Comment on Common sugar substitute shown to impair brain cells, boost stroke risk

livingcoder@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Pulptastic@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yes exactly. This is an interesting finding that warrants more research, but high concentration in a Petri dish does not reflect what happens in the body.

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  • vxx@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I have a rule of thumb. If experts and doctors recommend pregnant woman to not eat or drink anything, it’s probably better to stay away from it.

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    • XTL@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yeah, I’m probably not going to stay away from honey.

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      • vxx@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        There’s no recommendation against honey while pregnant, only for infants

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    • MTK@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Sushi! How can you not?

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      • vxx@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Mercury

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    • livingcoder@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I don’t know of any guidance about avoiding Erythritol when pregnant, but aside from that, the sentiment is generally reasonable but you’ll still end up avoiding foods that would only negatively impact a pregnancy. You can imagine the other side of that coin: are you taking vitamin supplements that are meant to be taken by someone who is pregnant? I would imagine not, but then the question becomes “Why not?”. (not trying to be hostile, just making a point)

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      • vxx@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        “Why not”

        Because I only have to support my own body instead of growing another. On the other hand, whatever can harm an embryo because it is much smaller than me, will in a way also harm me.

        I wont need Vitamin B-12 as much as a pregnant woman, but it wont harm to stay vary of things that might harm the child.

        Just to add to my initial comment. There’s studies about the most common sweeteners, but they put the risk at low, but wont recommend anything because the datatset is too low to come to a real conclusion. So it might not even be problematic. Would you risk it though?

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