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Scientists link sugar substitute sorbitol to liver disease in zebrafish
Study: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scisignal.adt3549 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scisignal.adt3549
- zihotki 10mo ago.. to liver disease in zebrafish. From the study: > depletion of the gut microbiome in adult zebrafish led to the development of steatotic liver disease in animals on standard diets
- tomhow 10mo agoThanks, we've in-zebrafished the title.
- addaon 10mo agoThis is a clear improvement. I think HN should commit to in-zebrafishing one title a day so we can see if the improvements are sustainable.
- defrost 10mo agoSeems to have some promise: * Whatever legitimate places AI has, in zebrafish isn't one - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46120733 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46120733 * ‘CEO is my blood type’: a chilling new novel nails narcissistic tech culture in zebrafish - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45950784 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45950784
- steanne 10mo agoWho in zebrafish has a right to the moon economy? Whoever gets there first - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46179335 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46179335
- canadiantim 10mo agoThat’s why I always feed my zebrafish real sugar
- metalman 10mo agothe article has very interesting examples of how individual gut biomes produce radicaly different products in different people, with some able to completly digest sorbitol, and in others is passed to the liver where it is converted to a fructose, like, compound other complicatiins are mentioned but most certainly, adding sorbitol to anything, is at best, a zero sum equation, and for many it will cause some harm. personaly, I dont argue with what nature has contrived over the countless millenia, and enjoy cooking useing whole food ingredients that are instantly recognisable as to what they are, by sight and smell. And while it IS, time consuming, I know for a fact that paying for the quality and quantity of food I make and eat, in a resturaunt, is well past my and most peoples means. The unspoken premise, here, in many discussions of health and food, chemicals, additives, pesticides,etc, is that human sensory input has no value as it is subjective, which is something I disagree with, on every level.
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- vizzah 10mo agoAnother substitute joins unhealthy Aspartame ranks! Ban sweeteners which are just destroying taste of everything and bring back natural sugars, focus on teaching for responsible consumption.