The Benefits of Synthetic Sugars

We are all aware of sugar, the sweet delicious substance commonly used in food and beverages, but table sugar is not the only sugar there is. There are many artificial sugars that many people now-a-days aren’t aware of. In this research paper I will be identifying four different types of synthetic sugars which are: Saccharin, Aspartame, Sucralose, and Sodium cyclamate. Synthetic sugars, or artificial sweeteners, have both positive and negative effects that can either make a big impact in our body or a small impact. Synthetic sugars can be used in many ways but are most commonly used in regular everyday foods and beverages or they can be mixed with other artificial sweeteners. Synthetic sugars tend to look very similar to real sugar so sometimes it may be hard to distinguish them with the naked eye.

Saccharin is said to be one of the oldest artificial sugars, it was discovered around 1878 in the Johns Hopkins University laboratory by chemist Constantine Fahlberg when he was working on Ira Remsen’s lab among Remsen’s assistants. The sugar was first used by Constantine himself when he accidentally spilled some of the chemical on his hand and later decided to try it with his dinner, when he realized it tasted quite sweet. Both Remsen and Fahlberg later introduced the synthetic sugar to the public in February of 1879 saying Saccharin was “even sweeter than cane sugar”. Some of the many benefits of Saccharin are that Saccharin is able to blend with other sweeteners to recompense for each sweetener’s weaknesses. Also Saccharin is very helpful to people with diabetes because it goes directly through the digestive system without being broken down. Saccharin also easily dissolves in beverages just like regular table sugar. Sacchari...

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...tains absolutely no calories! Aspartame is one of the safest artificial sweeteners I researched throughout the whole paper; the most dangerous or unhealthiest was actually sodium cyclamate. Although aspartame cannot or should not be used for cooking and baking because it will break down during the process. Despite all the rumors about aspartame being “the most dangerous artificial sugar out there” many specialists disagree and believe all the drama about aspartame stop because it is completely healthy to consume. I would recommend people that would like to be healthier and want to slow down on eating regular sugar to consume and go buy aspartame because it is very healthy and safe to eat. I also asked a few people in my family about the sugars and asked for their opinions on which one they would rather consume and most of them picked either saccharin or aspartame.