Six popular sugar substitutes linked to faster brain aging (sciencedaily.com)

For those who don't want to read it, they were: aspartame, saccharin, acesulfame-K, erythritol, sorbitol and xylitol.

> The association was particularly pronounced among people with diabetes.

At least they explicitly admit how flawed this whole study is:

>Importantly, the findings show an association rather than a proven cause-and-effect relationship. Researchers cannot conclude from this study that consuming these sweeteners directly damages the brain or causes memory loss.

Wow, literally everything in the supermarket has detrimental effects. Either it has too much sugar or a sugar substitute or genetically modified. We're seriously failing as a civilization when it comes to nutrition in modern times.

- what about jaggery?

- what happens if jaggery is substituted for sugar?