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Oh, boy. Here we go again.
1 posted on 07/19/2025 10:40:14 AM PDT by fwdude
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The problem is that most other advertised natural sweeteners are often cut with erythritol, without immediately mentioning this fact on the label. How much is erythritol is not mentioned, but it is usually the first ingregient listed.


2 posted on 07/19/2025 10:42:27 AM PDT by fwdude (Why is there a "far/radical right," but damned if they'll admit that there is a far/radical left?)
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The human body isn’t designed for ingesting non-food chemicals.


3 posted on 07/19/2025 10:43:15 AM PDT by hoosierham (Freedom isnt free)
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Info started coming out a couple years ago about possible blood clots from erythritol and I chose to stop using it.


5 posted on 07/19/2025 10:47:59 AM PDT by Roos_Girl (The world is full of educated derelicts. - Calvin Coolidge)
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To: fwdude

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6 posted on 07/19/2025 10:51:19 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: fwdude
Better living dying through chemistry.
7 posted on 07/19/2025 10:55:01 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (First, I was a clinger, then deplorable, now I'm garbage. Feel the love? )
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I’ll say it again - sugar is bad, artificial sweeteners are even worse.


8 posted on 07/19/2025 10:57:12 AM PDT by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back)
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To: fwdude

Just eat healthy, fresh foods, folks.


10 posted on 07/19/2025 10:58:08 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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I’m going to have to read up on this. I had a “mini-stroke” about four years ago. VERY minor. But I also had open heart surgery two years ago.

And my wife and I are on a delivery schedule at amazon every six months for five 40oz containters of Monk Fruit, which is what we sweeten everything with.

The first ingredient is erythritol.

We just got our latest shipment a week ago.

I need to read up and find out how serious this really is.


19 posted on 07/19/2025 11:20:54 AM PDT by cuban leaf (2024 is going to be one for the history books, like 1939. And 2025 will be more so, like 1940-1945.)
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Plastics effect on testosterone is in my opinion largest societal ramification of chemicals

Remarkable actually

We should go back to glass for food

No I have not

But I take 300mg of T b/month


21 posted on 07/19/2025 11:22:48 AM PDT by wardaddy ( The Blob must be bled dry but don’t hold your breath )
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I use straight stevia. Grow it, freeze dry it, powder it, and it is very sweet.


25 posted on 07/19/2025 11:26:30 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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I was thrilled to find a fast cooking rice cereal in the Walmart gluten free foods section about 12 years ago. I paired it with a sweetener that was erythritol based. It had a "funny" after taste and I soon dropped it for that reason alone.
29 posted on 07/19/2025 11:28:09 AM PDT by Myrddin
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I just read a few articles and am no longer concerned. But that is because I don’t eat processed food and only use it in my coffee. And I don’t need it all that sweet.

It’s one of those “things are safe in moderation” things, as far as I can tell.

And the main evidence is correlation with cardiovascular problems. And as we all know, correlation does not equal causation. If you use this stuff to sweeten your nightshade, it’s not the eurythritol that killed you.


32 posted on 07/19/2025 11:31:32 AM PDT by cuban leaf (2024 is going to be one for the history books, like 1939. And 2025 will be more so, like 1940-1945.)
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To: fwdude

Truvia, Swerve, and Lakanto and some types of Splenda for baking.


45 posted on 07/19/2025 11:52:04 AM PDT by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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bkmk


56 posted on 07/19/2025 12:22:15 PM PDT by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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Is there a list of foods that contain erythritol?


67 posted on 07/19/2025 1:36:07 PM PDT by Cobra64 (ECommon sense isn’t common anymore.)
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