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[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

If this shows to be quite accurate, one must have to wonder what it does to the natural gut biome. I'll have to contemplate this further. I should go grab my morning Diet Coke to wake my brain up.

... Twenty. Minutes. Later...

Oh. Oh, no.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 weeks ago

Good news! Diet Coke doesn't use saccharine.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago

I definitely thought this would be and Xylitol, and I was wrong

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

I wonder if this means that people who live off of diet soda get sick less often.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 weeks ago

Probably less than people on sugar-rich soda.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Or whether they have problems with the bacteria the digestive system needs to function properly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

Good question!