{"id":6987,"date":"2010-07-30T21:32:42","date_gmt":"2010-07-31T01:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/living-well\/2010\/07\/current-trends-and-research-with-natures-best-medicine.html"},"modified":"2017-11-30T10:24:16","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T15:24:16","slug":"current-trends-and-research-with-natures-best-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/living-well\/2010\/07\/current-trends-and-research-with-natures-best-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"Too sweet for the Brain!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2010\/07\/31\/aspartame-update.aspx\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>This<a href=\"https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2010\/07\/31\/aspartame-update.aspx\"> 20 minute video <\/a>is very eye-opening on the politics and science behind artificial sweeteners. Like anything, &#8220;tis the dose that is the poison.&#8221; Many of you are aware that I do work with neurotransmitters in my practice; therefore, the topic of consumption of artificial amino acids which affect your brain chemicals, grabs my attention. My concern is how these &#8220;excitotoxins&#8221; are affecting health, not just physically, but emotionally, where disease can be perpetuated (see my past articles on stress and disease).<\/p>\n<p>The two amino acids that make up nutrasweet\/equal aka aspartame, cause an increase in excititary signals to the brain. This can downregulate other calming neurotransmitters and even deplete hormones. (For example, phenalyanine, one component, is a precursor to catecholamines and thyroid hormone.)<\/p>\n<p>Not only can artificial sweeteners affect biochemistry, they can also cause harmful side effects. Here is a<a href=\"https:\/\/dr-lobisco.com\/artificial-sweeteners-update\/\"> link to my <\/a>website which lists some published research documentation on the side effect of these exicto-toxins.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, my advice is to use stevia or xylitol. Both are beneficial to health, blood sugar, and bones and are very safe. For that sugar craving, sip on 2 oz of braggs apple ciear vinegar in 8 oz water, 2 T of xylitol, and 3 drops of lemon essential oil, as bitters decrease sweet cravings. If you don&#8217;t like it that bitter, you can always adjust the vinegar portion. Either way, protect your brain and your health, by avoiding these products whenever possible. <\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s to a sweet, natural, life! \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> This 20 minute video is very eye-opening on the politics and science behind artificial sweeteners. Like anything, &#8220;tis the dose that is the poison.&#8221; Many of you are aware that I do work with neurotransmitters in my practice; therefore,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":109,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[67,68,417,425,572,650,869,1126,1151,1244],"class_list":["post-6987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-news","tag-artificial-sweetners","tag-aspartame","tag-functional-medicine-and-naturopathic-doctor-in-ny","tag-functional-medicine-and-saratoga-springs-ny","tag-holistic-doctor-and-ny","tag-integrative-health-center-and-ballston-spa-ny","tag-naturopathic-doctor-and-ballston-spa-ny","tag-stevia","tag-sugar-cravings","tag-xylitol-naturopathic-doctor-and-clifton-park-ny"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Too sweet for the Brain! - Living Well In Saratoga Springs NY: Saratoga&#039;s Holistic Health Forum Blog<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/living-well\/2010\/07\/current-trends-and-research-with-natures-best-medicine\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Too sweet for the Brain! - Living Well In Saratoga Springs NY: Saratoga&#039;s Holistic Health Forum Blog\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This 20 minute video is very eye-opening on the politics and science behind artificial sweeteners. 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