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[–] [email protected] 64 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Lmao Cheesecake Factory lmayo

Cheesecake factory cakes are so bad. They don't even taste like real cheesecake, they just taste like watery corn syrup. This is a common thing with American food it seems. Watered down but also somehow too sweet.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Watered down but also somehow too sweet.

Besides corn syrup - they likely use some artificial sweeteners which are insanely sweeter than sugar.

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Facts About Sugar and Sugar Substitutes | Johns Hopkins Medicine

Most artificial sweeteners (also called nonnutritive sweeteners) are created from chemicals in a lab. A few are made from natural substances like herbs. They can be 200 to 700 times sweeter than table sugar.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sucralose Damages DNA, Linked to Leaky Gut: Study

June 1, 2023 – A new study reveals health concerns about the sugar substitute sucralose so alarming that researchers said people should stop eating it and the government should regulate it more.

Sucralose is sold under the brand name Splenda and is also used as an ingredient in packaged foods and beverages. The researchers found that sucralose causes DNA to break apart, putting people at risk for disease. They also linked sucralose to leaky gut syndrome, which means the lining of the intestines are worn down and become permeable. Symptoms are a burning sensation, painful digestion, diarrhea, gas, and bloating.

When a substance damages DNA, it is called genotoxic. Researchers have found that eating sucralose results in the body producing a substance called sucralose-6-acetate, which the new study now shows is genotoxic. The researchers also found sucralose-6-acetate in trace amounts in off-the-shelf products that are so high, they would exceed the safety levels currently allowed in Europe.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

agony-yehaw I hate knowing what all of these things are. My mom used splenda for years. Fuck.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

My father is a chud but also a medicinal chemist, for as long as I can remember he was telling people to not use Splenda

Considering he thinks concerns about Round Up are overblown...yeah.