A recent study raised anxiety about the use of the well -known industrial local, as it revealed that drinking an amount equivalent to those in 3 cans of sugar -free soda per day may increase the risk of a heart attack or stroke.
The study was conducted by researchers from the Carolinska Institute in Sweden, as well as colleagues in China and the United States, and the study was published in Cell Metabolism on February 19, and the British Daily Mail was written about.
Aspartame
The aspartame is an industrial locomotive that has been widely used for a long time as a low -calorie substance for sugar, and it is 200 times sweeter of sugar, so it is added in a very small amount to give the sweet level itself to the products that are marketed as sugar -free or food and suitable for diets such as drinks Gasee, candy, canned foods, nannies, dairy products, and many other foods and drinks.
Research indicates that industrial sweeteners, including aspartame, can have harmful effects on health, especially if they are consumed in large quantities, and are related to many health problems, such as problems in the work of the digestive system, causing headaches, and increasing the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, and for them A role in the accumulation of fat in the arteries, which leads to cardiovascular disease.
The study, which was conducted on the mice, found that aspartame leads to an increase in the secretion of insulin – the hormone that controls the blood glucose percentage – which leads to atherosclerosis, which is the process of accumulating fatty plaque in the arteries, which causes narrowing of it, which limits blood flow from And to the heart.
The breakage of parts of the fatty plaque can also lead to dangerous blockages in the blood vessels, which increases the risk of heart attacks and strokes. The researchers stated that the results of the study conducted on mice have disturbing effects, given the spread of industrial sweeteners.
Laboratory animals try aspartame
The researchers gave the mice daily doses of water containing 0.15% of aspartame for 12 weeks, which is equivalent to the consumption of about 3 boxes of diet soda per day for humans.
In comparison with mice that do not follow a diet rich in sweeteners, mice feeding on aspartame developed larger and more oily plaques in their arteries, and showed higher levels of inflammation, both of them are features that indicate the deterioration of cardiovascular health.
When the team analyzed the blood of mice, it found an increase in insulin levels after the aspartame entered their bodies.
The result was not surprising for the team, because our mouths, intestines, and other tissues are lined with receptors that discover sweetness and help direct insulin launch, and it seemed that aspartame deceives receptors to secrete more insulin.