this post was submitted on 07 Dec 2025
53 points (76.8% liked)

science

22930 readers
249 users here now

A community to post scientific articles, news, and civil discussion.

rule #1: be kind

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
laverabe@lemmy.world
m3t00@lemmy.world
Joleee@lemmy.world
DeadPand@midwest.social
laverabe@lemmy.zip
53
Scientists Link Popular Sugar Substitute to Liver Disease (scitechdaily.com)
submitted 4 days ago by cyrano@piefed.social to c/science@lemmy.world
16 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

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?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Naturally occurring sorbitol in prunes is what makes them a good laxative. And honestly, the extreme diarrhea from sorbitol isn’t related to what this article is saying is a potential health problem.

But the amount of sorbitol needed to cause liver strain as described in the article is going to be more than the amount needed to cause diarrhea, so it seems like a moot point.

[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Also you might need to be a fish