In healthy subjects , appetite and short term food intake , risk of cancer , risk of diabetes , risk of dental caries , weight gain and risk of obesity are the most investigated health outcomes .
Overall there is no conclusive evidence for beneficial and harmful effects on those outcomes .
In subjects with diabetes and hypertension , the evidence regarding health outcomes of NNS use is also inconsistent .
Background Food products containing non-nutritive sweeteners ( NNSs ) instead of sugar have become increasingly popular in the last decades .
Their appeal is obviously related to their calorie-free sweet taste .
However , with the dramatic increase in their consumption , it is reasonable and timely to evaluate their potential health benefits and , more importantly , potential adverse effects .
The main aim of this scoping review was to map the evidence about health outcomes possibly associated with regular NNS consumption by examining the extent , range , and nature of research activity in this area .
Dental plaque pH variation with regular soft drink, diet soft drink and high energy drink: an in vivo study.
BACKGROUND A high incidence of dental caries and dental erosion associated with frequent consumption of soft drinks has been reported . The purpose of this study was to evaluate the pH response of dental plaque to a regular , diet and high energy drink . METHODOLOGY Twenty subjects were recruited for this study . All subjects were between the ages of 20 and 25 and had at least four restored tooth surfaces present . The subjects were asked to refrain from brushing for 48 hours prior to the study . At baseline , plaque pH was measured from four separate locations using harvesting method . Subjects were asked to swish with 15 ml of the respective soft drink for 1 minute . Plaque pH was measured at the four design ated tooth sites at 5 , 10 and 20 minutes intervals . Subjects then repeated the experiment using the other two soft drinks . RESULTS pH was minimum for regular soft drink ( 2.65 ± 0.026 ) followed by high energy drink ( 3.39 ± 0.026 ) and diet soft drink ( 3.78 ± 0.006 ) . The maximum drop in plaque pH was seen with regular soft drink followed by high energy drink and diet soft drink . CONCLUSION Regular soft drink possesses a greater acid challenge potential on enamel than diet and high energy soft drinks . However , in this clinical trial , the pH associated with either soft drink did not reach the critical pH which is expected for enamel demineralization and dissolution
In healthy subjects , appetite and short term food intake , risk of cancer , risk of diabetes , risk of dental caries , weight gain and risk of obesity are the most investigated health outcomes .
Overall there is no conclusive evidence for beneficial and harmful effects on those outcomes .
In subjects with diabetes and hypertension , the evidence regarding health outcomes of NNS use is also inconsistent .
Background Food products containing non-nutritive sweeteners ( NNSs ) instead of sugar have become increasingly popular in the last decades .
Their appeal is obviously related to their calorie-free sweet taste .
However , with the dramatic increase in their consumption , it is reasonable and timely to evaluate their potential health benefits and , more importantly , potential adverse effects .
The main aim of this scoping review was to map the evidence about health outcomes possibly associated with regular NNS consumption by examining the extent , range , and nature of research activity in this area .