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On the Web
- FDA Consumer: Sugar Substitutes - Article in FDA's consumer magazine about the saccharine and aspartame controversies. "FDA stands behind its original approval of aspartame, and subsequent evaluations have shown that the product is safe."
- Zsweet® All Natural Sweetener - A sugar substitute using the substance erythritol. FAQ, online store, recipes, news articles, and an information about the safety of erythritol.
- Splenda Truth - Supports the use of Splenda as a safe sugar substitute. Information on how it's made, scientific testing, and a FAQ.
- Health Care Products - Provides products geared toward improving diabetics' quality of life including sugar-free cough medication, deep moisturizing lotion and cream and a sugar substitute.
- Stevia - Stevioside Information Center - Comparison charts to sugar and aspartame, safety issues, special diets, and related resources.
- Pastry Wiz - Includes some sugar free recipes and some with artificial sweetener added. Offers sugar substitution charts and a recipe search.
- Sugar coated / We're drowning in high fructose corn syrup. Do the risks go beyond our waistline? - An article about the health risks of too much high fructose corn syrup intake, focusing on obesity.
- CSPI Acesulfame-k Web Page - Quotes from cancer experts' letters on the testing of Acesulfame-K, marketed under the brand names Sweet One, Sunette, and Sweet 'n Safe.
- FDA Statement on Aspartame - FDA statement standing behind its original approval decision.
- MIT Tech Talk: Study reaffirms safety of aspartame - Report on study in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition by visiting scientist at MIT, concluding that "aspartame is safe for the general population".
Wikipedia Articles
- Sweetness - Sweetness is one of the five basic tastes, and is almost universally regarded as a pleasurable experience. Foods rich in simple carbohydrates such as sugar are those most commonly associated with sweetness, although there are other natural and artificial compounds that are much sweeter, some of which have been used as sugar substitutes for those with a [tooth|sweet tooth].