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Early-life low-calorie sweetener consumption disrupts memory function in rats

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Re: Early-life low-calorie sweetener consumption disrupts memory function in rats

#31

> In humans, a history of habitual LCS consumption based on food-frequency questionnaires is associated with increased prospective risk for all-cause dementia. Here's a response that might make you feel better after reading that: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/strokeaha.117.0...

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Re: Early-life low-calorie sweetener consumption disrupts memory function in rats

#32

Apart from health issues of sweeteners or sugar. I really hate the taste of every single one of the artificial sweeteners. The aftertaste lingers forever with its weird notes of wet cardboard and a chemical set for schoolchildren (don't ask me how i know). And i always wondered how one could get accustomed this stuff.

I prefer it to sugar. Even dark chocolate chips made with stevia taste better to me than dark chocolate chips made with sugar.

Re: Early-life low-calorie sweetener consumption disrupts memory function in rats

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post #6

When I was in undergrad, a Cog Psych professor told me a story about an undergrad who made a poster for a regional research conference of no real consequence about the correlation between diet soda drinking and some recall task. The study and the conference were more about teaching students about research more than actually finding anything. When he and his student showed up to the conference, a representative from a…

Wait, a mysterious man showed up to an impactless meeting to basically embarrass the hell out of an aspiring undergrad research and your immediate reaction wasn't "Oh shit, these people are probably trying to cover something up."

Cause that's my immediate reaction, sounds similar to the cigarette industry in the 60s

Re: Early-life low-calorie sweetener consumption disrupts memory function in rats

#34
post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I guess it's good that the sugar industry has enough money to fund studies of artificial sweetener and vice versa.

How about developing enough self-control to avoid both products altogether?

Blaming individuals in these scenarios is always strange to me, people mostly trust that the items they can purchase won't harm them. It's an immense burden to saddle the consumer with endless research of every product they purchase, on top of their usual time needs from work, commute, family.

Re: Early-life low-calorie sweetener consumption disrupts memory function in rats

#35
post #6

When I was in undergrad, a Cog Psych professor told me a story about an undergrad who made a poster for a regional research conference of no real consequence about the correlation between diet soda drinking and some recall task. The study and the conference were more about teaching students about research more than actually finding anything. When he and his student showed up to the conference, a representative from a…

Wait, a mysterious man showed up to an impactless meeting to basically embarrass the hell out of an aspiring undergrad research and your immediate reaction wasn't "Oh shit, these people are probably trying to cover something up." Cause that's my immediate reaction, sounds similar to the cigarette industry in the 60s

I think that's a strong reaction. Corporate damage control and prevention of profit loss will look pretty much the same whether they're covering something up or just correcting the record. If there's a threat to profits, an industry and corporation will usually attempt to prevent or attack it regardless of any connection to the truth.

Re: Early-life low-calorie sweetener consumption disrupts memory function in rats

#36

> In humans, a history of habitual LCS consumption based on food-frequency questionnaires is associated with increased prospective risk for all-cause dementia. Here's a response that might make you feel better after reading that: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/strokeaha.117.0...

Was this comment made by GPT-3 too? See this user’s profile for why I’m asking.

If that’s a bot, the owner is running GPT with prompts so specific they might as well submit them as comments.

Re: Early-life low-calorie sweetener consumption disrupts memory function in rats

#37
post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How about developing enough self-control to avoid both products altogether?

Blaming individuals in these scenarios is always strange to me, people mostly trust that the items they can purchase won't harm them. It's an immense burden to saddle the consumer with endless research of every product they purchase, on top of their usual time needs from work, commute, family.

> people mostly trust that the items they can purchase won't harm them

The state of California has made it abundantly clear that practically everything you can purchase there will harm you.

Re: Early-life low-calorie sweetener consumption disrupts memory function in rats

#38

> In humans, a history of habitual LCS consumption based on food-frequency questionnaires is associated with increased prospective risk for all-cause dementia. Here's a response that might make you feel better after reading that: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/strokeaha.117.0...

Was this comment made by GPT-3 too? See this user’s profile for why I’m asking.

You mean HN user or letter author?

Re: Early-life low-calorie sweetener consumption disrupts memory function in rats

#39
post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wait, a mysterious man showed up to an impactless meeting to basically embarrass the hell out of an aspiring undergrad research and your immediate reaction wasn't "Oh shit, these people are probably trying to cover something up." Cause that's my immediate reaction, sounds similar to the cigarette industry in the 60s

I think that's a strong reaction. Corporate damage control and prevention of profit loss will look pretty much the same whether they're covering something up or just correcting the record. If there's a threat to profits, an industry and corporation will usually attempt to prevent or attack it regardless of any connection to the truth.

> "just correcting the record"

If that phrase isn't triggering your alarm bells, I don't know what to tell you...

> "If there's a threat to profits, an industry and corporation will usually attempt to prevent or attack it regardless of any connection to the truth."

Oh okay, you do get it lol.

The thing is though, it doesn't have to be like this. We allow it to be at our own mortal peril, and that isn't even remotely hyperbole.

Re: Early-life low-calorie sweetener consumption disrupts memory function in rats

#40

Apart from health issues of sweeteners or sugar. I really hate the taste of every single one of the artificial sweeteners. The aftertaste lingers forever with its weird notes of wet cardboard and a chemical set for schoolchildren (don't ask me how i know). And i always wondered how one could get accustomed this stuff.

Coke had Coca-Cola Life which was roughly half sugar and half Stevia, and I remember somewhat liking it. They discontinued it due to low sales.

It surprises me nobody has developed a sugar substitute yet that actually tastes like sugar with no aftertaste. I know nothing about chemical/food engineering but it must be a tough nut to crack.

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