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Cooking & Baking

PennyC

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3. Well, this warning is just for people with heart conditions.

Reply to hippywife (Original post)

Mon Feb 27, 2023, 06:15 PM

Feb 2023

The article specifically says that it shouldn't apply to the general population. I use it to make ice cream, and I'm not giving up my ice-cream bar midnight snack.

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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