The sweetener trap and how to avoid it
By: by Beatrice Trum Hunter.
Contributors: Hunter, Beatrice Trum.
Publisher: Basic Health Publications
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Laguna Beach, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 426
ISBN-13: 9781591201793
Subjects: Sugars -- Health aspects; Sweeteners -- Health aspects; Sweetening Agents -- adverse effects; Diet; Dietary Sucrose -- adverse effects; Food Habits
Notes: Rev. and updated ed. of: The sugar trap and how to avoid It / Beatrice Trum Hunter. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1982.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Refined sweeteners : desired but undesirable; title: Traditional sweeteners : overrated?; title: Crystalline fructose : a fruit sugar pretender; title: High-fructose corn syrup : a dangerous superstar; title: Sugar polyols : consumed but not tallied; title: Licorice : a flavorant converted into a sweetener; title: Stevia : sweetener or dietary supplement?; title: Thaumatin : a very high-intensity protein sweetener; title: The dihydrochalcones : bitterness turned into sweetness; title: Plant-derived sweeteners : used traditionally, becoming recognized; title: Cyclamate : approved as safe; title: later, banned; title: Saccharin : sweet, cheap, and detrimental; title: Aspartame : a breakthrough high-intensity sweetener; title: Neotame : "superaspartame"; title: Acesulfame-K : an upstart sweetener; title: Sucralose : a sucrose derivative, but not sucrose; title: Alitame : a high-intensity sweetener in limbo; title: Trehalose, tagatose, and agave nectar; title: Designing new sweeteners : a new era may be at hand; title: Sugars and the glycemic index : not a happy story; title: Sugar consumption statistics : deceptive and confusing; title: Avoiding the sweetener trap : simple strategies.