Artificial Sweeteners and Sugar Substitutes – Dietary Allies or Poisonous Enemies?
Since ancient times, humans have experimented with ways to increase the sweetness of foods and beverages without the use of sugar. Ancient Romans used sugar of lead (a.k.a. lead acetate) as a sugar substitute. For obvious reasons, using lead as a sweetener caused some serious health problems and its use was abandoned, though not for …
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