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<blockquote data-quote="ButtterflyLady" data-source="post: 972931" data-attributes="member: 43498"><p>If people find that they feel better without them then that's great. It's possible that one day I could decide to try cutting them out to see if I feel better, and if my experiment showed that I felt better, then it would be reasonable to keep avoiding them. But what I don't like is claims like the ones I quoted in my OP that aren't supported by scientific evidence. I think it's reasonable for a person to say that stopping using something made them feel better, or to cite a study that made a finding, but to say something like "splenda causes depression" without citing any studies isn't. If people can look at the studies and assess how reliable they are likely to be, then they can decide if they find the study convincing. There are a lot of websites and books that make claims about the dangers of artificial sweeteners without an honest discussion of the scientific evidence.</p><p></p><p>Something like artificial sweeteners is a bit different to drugs and supplements, because it's an optional substance, ie a food product. When people are making claims about drugs or supplements then IMO it's very important to assess the scientific evidence. But a discussion about artificial sweeteners can be used as an example of the different methods we can use to see if evidence for a claim is strong or weak.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ButtterflyLady, post: 972931, member: 43498"] If people find that they feel better without them then that's great. It's possible that one day I could decide to try cutting them out to see if I feel better, and if my experiment showed that I felt better, then it would be reasonable to keep avoiding them. But what I don't like is claims like the ones I quoted in my OP that aren't supported by scientific evidence. I think it's reasonable for a person to say that stopping using something made them feel better, or to cite a study that made a finding, but to say something like "splenda causes depression" without citing any studies isn't. If people can look at the studies and assess how reliable they are likely to be, then they can decide if they find the study convincing. There are a lot of websites and books that make claims about the dangers of artificial sweeteners without an honest discussion of the scientific evidence. Something like artificial sweeteners is a bit different to drugs and supplements, because it's an optional substance, ie a food product. When people are making claims about drugs or supplements then IMO it's very important to assess the scientific evidence. But a discussion about artificial sweeteners can be used as an example of the different methods we can use to see if evidence for a claim is strong or weak. [/QUOTE]
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