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This is specifically a study for sucralose (e.g. Splenda). Most diet drinks in the US and other countries are aspartame (e.g. Equal).

goda90 5y ago
Though the mechanisms they hypothesize about might apply to other artificial sweeteners. I see sucralose in a lot of processed foods, especially ones trying to pretend to be healthy. It's a shame that it's hard to find unsweetened sliced bread in some stores.
- dhosek 5y ago
  I think the sugar ingredient in bread is partly to feed the yeast, but if you start looking at ingredients, you'll find sweeteners in almost all the packaged foods, from lunch meats to soup.
  - ectopod 5y ago
    Plenty of bread is made with just flour, water, salt and yeast. Even the very cheapest own-brand sliced white loaf in my local UK supermarket has no sugar. American bread has sugar because it's cheap and Americans like it.
- teorema 5y ago
  FWIW, sucralose has also been linked to C diff infection. It's worth maybe pointing out that this study was based on sucralose, just because it seems this sweetener is worth tracking separately in general. I don't really consume things with artificial sweeteners but sucralose is starting to become a concern of mine (eg for my daughter).
  - teorema 5y ago
    I should edit this by saying I was confused: sucralose does seem to affect gut microflora, but only trehalose, as far as I know, has been linked to C diff. Still think it's worth keeping track of artificial sweeteners as they're not all the same in their effects.
  - teorema 5y ago
    I should edit this by saying I was confused: sucralose does seem to affect gut microflora, but only trehalose, as far as I know, has been linked to C diff. Still think it's worth keeping track of artificial sweeteners as they're not all the same in their effects
- Daegalus 5y ago
  Dave's Bread brand has a few low sugar or fruit juice sweetened breads. much healthier than other options. I have also found a couple of sourdoughs with no added sugar at all.
- phonypc 5y ago
  You won't get the characteristic texture of sliced bread without sugar or some replacement. Its primary role isn't really sweetening.
exadeci 5y ago
In a completely non scientific way, every time I've done some dieting to loose a bit of weight if I had any sort of artificial sweetener it would start craving sweets food. So I think that this brain reward system still applies to anything that tricks your palate to think something is sweet.

goda90 5y ago

Though the mechanisms they hypothesize about might apply to other artificial sweeteners. I see sucralose in a lot of processed foods, especially ones trying to pretend to be healthy. It's a shame that it's hard to find unsweetened sliced bread in some stores.

dhosek 5y ago
I think the sugar ingredient in bread is partly to feed the yeast, but if you start looking at ingredients, you'll find sweeteners in almost all the packaged foods, from lunch meats to soup.
- ectopod 5y ago
  Plenty of bread is made with just flour, water, salt and yeast. Even the very cheapest own-brand sliced white loaf in my local UK supermarket has no sugar. American bread has sugar because it's cheap and Americans like it.
teorema 5y ago
FWIW, sucralose has also been linked to C diff infection. It's worth maybe pointing out that this study was based on sucralose, just because it seems this sweetener is worth tracking separately in general. I don't really consume things with artificial sweeteners but sucralose is starting to become a concern of mine (eg for my daughter).
- teorema 5y ago
  I should edit this by saying I was confused: sucralose does seem to affect gut microflora, but only trehalose, as far as I know, has been linked to C diff. Still think it's worth keeping track of artificial sweeteners as they're not all the same in their effects.
- teorema 5y ago
  I should edit this by saying I was confused: sucralose does seem to affect gut microflora, but only trehalose, as far as I know, has been linked to C diff. Still think it's worth keeping track of artificial sweeteners as they're not all the same in their effects
Daegalus 5y ago
Dave's Bread brand has a few low sugar or fruit juice sweetened breads. much healthier than other options. I have also found a couple of sourdoughs with no added sugar at all.
phonypc 5y ago
You won't get the characteristic texture of sliced bread without sugar or some replacement. Its primary role isn't really sweetening.

exadeci 5y ago

In a completely non scientific way, every time I've done some dieting to loose a bit of weight if I had any sort of artificial sweetener it would start craving sweets food. So I think that this brain reward system still applies to anything that tricks your palate to think something is sweet.