https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10144565/ Here’s a good start on “NNS”/non nutritional sweeteners.

Honestly its probably not a very big impact, its more of a “its possible” sort of thing.

Its a really interesting field!

Ya thats a fair point!

ya I did a lit review for my thesis a few years back, plenty of papers on microbes metabolizing these compounds, shouldn’t be hard to find.

FYI there is no such thing as truly “zero calorie”. Sure, we can’t use aspartame and those “0 calorie” sweeteners for energy BUT our gut microbes can metabolize those compounds into products that we can then use for energy. So one way or another you’re still taking in calories. Now do you gain more energy from straight sugar vs the sweeteners? I have no idea, I haven’t studied this in years. I just like to bring up that little bit of trivia whenever anyone brings up zero calorie drinks in conversation :)

I saw a meme about using red and blue ink and old 3D glasses with one red lens and one blue. That seemed pretty smart.

well yeah. In this world that we live in money is freedom and if you don’t have it your options are severely limited. For those that don’t have it it getting it is the only thing that matters.

jobs, housing, cost of being alive… honestly what is there to be happy about? A lot of people did everything right, have good jobs and are responsible but most of these problems are completely outside their control, of course people are depressed. everything really is just shit.

I’ll always upvote dickbutt. Hello old friend.

So this guy whose message has the economy as a large part of it has no idea what a halt is? what a clown.

Octopus are pretty cool.

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Ya van is awesome.

yes. source: Torontonian. It is a cool city with lots to do and awesome food but the entire city is under construction and traffic is insane. Also rampant bike/scooter/car thefts and whatnot.

Can’t wait for the AI bubble to pop

I will not be participating in the election… I’m Canadian

that was only a month ago? I need to unplug.

I’m in histo/path and I feel like gordon Ramsey sometimes. HOW DARE YOU SERVE ME THIS SAMPLE, ITS RAW!!! (under/not fixed or processed or decalcified properly)

It was halo 3 custom games and race tracks for me. Halo just is 't the same anymore.

a movie for everyone is a movie for no one. tell a story and don’t apologize.

olives and pistachios