Understanding Artificial Sweeteners

In the mid-1990s, an email warned about a disease linked to which artificial sweetener?

• Saccharin

• Aspartame

• Sucralose

• Stevia

Fill in the blank: The safest bet is to cut as much sugar as possible out of the diet. But that’s not easy. People love ______.

• salty foods

• sweet things

• spicy foods

• sour things

The tactic used to make people fear artificial sweeteners is (a)  

• Scientific studies
• Scare tactics
• Government warnings
• Price increases

Fill in the blank: Truvia is extracted from a ______.

• mineral

• plant

• animal

• chemical

Which sweetener is the main ingredient in NutraSweet and Equal?

• Aspartame

• Sucralose

• Stevia

• Saccharin

Fill in the blank: The email’s author signed a ______ name.

• real

• fake

• famous

• unknown

What is the main promise of artificial sweeteners like NutraSweet and Equal?

• To make food more expensive

• To make food taste bad

• To make food sweet without harming health

• To make food last longer

Fill in the blank: Avoiding sugar altogether is safest of all, but artificial sweeteners may be the ______ choice.

• worst

• next-best

• only

• last

Which sweetener was falsely linked to a disease in an email?

• Aspartame

• Sucralose

• Stevia

• Saccharin

Fill in the blank: People who spread false information about fake sugars often make ______-sounding claims.

• scientific

• humorous

• boring

• simple