Artificial Sweeteners May Change Our Gut Bacteria in Dangerous Ways

Re:Artificial Sweeteners May Change Our Gut Bacteria in Dang... by jschwartzi on Thursday April 09, 2015 @03:44PM (#9350474)

Dextrose is a filler starch. Raw concentrated sweetener would be more than you could handle, so the dextrose is added to allow you to use the artificial sweetener like you would use table sugar, e.g. spooning it or baking with it.

If you buy liquids then you don't get filler starch like dextrose.

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Re:Artificial Sweeteners May Change Our Gut Bacteria in Dang... by delackner on Thursday April 09, 2015 @08:06PM (#9351828)

Hmm. I bought a small container of pure stevia powder from Whole Foods, and it has a little tiny spoon I'd say about 1/20th a teaspoon. Put even that small amount in a cup of tea and it is as sweet as a whole packet of sugar.

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Re:Artificial Sweeteners May Change Our Gut Bacteria in Dang... by Zelphyr on Thursday April 09, 2015 @03:57PM (#9350568)

Thanks for clarifying that! That's been bugging me forever. :)

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