Artificial sweetners may contribute to obesity & diabetes.

FredDoyle

I'd be curious how often saccharin is used currently.

I saw a 30 year old bottle in my Granny's cupboard if you want some.

LOL

This is pretty much what I was getting at although I phrased in that way in case it's still widely used and I'm just not aware of it.

It was recently unbanned in Canada. My folks used to bring it back from the US because it was the only sub they liked and it was banned here for years. Somehow, that just made it taste sweeter

Cool anecdote:
All my overweight saccharine swilling grandparents lived to over 100 years old. Maybe if they`d stayed off the saccharine they`d still be with us. My folks are in their late 80s and going strong. It`s probably the gardening, and maybe just possibly, their genes.

WhatMeRunning

I think as long as you are not a mouse, then you are safe from artificial sweeteners.

Besides, I always thought rats were the preferred rodent testing medium anyway. What's with the mice?

neanderthin

Or they may not. Funny how that works.

ninerbuff

I'd be curious how often saccharin is used currently.

Last time I had it was in a TAB when my grandmother was still alive and drinking it. She died of heart failure at 84 BTW.

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Carnivor0us

I'd be curious how often saccharin is used currently.

Probably daily. I see it all over the place in little pink packets...

AlabasterVerve

For anyone who's still interested here's a link to a pdf of the research article published in Nature from Mark's Daily Apple:

Artificial sweeteners induce glucose intolerance by altering the gut microbiota
http://cdn.marksdailyapple.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Artificial-sweeteners-induce-glucose-intolerance-by-altering-the-gut-microbiota.pdf

And Mark Sisson's blog post:

Artificial Sweeteners May Leave You Absolutely Gutted
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/artificial-sweeteners-may-leave-you-absolutely-gutted/

And Slate's article:

"We may soon find out what, exactly, non-caloric sweeteners are doing to our microbiomes, and whether it affects our health. But for the time being, the conventional wisdom remains the same: To the extent that artificial sweeteners help us wean off sugared drinks, they’re a boon to public health."

Did America Get Fat by Drinking Diet Soda?
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2014/09/artificial_sweeteners_and_obesity_did_america_get_fat_by_drinking_diet_soda.html

baubisson

Saw a cousin's beard fall out from morbidly-extensive use of aspartame, pretty sure that'll keep me off the stuff way better than some iffy study about gut bacteria issues, which are practically a red herring considering our society's far bigger problems regarding caloric intake and macronutrient ratios.