Eco-BeeCo™

Nature’s Great Tasting Alternative to Sugar

Eco-BeeCo™ was developed based on research from a nationally-recognized university, which utilizes state-of-the-art technology to conduct research, teach, and assist food companies from around the world. In creating Eco-BeeCo™, we intentionally included a small amount of sugar and small amount of calories and here's why..............

 

Researchers were determined to find out why, in the US, we have such a high prevalence of obesity yet some believe we have more diet food items than any other country in the world!

 

Nutritional scientists have long since known that food intake is driven by sensory, fullness and nutrition depletion signals from the brain.  But, what they didn’t know was exactly how the brain responds when subjects consume diet vs. non-diet food items.  Scientists were interested in learning if subjects’ brain signals associated with satiety (feeling satisfied) were stronger after consuming diet vs. non-diet food items, and if there was a difference in the strength of the brain signal, did it cause subjects to consume fewer overall calories?

 

Scientists used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans to study subjects’ brains before and after consuming sweet diet and sweet non-diet solutions.  They also took careful measurements of daily calories consumed.      

 

What Nutritional Scientists Found:

1. Natural sweeteners and artificial sweeteners do not activate food reward pathways in the same way.
2. Sweet taste with calories more strongly activates the part of the brain associated with the sense of satiety than sweet taste without calories.
3. Overall caloric intake is reduced when sweet taste is combined with calories rather than without calories.

 

Frank GK, Oberndorfer TA, Simmons AN, Paulus MP, Fudge JL, Yang TT, Kaye WH.  Sucrose activates human taste pathways differently from artificial sweetener.  Neuroimage 2008 39, 1559-69

 

Smeets PAM, DeGraaf C, Stafleu A, van Osch MJ, van der Grond J.  Functional magnetic resonance imaging of human hypothalamic responses to sweet taste and calories.  Am J Nutri. 2005 82, 1011-16

 

Smeets PAM, Weijzen P, DeGraaf C, Viergever MA.  Consumption of calorie and non-caloric versions of a soft drink differently affects brain activation during tasting. Neuroimage 2011 54, 1367-74

Eco-BeeCo™  is a Delicious Blend of Nature’s Most Perfect Sweeteners

Eco-BeeCo™ is suitable for people with diabetes

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