A new Australian study published Nov. 17 shows a diet rich in harmful sweeteners, such as a high-fat diet, can have an adverse health effect on people with moderate weight.
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The study, conducted by the University of Melbourne, Australia, showed signs of impaired cardiac activity when laboratory mice were fed with a sweetener in just 12 weeks.
These mice ate the same amount of food as a high-sweet diet, such as a young person who drank fresh water and candy. The results show a decline even if they still maintain normal weight.
Speaking to the Australian Journalism Association ( AAP ), researcher Kimberley Mellor said the results showed that inherent misconceptions about healthy eating and also a potential risk of being "abandoned". through 'lead to type 2 diabetes.
" We realize that not only fat but also sweetener is harmful for us, " said Mellor . All the foods that we think are healthy when they're low in fat are not, because they contain high levels of sweetener . "
These mice were fed foods with fluctuation - a sweetener in candy, a common food additive, especially in high fluctuation sweetened syrup.
These mice appear to have signs of oxidative damage in the heart, leading to disruption of the heart cells as well as the reaction of this type of cell to calcium , a process necessary for heart beating.
Mellor said that while the study is finding an effect on heart function, another study has also shown a link between a high-sugar diet and diabetes.
She said: ' The consumption of fluctoza has increased dramatically in recent decades and this also matches the increase in the number of patients with type 2 diabetes. "So, according to her, in the diet, people so ' reduce the use of as much sweetener as possible '.