Artificial Sweeteners
Artificial Sweeteners & Additives
Have you ever wondered if artificial sweeteners and additives in foods are having a poor effect on your health?
Many pre-packed foods contain additives to give them better shelf life, make them look a better colour or give a better flavour.
Sweeter foods may contain artificial sweeteners to reduce the sugar content, but are these things good for our health?
A study found on the internet show ants gathering around cane sugar and avoiding artificial sweeteners. When the ants were given only artificial sweetener the mortality of them increased by 80%. The ants actually went out of their way to avoid the artificial sweetener, to me that speak volumes.
Some countries have now banned it, so how come we can still buy it and foods made with it?
Our bodies know how to metabolise real sugar, but it struggles to work out artificial substances and some people may develop symptoms because of them.
Stephen.R. a 52 year old man, recently posted me a hair sample for analysis. He was looking for help with an extreme skin condition on his hands. The doctor had diagnosed dermatitis and prescribed steroid cream. His problem has been going on for several months without much improvement so he was looking for alternative treatments. Having done an analysis, I found two things that stood out. One was a reaction to artificial sweeteners and second, poor gut bacteria. Upon my advice he stopped drinking diet coke and took some probiotics, after six weeks he began to find improvement with his hands.
My work involves finding reasons why a person is symptomatic. This can be done either in my Storrington clinic or via hair sample sent in the post. Once we find the imbalances causing symptoms and make changes through diet and/or supplementation, health improves and symptoms reduce.

