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What I don’t get is why it took them decades to figure this out. Why have they been giving us sugar substitutes without understanding what they have been doing to us? Why were these approved for use in the first place?
Comments like this are ignorant to evolution. Zebrafish are an extremely powerful model for drug development and toxicology.
Sure. But there’s also a reason we don’t do in silico molecular dynamics, test toxicology on zebrafish, and boom done drug is on the market. Even extremely close organisms, with LCAs much earlier than the zebrafish, can have wildly different reactions to potential drugs and dietary elements.
There are things you can feed a chimp but not a human.
You are obviously correct.
Nonetheless, the headline doesn’t even hint at the YEARS of research required before this becomes something people should worry about.
What? I’m saying most research translates to humans and therefore people should cut back on sorbitol immediately or risk liver damage. Especially since people have very poor diets and do not maintain healthy gut flora. Are you seriously taking the stance that we should ignore this study and consume sorbitol? You first.
Maybe
Half baked (well done, but incomplete) research has said:
-Eggs are dangerous to eat
-Saccharine causes bladder cancer
-Smoking is good for colds
-The way to lose weight is to eat a low fat high carb diet.
Maybe not
Part of science is recognizing how strong your data are and not generating hysteria after every research paper.
What REALLY sucks is that we can no longer rely on the CDC and NIH to make recommendations.
So you are free to cut sorbitol out of your diet and it may turn out to be a good choice. If that change makes you and others obviously healthier, I am sure this research will be repeated and expanded and soon we will all look back and remember having had your opinion.
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…people used to think smoking was good for colds? Was it just menthols and the mint flavor?
Not at all, I’m just aware that this may not have any relevance to people, and right now it’s little more than click bait fodder.