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by gloryjulio 771 days ago
I thought Splenda has almost nonexistent calorie and I am not sure what makes it different from aspartame functionally. Any reputable research on the direct damages caused by Splenda?
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- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9655943/

The study above references 4 different studies that indicate that artificial sweeteners can affect glucose tolerance through changes in the microbiota composition:

- https://www.nature.com/articles/nature13793

(free PDF here: https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/44081512/Artificial_Sw... )

- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6363527/

- https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(22)00919-9

- https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(22)00994-1

The article also references 4 studies that indicate that artificial sweeteners have side effects in terms of obesity, cardiovascular disease, and mortality.

- https://www.bmj.com/content/378/bmj-2022-071204

- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6538252/

- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9506029/

- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8946744/

What about dosage? I couldn't find a succinct summary. Can you point out the part indicating how much they experimented with? How many grams of Splendar per day would indicate danger?