[ExI] How Technology Hijacks People’s Minds

[William Flynn Wallace]

see below

On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 2:18 PM, Dave Sill <sparge at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 2:25 PM, Rafal Smigrodzki <
> rafal.smigrodzki at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> ### But I don't drink Coke. A long time ago I stopped drinking regular
>> Coke because of the sugar. Then I found out about the phosphoric acid so I
>> stopped drinking diet Coke as well and switched to diet Sprite-like drinks.
>> Then I read enough about the impact of non-nutritious sweeteners on the gut
>> flora to have doubts about their innocuousness. I hate the taste of water
>> or unsweetened tea, so I mix carbonated mineral water with a bit of diet
>> Sprite-like.
>
>
> I've gotten used to water and unsweetened tea (when I'm not drinking beer,
> wine, or whiskey), but for a while I was adding True Lemon, True Lime,  or
> True Orange and a little stevia, which seems not to have the bad gut or
> insulin effects that some non-caloric sweeteners have. The True products
> are basically powered citrus juices.
>
> -Dave
> ​I did a bit of Googling and it seems that any problems with Splenda stem
> from the maltodextrin which forms the bulk of the product.  Actually
> sucralose is mostly not digested.  So it could be that any problems with
> Splenda stem from the maltodextrin rather than sucralose.  One report said
> the maltodextrin made gut flora 'sticky'.  So I'd stick to straight
> sucralose - far cheaper anyway.  I bought mine on eBay.
>

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http://giving.clevelandclinic.org/articles/researcher-links-digestive-problems-food-additive

bill w​


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