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by jpfromlondon 57 days ago
no metabolic effects from sweeteners, wish you lot would stop moving the goalposts on why sweeteners are unhealthy:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12098100/
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m3047 56 days ago
This just in, licorice kills dogs. Once in a while it kills people too. (affects insulin production, and aldosterone causing blood pressure effects then downstream effects on blood potassium and kidneys)
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hedora 57 days ago
The abstract says the study is useless:

> However, given this study applied a heterogeneous ASB formula, it could not adequately consider the role of specific artificial sweeteners. Further research is needed to evaluate the potential effect of different artificial sweeteners and their doses on health.

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jpfromlondon 57 days ago
it's also not the only study, just one example, besides that's standard boilerplate CE so as not to assume liability.
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Tagbert 56 days ago
Similar to the reports that talk about health problems with sweeteners. Not enough good data to be informative and actionable.
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