Dr. Oz, April 1, 2013, is taking on the milk industry and talking about how hidden artificial sweeteners my be endangering your kids health. You think you are doing the right thing when you give your kid milk to drink instead of some sugary fruit flavored drink or a can of soda. Did you know that some companies are adding sweeteners to their milk? No wonder you kids get a sugar high after drinking something that you think is healthy for them.

Oz has a debate today on his show that focuses on whether or not your milk should be sweetened and what the dangers may be to your kids. Now Snopes is calling this a labeling problem. They cite a petition that would allow milk companies to add artificial sweeteners to milk products without having to tell the consumer that it is reduced sugar or reduced calorie. They argue that these labels will cause kids not to want them. Sweeteners are already legally added to milk but they have to be clearly labeled.

Now we know that sugar and artificial sweeteners work the same way on the brain. Both produce a chemical reaction that releases dopamine and makes you feel good. Oz has always talked about how both sugar and artificial sweeteners can be bad for our health if we overdo it. This show will specifically focus on our kids and what the health effects could be on them.

Look for Oz to get to the bottom of this discussion and give us the facts we need to know so that our kids will not be getting more sweeteners than they need from a drink like Milk that is supposed to be healthy for us.

If you miss part or all of the show today, please check back here on CMR for our full recap of all the latest news Dr. Oz is talking about.

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