Essays on Artificial Sweeteners

Artificial sweetener is a sugar substitute that contains less energy than sugar. What’s inside artificial sweetener is amino acids, aspartic acid and phenylalanine. Amino acids are chemical substances that are found in plants and animals to make protein. Aspartic acid is also an amino acid...

Some reports claimed that aspartame is associated with health problems from normal problems to serious diseases. The normal problems can be digestive symptoms, dizziness, headache, and changes in mood. The severe disease is diabetes, Parkinson disease, Alzheimer disease, lupus, birth defects, Gulf War syndrome, attention...

Aspartame: Not Worth the Zero Calories For decades, companies have been marketing their products as cheaper and better for the consumer. With beverage companies, every company was trying to make the best drinks and, when it came the time for their drinks to be “healthier,”...

“Can I order a double cheeseburger, large fries, and a large Diet Coke?” I hear this request at fast food restaurants nearly every time I am in line. The irony of washing down a calorically dense meal with a NutraSweet-flavored bubbly liquid makes me wonder...

Sugar is bad for you, right? Sugar has a lot of calories and makes you fat! This Thanksgiving and holiday season millions of Americans will cut back on pies, cookies, ice cream, and so on to avoid sugar. In a desperate attempt to avoid this...