artificial sweetener

Aspartame

Everyone has an opinion on what you should or should not eat when you are pregnant, it seems.  Recently, a man at the grocery store told me I should not buy a certain light yogurt since “it contains aspartame which is toxic for the baby, you know”.  I tried to pleasantly smile and show him …

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Artificial Sweeteners

In the midst of moving, my husband sent me this article about artificial sweeteners, a topic loaded with confusion and mixed information.  My brother-in-law and I debate consumption of artificial sweeteners occasionally.  Last week at a girls night, I listened in pain while several diabetic women discussed how they don’t want cancer from artificial sweeteners …

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