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Multiple artificial sweeteners induce glucose intolerance: Prima facie, the science is sound

By Benjamin Kirkup   Posted in Miscellaneous News
Posted on September 24, 2014March 25, 2015

N. b. Should it appear presumptuous, I was publicly prompted to write this. I loathe to link to the original post by Locwin, but must for my response to make sense. A recent blog post (Sept 22, 2014; accessed Sept 24, 2014) by Ben Locwin addresses in the title and first line a study in Nature (Suez …

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