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by BeetleB 1425 days ago
Refined sugars have clearly demonstrated problems. Most artificial sweeteners do not.
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spacemanmatt 1425 days ago
You can't really say that when they're only a couple decades into human history. Remember saccharine? It was considered safe until it wasn't.
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gruez 1425 days ago
>Remember saccharine? It was considered safe until it wasn't.

It's hilarious that you brought this up, because based on wikipedia[1], it the trend actually: it was considered safe until it wasn't ...until it was

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccharin#Safety_and_health_ef...

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BeetleB 1424 days ago
> You can't really say that when they're only a couple decades into human history.

My statement is accurate.

> Remember saccharine? It was considered safe until it wasn't.

That's more true of sugar than saccharine.

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