Experts Views
This section will provide you with useful insight from scientific experts on the role and benefits of low calorie sweeteners and their role in our diet.
Please click on the links below to read interesting pieces of opinion articles, commentaries and interviews with expert on specific topics, ranging from safety to the benefits of low calorie sweeteners in weight management and diabetes.
Low calorie sweeteners: from scientific evidence… to practical use
Author(s): Audrey Aveaux* | Posted: 12 July 2018Science news from the AFDN conference in France in June, 2018. Highlights: Known for many decades, low calorie sweeteners have a long history of safe use throughout the world. In France, ANSES (the French national food health safety agency) provided...
Low calorie sweeteners in diabetes: Doctors explain their role in glucose control
Posted: 22 March 2019Science news from the ISA sessions at the 31st National Congress of the Mexican Diabetes Federation - Highlights: Low calorie sweeteners are safe and people with diabetes can have benefits from their use as sugar substitutes; Blood glucose levels ...
Low calorie sweeteners’ safety, use and benefits explained by experts
Posted: 12 April 2019Take-home messages from the Ibero-American Nutrition Foundation webinar - Highlights: Sweetness liking is innate and decreases from childhood into adulthood; Low calorie sweeteners are added instead of sugar in foods and drinks in order to provide...
New evidence further supports low calorie sweeteners’ role in glucose and weight control
Posted: 13 December 2017Highlights from the ISA-supported symposium at the French Nutrition day 2017 The International Sweeteners Association (ISA) is particularly pleased to have participated with an ISA-supported symposium in the French Nutrition Day (JFN – Jour...
New evidence in support of low calorie sweeteners’ use in glucose control and diabetes
Posted: 21 June 2017Science news from the 35 th International Symposium on Diabetes and Nutrition Highlights: Low calorie sweeteners might be helpful in glycaemic control by reducing energy and sugar intake and by increasing compliance to the dieta...
New study on low calorie sweetened beverages and weight loss
Posted: 27 May 2014Exclusive interview with Prof James Hill on new study on low calorie sweetened beverages and weight loss An important new research, The Effects of Water and Non-Nutritive Sweetened Beverages on Weight Loss During a 12-week Weight Loss Tre...