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[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

This clickbait bullshit should not be tolerated. The ingredient name in question is only one word, instead of the stupid sentence they used.

It’s xylitol. Shame on every shitbag sellout that decided to not just say that in the headline.

[–] davetortoise@reddthat.com 1 points 22 minutes ago

I don't know, I think it's appropriate. If they just said Xylitol hardly anyone is actually going to know what that is or if it affects them. The title gives people an idea of how common it is and what foods it's used in, which is more useful information to most people.

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Fr. Clickbait is bullshit. I worked at whole foods when Xylitol was first making its way onto the market as a "natural" 0 cal sweetener and I was always skeptical of it and never intentionally bought anything with it in it. I can't say I'm surprised to see this.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 hours ago

It’s good to be skeptical, but please don’t give this particular article toooo much weight. It’s not a real experiment, it’s just just an observation of correlation which doesn’t prove anything at all.

This website can show you plenty of other things that are extremely highly correlated. It really doesn’t prove anything.