Estrella Sayas-Barberá, Concepción Paredes, Manuel Salgado-Ramos, Noelia Pallarés, Emilia Ferrer, Casilda Navarro-Rodríguez de Vera, José Ángel Pérez-Álvarez
The current levels of added sugars in processed foods impact dental health and contribute to a range of chronic non-communicable diseases, such as overweight, obesity, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. This review presents sugars and sweeteners used in food processing, the current possibility to replace added sugars, and highlights the benefits of using dates as a new natural, nutritious and healthy alternative to synthetic and non-nutritive sweeteners. In the context of environmental sustainability, palm groves afford a propitious habitat for a diverse array of animal species and assume a pivotal social role by contributing to the provisioning of sustenance and livelihoods for local communities...
December 29, 2023: Foods (Basel, Switzerland)