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advice and should not be used in lieu of obtaining advice from a qualified health care provider.

And now, on to the show.

Welcome to Helix Talk episode 44. I'm your co-host, Dr. Kane. I'm Dr. Schumann.

I'm Dr. Patel. So before we get started with today's podcast, I just wanted to mention that we now have a

Twitter account.

So if you want to tweet us or follow us on Twitter, we're at Helix Talk.

You can also find a link at helixotoc.com to our Twitter account.

So we'll be releasing new episode updates and other news and updates about Helix Talk in general through the Twitter account.

So students, while you're studying really hard, make sure to tweet away.

Today we have a very special guest with us, Dr. Eric Walters.

He's a professor in the pharmaceutical sciences department here at Rosalempern-Franklyne University.

Welcome to the podcast.

Thanks. Good to be here. We've brought you Franklin University. Welcome to the podcast. Thanks.

Good to be here.

We've brought you on today because you are the expert in sweeteners.

When we talk about sweeteners, we're talking about dietary sweeteners, things like sugar and artificial sweeteners, and we'll kind of get more into that.

But, you know, this topic kind of came up because of a book that you published back in 2013.

Can you tell us a little bit about that?

And we'll kind of get into some questions that we have for you.

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