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graeme on Sept 30, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: This white powder will kill me one day

There's some evidence that sweeteners harm gut flora. Here's a random study I found on splenda affecting the gut flora of rats:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18800291

mistercow on Sept 30, 2012 [–]

A panel of experts from multiple universities (including Duke, where the study originated) smacked that study down pretty hard: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19567260

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