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by v0x 1204 days ago
I am typically extremely skeptical of food-related studies generally, but Derek Lowe taking it seriously is enough to make me a bit concerned, too. Derek (not David as the other person said) indeed has a stellar reputation as you say.
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I’m not sure after three years of Covid nonsense, I can get on board with any more authority bias.

I could be exactly right about everything. I could not in good faith just believe him because of his name, and even previous work.

In five years, erythritol is still on the market, then maybe he drew the wrong conclusion from the study.

Yep, that was a typo. Thanks for pointing it out. Too bad I can't correct it.