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Re:U.S. Sugar consumption trend from 1970-2021 by parineum on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @02:12AM (#38095116)
It's one of those truisms that has shotty science behind it.
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Re:U.S. Sugar consumption trend from 1970-2021 by reaperman on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @02:49AM (#38095292)
*shoddy, not shotty.

But yes[0], while metabolic pathways have been identified where artificial sweeteners certainly could cause insulin issues, RCT's have failed to find this effect expressed in vivo.

Artificial sweeteners do cause notable changes in gut biomes, and the effects of that are unknown.

0: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2020.59834...

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Re:U.S. Sugar consumption trend from 1970-2021 by hgomersall on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @03:20AM (#38095451)
Right, but for the purposes here, it's probably enough to say that several artificial sweeteners are unexpectedly bioactive. As such they perhaps are doing things that are undesirable.
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Re:U.S. Sugar consumption trend from 1970-2021 by hammock on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @01:46PM (#38101985)
Which artificial sweeteners?
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