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Scientists Link Popular Sugar Substitute to Liver Disease (scitechdaily.com)

submitted 3 days ago by cyrano@piefed.social to c/science@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/39956162

What I don't get is why it took them decades to figure this out. Why have they been giving us sugar substitutes without understanding what they have been doing to us? Why were these approved for use in the first place?

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[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 77 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Sorbitol

[–] realitista@lemmus.org 15 points 3 days ago

They are strongly implying that this may also apply to other sugar alcohols like erythritol, xylitol, sorbitol, mannitol, maltitol, and lactitol.