Artificial Sweeteners Can Harm Cognitive Health Equivalent to 1.6 Years of Aging
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A study found that artificial sweeteners may harm cognitive health equivalent to 1.6 years of aging, sparking discussion on the potential health risks.
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From the abstract:
> Consumption of aspartame, saccharin, acesulfame k, erythritol, sorbitol, and xylitol was associated with a faster decline in global cognition, particularly in memory and verbal fluency domains.
These findings do NOT apply to tagatose, stevia, or mogroside.
I think it's important to call out the difference between "did not find a correlation" versus "did not look".
Tagatose is listed as part of their questionnaire, but not stevia or mogroside.
> these are natural sweeteners
Xylitol is also a natural sweetener, so it is at best premature to adopt a natural-versus-unnatural framing from these results.