diet sodas allow me to consume something sweet, which I enjoy, without having to worry about all that normally comes with it. Plus there’s no extra calories 👍

Artificial sweeteners make living with the burdens of diabetes just a little bit lighter and that’s a good thing 👍

[tomm]

I used to use Spenda in my coffee and tea. I now use NO sweetener in coffee and tea. I also drink unsweetened iced tea (with lemon) and limit myself to 2 - 4 small cans (7.5 oz.) of regular soda per month. I just wanted to lessen sugar/sweeteners in my drinks. Small steps and you can get there.

[williewonka]

Was raised in the 1960s by a mother who kept sugary treats to a rare event. Soda pop was restricted to occasional summer picnics or parties. So glad to have had that upbringing. I drink water, and have reduced alcohol to less than 1 per month. Needless to say, I have normal weight and A1C.

[mkyeny]

Every video this channel pumps out is a gem. Thanks so much for all the hard work!

[MoldyBagel]

I enjoy how Dr Gil also throws in nuggets about critical thinking and the necessity of reflecting on new information to keep an informed opinion.

[StveWK]

I hit a point in my 20’s where I slowly put on 80 pounds and was a junk food eater
I eliminated sugar and swapped for diet soda (1-2 cans a day) and eventually lost the 80 pounds but living a healthy lifestyle
Worked wonders for me and it’s 25 years later:)

[omarmohamad]

Your last point really resonated with me. I sometimes got crap from people for drinking diet soda but this was what I switched to after teenager years of drinking sugar soda. Eventually I moved on to carbonated water and now mostly water, coffee and tea. Diet soda was at least for me a step in the process of getting away from sugary drinks.

[alfonso]

Best nutrition channel in any platform!

[namontn]

Thank you Dr. Can you do a video on monk fruit extract, allulose, and stevia specifically?

[diadetediotedio]

I'm losing a bunch of weight these last months, I started drinking diet soda instead of normal one and <also> changed many habits, but I can measure my health data before and after these changes and will see if they had or not positive effects in some months, for now it appears to work well compared to before

[jandejong]

I replaced sugar with no sugar. Seems best.

[SundanceKey-kouy]

The Precautionary Principle is relevant here! Some US scientists and some governments across the pond think that it's best to avoid products whose long-term effects are unclear, unknown or disputed. In other words, it's smarter to be cautious rather than risk being overly casual. This makes a LOT of sense to me. If I don't *know* something is safe, I prefer to err on the side of caution. This can apply to food additives, pesticides and more.

[Zuggbar]

Do you have any thoughts on the study recent Cedars-Sinai did regarding the impact of artificial sweeteners on the gut microbiome published in the journal iScience?

[mindofown]

WE are lucky to have you!! Thankyou for your work

[RoxanneRichardson]

It isn't easy to change a decades-long habit of consuming soda. I drank diet soda for about 4 decades, and gave it up about 7 years ago, when I realized that my aging body wasn't metabolizing aspartame well, anymore. I had evolved to not sweetening my hot drinks (coffee and tea), which I drank in the winter, but continuing to consume cold drinks (diet soda and iced tea) with aspartame in the summer. Turns out that in my 50s, aspartame was giving me brain fog and muscle aches (my mother had experienced short term memory loss with aspartame when it first came out in the '80s, and switched back to saccharine). It wasn't too hard to adjust to drinking iced tea without sweetener, but it was *really* hard to give up diet Coke, especially in certain situations (road trips). It was the combination of caffeine, flavor, and the bubbles (along with just the habit of drinking it) that made it difficult to give up. I liked my brain a lot more than I liked diet Coke, though, so I managed to do it. For me, it was never about trying to control my weight, it was just that I didn't like drinking that much sugar. Made me feel sick.

[ohhimark]

The pepsi max has completely eliminated my tooth sensitivity from real sugar. I know it still has acids which wears down enamel but the change in pain is night and day

[deondebeer]

I am using a lot of sweetners for the last 30 years - when I stop sugar in food and drinks I lost 33kg and never gained it again- I am 61 and still and is so healthy as 20 year sportman

[Elgatoconbolso]

from what i understood, i thought there was a positive relationship between the amount of artificial sweeteners a person consumed and the amount of otherwise ultra processed foods they consumed. so rather than affecting your health directly, artificial sweeteners may affect your food choices. you may just get used to a certain level of sweetness that fruit can't provide for example, so you tend to eat sweeter things aka more sugar in turn!