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Cooking & Baking

hippywife

(22,767 posts) Mon Feb 27, 2023, 05:37 PM Feb 2023

Just in case anyone missed this: https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1142&pid=30456

Great! It's erythritol, the stuff they bulk up tons of different sweeteners with and don't tell you it's in there unless you read the ingredients.

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Zero calorie sweetener linked to heart attack and stroke, study finds: [View all] hippywife Feb 2023 OP

Great samplegirl Feb 2023 #1

I know! Between this and... hippywife Feb 2023 #2

Well, this warning is just for people with heart conditions. PennyC Feb 2023 #3

The study also found effects with healthy people Major Nikon Feb 2023 #5

No it doesn't. hippywife Feb 2023 #6

Anything with sugar alcohols gives me a wicked case of the farts Major Nikon Feb 2023 #4

That's not a bug, it's a feature Warpy Feb 2023 #8

Please note that this is a specific sugar alcohol Warpy Feb 2023 #7

I'm less likely hippywife Feb 2023 #9

Reducing sugar and junk carbs is not a fad PennyC Feb 2023 #10

Oh, my Warpy Feb 2023 #11

OK PennyC Mar 2023 #12

My only use for artificial sweeteners Old Crank Mar 2023 #13

Just to add to this a little... hippywife Mar 2023 #14

Wow -- you never know. PennyC Mar 2023 #15

Yeah, Dr. Atkins was a quack. hippywife Mar 2023 #16

I am very sorry to hear this. PennyC Mar 2023 #17

No one in my family... hippywife Mar 2023 #18