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[–] Funkt4st1c@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Xylitol is fantastic for dental health.

Im assuming theres some confounding factor like "people who chew a lot of gum and eat a lot of artificial sweeteners are also people who just eat a lot in general or have history of obesity/type 2 diabetes" or something until a dedicated study proves otherwise.

[–] dbdr@nord.pub 1 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

At least some of that seems to be taken into account already:

The researchers also highlighted that the association was independent of underlying factors such as body mass index, hypertension, diabetes and lipid levels, which might predispose people to low-calorie products.

Still agree more research is needed.

[–] ericatty@infosec.pub 1 points 6 minutes ago

I read that to mean they did not take any of that into account. Since the data was independent of underlying factors, they ignored those underlying factors. Which were probably the actual factors.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago

Seriously, being fat is also highly correlated with heart disease.