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I have extremely strong anecdotal evidence that sucralose is toxic to my gut fauna. Two years of suffering are enough to convince me, but I'm hopeful to see the
by Fauntleroy 3y ago
I have extremely strong anecdotal evidence that sucralose is toxic to my gut fauna. Two years of suffering are enough to convince me, but I'm hopeful to see the research that confirms it sooner than later.
- Blackthorn 3y agoHey, if you've found it's bad for you, then by all means don't consume it! The nice thing about sweeteners, unlike a lot of other food stuff, is that there's a lot of options out there.
- Fauntleroy 3y agoYes, I know this. However you're making the blanket statement that it's harmless, and I simply have to push back on that. If it affected me this negatively, it's surely causing harm to others.
- Blackthorn 3y agoI mean my wife is allergic to lactose, but I wouldn't say lactose is anything but generally harmless.
- giardini 3y ago"...but I wouldn't say lactose is anything but generally harmless." Obviously you've never lain (I cannot call it sleep) with a lactose-intolerant SO after an evening of milk-laden feasting (loves Indian desserts which, with Indian meal included, ratchets up the noxious undercover methane emissions by about 10,000%). The dog even moved out of the bedroom!8-((
- heisenbit 3y agoThis is actually a good point: The fact that it does not get metabolized by the body does not mean it does not get metabolized by some valuable bacterial symbionts.
- etiam 3y agoAnother good point was, the fact that it doesn't get metabolized (much) before excretion does not mean it does not interfere in destructive ways with valuable physiological processes on the way: https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/trouble-erythritol https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/trouble-erythritol