Comments on: The Not-So-Sweet Side of Sugar Substitutes http://weirdscience.ca/2008/02/18/the-not-so-sweet-side-of-sugar-substitutes/ new discoveries * strange stuff * all things cool Mon, 14 May 2012 11:55:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Miss Weird Scientist http://weirdscience.ca/2008/02/18/the-not-so-sweet-side-of-sugar-substitutes/#comment-490 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:13:11 +0000 http://weirdscience.wordpress.com/?p=167#comment-490 True enough regarding the Sugar Bureau’s tactics and such, but the study was published in a peer-reviewed journal and it was researched at Purdue University. The experiment was funded by the National Institutes of Health although I suppose it is still possible that the Sugar Bureau exerted influence in some way. It’s also virtually a given that the Sugar Bureau will use the study findings to their advantage.

Yes, the gout study is an interesting one although it’s hardly a new idea that a lower-sugar diet can help to prevent gout. This study takes it up a step (or few!).

]]> By: David Bradley http://weirdscience.ca/2008/02/18/the-not-so-sweet-side-of-sugar-substitutes/#comment-487 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:56:27 +0000 http://weirdscience.wordpress.com/?p=167#comment-487 The “news” that artificially sweetened drinks could cause weight gain…it didn’t come from the UK’s “Sugar Bureau” did it? That organization is notorious for sending out sucrose propaganda. Meanwhile, didn’t researchers also just discover that drinking lots of sweet soda can raise a man’s risk of contracting gout?

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