The Washington Post’s Fake Sugar Visualization

The Washington Post’s Fake Sugar Visualization

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Anahad O’Connor and Aaron Steckelberg are back, this time with Laura Reiley for The Washington Post, showing readers how fake sugars sneak into food and how studies show that these can affect metabolic, gut and heart health with the help of animated guides reminiscent of the cuties that helped break down the similarities and differences between coffee and tea

The American Academy of Pediatrics says the FDA should require food companies to list the amounts of any non-nutritive sweeteners on the nutrition facts panel, alongside things like fat, carbohydrates and added sugar. Some consumer groups called for new labeling rules to make it easier to know when sugar substitutes are used in packaged foods.

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