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		snovv_crash on Jan 26, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The economics of all-you-can-eat buffets All studies I've seen of artificial sweeteners have only shown that they are measurably worse for you than water. Sugar is worse than non-nutritive sweeteners Similarly with MSG, studies show it is less toxic than salt. It is only 'toxic' in ridiculously large quantities.

JMTQp8lwXL on Jan 26, 2020 [–]

There's studies suggesting artificial sweeteners aren't good for your gut microflora. I haven't heard anything beyond that.

PopeDotNinja on Jan 26, 2020 | [–]

I was (mostly) kidding about the epitaph. Healthcare Triage did a good video on the subject a few weeks ago.

https://youtu.be/cj6oO-O1QsM

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