Health and Sugar Substitutes

Download or read book Health and Sugar Substitutes written by B. Guggenheim and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Proceedings of six sessions on sugar substitutes communicate interdisciplinary problems and research findings. Partial replacement of sucrose by nutritive and non-nutritive sugar substitutes is a valid means of reducingdental caries. No unanimity with regard to criteria to be applied for the assessment of cariogenicity of sweetners or foodstuffs has been reached. People are specifically sensitized against possible side effects of chemical, eitherdrugs or food additives. Sugar substitutes, often used to decrease caloric intake, are of vital and legitimate interest to diabetics. The sugar substitute controversy can be solved through practical alternatives proposed by reserchand benefit/risk assessments. Sessions address 1) reasons for sugar substitute use; 2) absorption, metabolism, and safety of nutritive and non-nutritive substitutes; 3) practical problems in sugar substitutes in foods; 4) new sweetner products; 5) metabolic criteria and oral health; 6)safety, risk/benefit assessment, and legal factors.