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That sounds like the path of artificial sweeteners. If history is any guide, there will also be a backlash where its artificial nature will be equated with pois
by jared314 13y ago
That sounds like the path of artificial sweeteners. If history is any guide, there will also be a backlash where its artificial nature will be equated with poison for your body.
- zevyoura 13y agoAs long as they only suppress demand enough to lower the price and not prevent development, I say let them complain.
- Falling3 13y agoHopefully it doesn't go down that path. I've never had an artificial sweetener I found halfway decent.
- lololomg 13y agoI thought so too but I got used to it and now I prefer it to sugar. Your brain just got to adjust.
- sp332 13y agoI think the best is a combination of acesulfame potassium (Ace-K) and sucralose (Splenda). It doesn't taste like sugar, but it's nice and sweet and they cover each others' aftertaste pretty well. Jone's Soda uses it for their diet drinks.
- illuminate 13y agoProgress is always demonized by people who worship the naturalistic fallacy.
- ehsanu1 13y agoNot sure what naturalistic fallacies have to do with artificial sweeteners generally being pretty bad for your long-term health (not that sucrose/fructose is that much better in sufficient quantities).
- danbruc 13y ago[...] artificial sweeteners generally being pretty bad for your long-term health [...] A quick search did not bring up any evidence that sugar substitute have known negative longterm effects.
- illuminate 13y ago"artificial sweeteners generally being pretty bad for your long-term health" The fallacy has everything to do with your insistence that this is anything but fantasy. Artificial sweeteners are not worse off for you than sucrose/fructose.