Saccharin Affects Weight, Blood Lipids, Glucose & Liver Markers at Doses Equiv. to 3 Packs of Common Sweetener
Implications for diet coke? None! While I have deliberately ignored all previous studies discussing potential detrimental effects of saccharin on human health based on super-dose animal models, the one at hand is worth mentioning, because the dosage used is way below the RDA of 0.44mg/kg. But let's tackle one thing after another. In contrast to the myths about aspartame which are still totally unfounded, the rumors about ill effects of saccharin on kidney and liver metabolism have been concrete enough for all the major players to pull saccharin from their products (see Table 1 ). You can learn more about sweeteners at the SuppVersity Unsatiating Truth About Artif. Sweeteners? Will Artificial Sweeteners Spike Insulin? Sweeteners & the Gut Microbiome Each is Diff. Sweeter Than Your Tongue Allows! Stevia, the Healthy Sweetener? Sweeteners In- crease Sweet- ness Threshold In fact, Tab, a diet cola soft drink introduced in 1963 and was created by Coc...
