Dr. Mark Hyman

So I go to the store regularly and I kind of hunt for products.

Now, a lot of companies have taken it out, but what they're replacing with may not be any better.

Right.

So I think we have to be very careful, like palm, palm shortening, which can be from, you know,

uh, palm trees, but they're, they're often, um, they're often, uh, um, you know, kind of harvested in ways that destroy rainforests and destroy habitats of orangutans.

I mean, it's, it's really bad.

So, um, also, uh,

There are also five things that have received FDA approval.

There are sweeteners, saccharin, sweet and low, aspartame, which is sun and or sweet one, and aspartame, NutraSweet, Equal, and others.

Sucralose, which is Splenda and Neotame.

So these are all things you should avoid.

They're really bad for you.

Don't have them.

People who drink diet drinks every day in a study about heart disease had a greater risk of diabetes and metabolic syndrome.

They are carcinogenic in animal studies.

They destroy your gut microbiome.

I mean, they're really bad for the good bugs in your gut, and they cause more glucose intolerance, diabetes.

Certain compounds are excitotoxins, like damaged neurons, like the aspartame in the brain, have neurologic issues.

So not so good.

And you go, well, what about sugar alcohols?