Sugar, Sweeteners Intake and Metabolic Health
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Carbohydrates".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 June 2025 | Viewed by 3489
Special Issue Editor
2. Food and Nutrition Service Department, Fujita Health University Hospital, Toyoake 470-1192, Japan
Interests: molecular nutrition; carbohydrate intake and health; pathophysiology of young underweight women in Japan; carbohydarate response element binding protein
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Added sugar has long been implicated in obesity and dental caries. High fructose corn syrup found in soft drinks has also been reported to be associated with obesity. Therefore, the WHO recommends limiting added sugar to less than 5% of the total energy. Artificial sweeteners and adverse health effects have also been reported. Some artificial sweeteners (sucralose saccharin) have been reported to worsen glucose tolerance via the gut microbiota.
This Special Issue addresses the need for basic research on obesity, impaired glucose tolerance caused by fructose and artificial sweeteners, and clinical research to clarify the relationship between added sugar and artificial sweeteners and various diseases. In setting up this Special Issue, since many review articles on fructose and artificial sweeteners have been reported thus far, we will limit the number of articles to those judged based on original perspectives.
Prof. Dr. Katsumi Iizuka
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- fructose
- artificial sweeteners
- added sugar
- diabetes mellitus
- obesity
- dental caries
- malignant diseases
- aspartame
- sucralose
- saccharin
- high fructose corn syrup
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