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by 0cf8612b2e1e 1106 days ago
> They also cause all sorts of other health issues (cancer, digestive problems, neurological problems), but those are mostly product specific. The above applies to all non-nutritional sweeteners that have been studied.

I would love to see some support of this. Artificial sweeteners are some of the most studied food additives. If there were a definitive association at practical consumption levels, that would be huge news.

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It is huge news, in that a new story hits the news every few months.

A couple of days ago, a study showed one of the commonly-used sweeteners causes gut perforation.

A few months ago, they showed they disrupt gut microbes, leading to various inflammatory diseases and metabolic issues.

I could keep going back for thirty years, but discussed it in a reply to one of the sibling comments instead.