Many of us unknowingly consume artificial sweeteners on a daily bases. Whenever we purchase products that are diet, light, or sugar free we are increasing our risk of ingesting the often harmful imitation sugars. Some of these products include: breath mints, gum, ice cream toppings, ice tea powder, puddings, yogurt, diet sodas, and many other sugar free products. The sugars which are contained in these items may be saccharin, aspartame, sucralose, neotame, and acesulfame potassium. Now some of these sugar substitutes can be more dangerous than others, but nonetheless, all of them are worth our attention as they all have experienced a number of controversial issues.

Although all of these artificial sweeteners are said to eliminate our dependency on calorie laden pure white sugar, they are also responsible for a number of negative side effects. For instance, when you search on the web regarding aspartame poisoning, you will find a huge list of possible symptoms, ranging anywhere from blindness to shortness of breath. However, poisoning from artificial sweeteners is often undetectable through lab tests and x-rays. So if you ever go to the doctor because you are not feeling well, yet the doctor has no way of detecting a problem, perhaps you should check your pantry cabins in order to estimate how much artificial sweetener you are actually consuming on a daily bases.

If you feel like you may be one of those people who consume a high volume of artificial sweeteners, try to eliminate them from your diet. If you don't want to include pure white sugar in you diet, try finding foods which contain organic cane sugar. Also try to clean out your body from the pre-consumer sugar substitutes by drinking plenty of water and eating a plethora of raw foods. Simply keep a diary of any changes in your overall health and well being.