Sugar substitute

So two more categories and we can whiz through this so that we can get to the cholesterol.

So number four is artificial sweeteners.

You just mentioned diet soda.

So sucralose and saccharin, everyday sweeteners, good or bad?

And this is why when someone takes antibiotics, they end up with liver problems.

And this is also why some people that are exposed to a lot of chronic artificial sweeteners, right? They're taking a lot of this over a period of time.

the synthetic artificial sweeteners.

A lot of times develop problems in the gut, which then can create liver problems and even insulin resistance issues and metabolic syndrome.

In fact, there's a condition called rosacea, where the person has this like red cheeks and sometimes a red nose.

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But I think this speaks to a really fundamental question, Dr. Cooper, that people are wondering all the time.

And that is, should artificial sweeteners be part of my regular diet? to give me better metabolic health because I just looked up some of the numbers and, you know, diet soda is like a $19 billion a year industry in the U S we drink about 375 cans a year per person.

That's a massive amount of artificial, uh, sweetened soda, but obesity is yet at an epidemic level.

So it stands to reason that the diet soda is not working.

You can detect chemical levels of those plastics that are lining the can in your bloodstream within four hours.

So it's not, you know, that I think is being overlooked.

So whether it's sweetened with sugar or artificial sweeteners, probably the worst thing about it is just drinking out of the can.

It's

Will Cole.

I had a quick question about, like, sugar and sugar alternatives.

Um, I know that sugar is not the greatest, like, especially, like, added sugars.

And when I have the option, I will usually go towards a stevia or, like, a Splenda or some sort of other, like, artificial sweetener.