▲ 53 ▼ Major sugar substitute found to impair brain blood vessel cell function, posing potential stroke risk (medicalxpress.com) submitted 1 year ago by kittenroar@beehaw.org to c/science@beehaw.org 12 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago (2 children) When on Earth did that become major? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ignirtoq@fedia.io 16 points 1 year ago* It's mixed with other artificial sweeteners (I know of at least the monk fruit in my pantry) to get better weight to sweetness ratios. Most of the most popular artificial sweeteners are far stronger, sometimes hundreds of times stronger, than sugar. So they mix them with erythritol, which is less sweet than sugar, so you can replace 5g of sugar with 5g of the artificial sweetener in recipes and get the right sweetness. permalink fedilink source parent [–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 12 points 1 year ago It's a common sweetener in keto foods. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ignirtoq@fedia.io 16 points 1 year ago* It's mixed with other artificial sweeteners (I know of at least the monk fruit in my pantry) to get better weight to sweetness ratios. Most of the most popular artificial sweeteners are far stronger, sometimes hundreds of times stronger, than sugar. So they mix them with erythritol, which is less sweet than sugar, so you can replace 5g of sugar with 5g of the artificial sweetener in recipes and get the right sweetness. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 12 points 1 year ago It's a common sweetener in keto foods. permalink fedilink source parent