Are Artificial Sweeteners Bad For You? | Nutritionist Explains | Myprotein

Are artificial sweeteners bad for you? Are artificial sweeteners safe to use? Expert nutritionist explains all.

Sweeteners are in more and more of our food and drink, but they seem to get a lot of bad press and there are some pretty scary headlines about their potential side effects. But what's fact and what's fiction? Nutritionist and PhD researcher, Richie Kirwan, is here to help with the latest research and evidence-based advice.

Find Richie on Instagram: @be_more_nutrition

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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:36 - What is a sweetener?
3:33 - Examples of non-nutritive sweeteners
3:56 - Differences between non-nutritive sweeteners
4:49 - Acceptable daily intake for sweeteners
5:42 - Do sweeteners contain methanol?
6:31 - What about cancer?
9:06 - Aren't they just as bad as sugar?
10:14 - What about cravings?
10:52 - Don't they cause weight gain?
12:59 - Do you have any more sweetener questions?

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[gaatjeniksaan]

Although I like the video's, I'd love to see the sources of the studies you refer to, so that I can look them up myself

[barlow]

Excellent channel, each subject is dealt with concisely and clearly. I'm a natural born cynic but the fact a company like Myprotein takes the trouble to produce these videos without making them a marketing exercise gives me confidence in their products.

[ihpuppies]

Ha. I tried the chocolate smooth. Never felt had so many headaches and felt so drained. Plus I couldn't sleep. Looks like the sucralose in the powder was causing this.

I ordered the unflavoured, tarted it up with cocoa powder and was fine.
Cant understand why the need to pump powder full of that shit

[ImTurnerz]

Hey Richie,

Could we please have a video on ZMA? Some people absolutely swear by it

[kinn]

Heyyyy, make a video on the nutritive (?) sweeteners. Xylitol is my absolute favourite. I can't stand the taste of artificial sweeteners and avoid that level of restriction in my diet. But xylitol? It's identical to sugar as far as my tongue is concerned. Identical!

[carolevans]

Well iv been on a very low calorie diet and love my cup of coffee and they haven't affected my weight lose and as 4 sugar cravings that's rubbish. I went on a 4 day fast a couple of months ago and found myself craving biscuits crips junk food while watching TV. That's what I used to do eat crap while watching TV during the bloody lockdowns. I haven't eaten any junk food in months and don't even want it. I was always an intermittent faster all my adult life with out even noing it. We don't need 3 meals a day and snacks in-between meals its rubbish. I do like a calorie free sweetener tablet in my coffee tho. They haven't been a problem to me . I have 14lbs to lose now. Iv lost 17lb more in 2 months with out even trying and feel great. I'm thinking about doing another 3 day fast to give my body another kick start. I don't miss any junk food in fact it's all mind over matter. Junk food now actually makes me feel ill just thinking about it. I won't have it in the house .

[cptsponko]

It's in every single uk soft drink. Even the 'sweet' ones.

[tutorzone]

Any chance of a video on nootropics Richie.

[paulnicolas]

Hi

I can only answer this with my experience, but used them for 30 odd years now and never experienced any side effects or health issues people talk about and am 54 and bmi and bp are all in range and I look young for my age .

Everybody is different though and react differently to different chemicals but I live in the uk and government agency websites such as the British heart foundation and cancer research uk also confirm are all safe to consume and there is no conclusive scientific research to definitely suggest otherwise .

If your that worried about them then there are more natural alternatives such as monk fruit (best), stevia, xylitol and if your still worried and are a healthy adult then just use a little sugar - a few spoonfuls a day should not harm most people and there is only 16 kcal in a teaspoon so even 5 spoonfuls would equal to 80 kcal and an average adult can consume 2000kcals a day so not that much . Otherwise best just don’t consume sweetners / sugar at all if you want to be absolutely safe or consume foods with natural sugars such as fruit and dried dates but not too many - I use dried dates a lot as I do have a sugar craving especially after a meal and they are a good substitute for very sweet foods and mixed with some artificial sweetners in my tea and cereal them I don’t have to binge on unhealthy sweet foods. If however, you have health issues such as diabetes and high blood pressure then consult your doctor but as far as am aware these sweetners can be used by these people as well .

Thanks for the video

[chria]

Does artificial sweeteners hinder hypetrophy?

[srikardvnss]

So is sucarose in protine powders safe or not?🙁🙁

[daniellebrogan]

This was helpful, been told covid sticks to sugar and sweetener which confuses me

[sandeshpaudel]

Are the studies FDA uses to determine that artificial sweeteners are safe done on mice?

[CurseTheDarkness]

Finally, no BS science that doesn’t rely on misstating studies or popular conceptions.

[susmithathirunagari]

How much gram of sucralose we get through a scoop of whey? Of myprotein isolate

[paulnicolas]

Ps artificial sweetners are much better for teen than sugar also

[brandonnunez]

Great video I loved all the info, But your accent is really bothering me not in a bad way. I just can’t tell if you have a Scottish/Irish accent or a Canadian one 🤣 it might even be a little of both

[rayyedrahman]

just bought this i cant beleieve there is 2000 servings

[ripwig]

Stevia? More about Stevia? Isn't it the best choice of sweetener?