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> How do they discard confounding variables? I don't think they do. Which is much better than correcting for variables and doing it badly. Anecdotally, I am t
by Udo 4y ago
> How do they discard confounding variables?
I don't think they do. Which is much better than correcting for variables and doing it badly.
Anecdotally, I am the only healthy person I know of in my group who voluntarily uses artificial sweetener. It seems to me that the use of artificial sweetener is strongly associated with health problems such as morbid obesity and diabetes: people who don't have to don't use them.
Regarding artificial sweetener itself being causal there is very little reliable data to support that. There does seem to be a link between Aspartame and (bladder) cancer but it has so far only been shown in animal models.
- outworlder 4y ago> It seems to me that the use of artificial sweetener is strongly associated with health problems such as morbid obesity and diabetes Yeah. Cause and effect seems to be reversed here. I started using sweeteners because of my coffee consumption and watching the effect it was having on teeth. Later on cut the sweeteners completely, just because they don't taste as good as actual sugar, so why bother. I don't think most are as bad as some people believe. A lot of it has probably to do with the notion that they are 'artificial'. Well, no more so than pure sugar. Go chew on some sugar cane if you want something more "natural" :) Even that must be done in moderation.
- diamondlovesyou 4y agoArtificial sweeteners don't taste like sugar, at least none that I've tried. They're sweet, but it ain't sugar.
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