Has anyone seen any good studies on the safety level of "Monk Fruit Sweetener? (Serious question.)
Okay so I've been 'helping keep my teeth and gums healthy' while 'helping' the rest of my body (essentially) medically rot. Oh but it's approved by the FDA!
Jeez...guess it’s back to sugar in my coffee.
I think it more what they DO to the stevia extracts in the processing rather than that plant derivative itself.
Regardless, I’ve come to LOVE xylitol as my sweetner of choice.
It killed Lydia.
Got it. Nothing works, until tongue transplants allow us to eat bitter foods.
Thanks for the post. The linked study is not definitive, but it seems legit. So it’s something that should be considered.
I need to watch my sugar intake, so I tried stevia. I don’t like the after-taste. No sugar for me. No stevia. I guess I’m just stuck with unsweetened iced tea with a twist of lemon. Not so bad, actually.
Brew good coffee and you won’t need to add a thing.
Thanks for posting this. I have liver issues and consume stevia as a sugar substitute. I had no idea.
I figure the fake sweeteners are far better for me than sugar. I use Splenda. “Gut bacteria” tend to adjust to whatever we eat. “Healthy gut bacteria” tend to be defined as “Good for Vegans”. So I ignore “good gut bacteria” - I’ll go with “survival of the fittest bacteria” in my gut!
I’ll add this: Mice studies do not impress me. Mice are primarily vegetarians who can also eat meat (usually insects). I hate veggies and am primarily carnivore. I believe humans are ideally carnivores who can also get by with veggies and fruit.
Saccharine was bad until it was revealed the mice were given a lifetime dose every single day. The study was probably funded by Big Sugar. Maybe this one was too.
Butter was bad for you until it wasn’t. Margarine was good until it was bad. Coffee was bad, then good, then bad, then good.
Explain why we are to believe anything but the word of God anymore.
EC
I think Walt added a little something extra for Lydia....
I am trying to track down the original study or studies.
There are some really good double blind clinical studies, and then there are the not so reliable epidemiological ones. I no longer assume that all these “studies” are legit.
From a very quick reading of the article, I didn’t notice any references to the amount being used, the length of time, who paid for the study, whether the results were reproducible, etc.
I use very little if any of the artificial sweeteners, but enjoy trying to figure out who is publishing, and what their motive might be. We are deluged in these studies daily, and we need to be more cautious in assuming they are all valid.
Just use sugar.
stevia /Splenda gives me terrible leg muscle pains.
I started/stopped/started again, and the pains returned.
Most recipes call for too much sugar anyway. Try using 2/3 the amount and it will probably only be a bit less sweet.
I tried chewing on fresh stevia and then drinking unsweetened lemonade.
Everything tasted bad for a week.
Excellent diet aid.
When it comes to all things nutrition, I always keep in mind that our bodies were built to be cavemen, and to survive in the caveman’s world. That means eating what was native to your surroundings, for some, it was animal protein, for others it was plants. And you certainly could go long periods without food, and the body could adjust for it. And we didn’t have all kinds of food available 365 days a year.
Wonder why all the scientists involved in this study are Mahometans.