One of the world’s most common artificial sweeteners is set to be declared a possible carcinogen.
(Edit- Question from OP: downvoters, do you not want me to post stories like this, or are you expressing disagreement with some of the people in the report?)
Hopefully this at least means it gets taken out of a lot of drinks. I cannot stand the taste of it, it’s bloody horrible. An aftertaste that just lingers.
growing up i’d drink regular soda, but faced with diet soda i’d chose water for this reason. now that i can’t have sugar anymore and am actually looking at diet soda, i think stevia leaf is the only good choice out there. just pricy
I’m a big fan of Erythritol - a sugar alcohol with a nearly non-existent glycemic index of like 1. It tastes great and doesn’t have terrible side effects like Maltitol does.
Monks fruit from lakanto is a great source of Erythritol.
Just be careful with sugar alcohols (including erythritol)- tolerances vary, but if you overindulge it’ll corkscrew your guts like nothing else and turn you into a walking biohazard. Most infamously, sugar free gummi bears are sweetened with this, and while the results are miserable to experience, they do lead to some fantastic reading material…
https://www.amazon.com/review/R2JGNJ5ZPJT4YC
Erythritol is usually an ingredient in most consumer stevia producs, or dextrose. From the products I’ve seen anyways. https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/erythritol-cardiovascular-events seems mildly concerning enough to just switch one that contains dextrose a filler instead
It gives my partner absolutely banging migraines in more than tiny quantities. I find it gives me huge cravings for junk food about an hour or two after drinking it.
I’d be happy if it disappeared.
Sucralose does this for me, 99% of “sugar free” stuff has either Sucralose or Aspertame in it, wish more stuff used Erythritol instead.
Berocca has it for some reason. I’d quite like them to replace it, even though it’s been pointed out to me that it’s probably fine.