Changes in your diet not only affect you physically, physiologically, inside, but also

mentally, how will you think psychologically, how will you feel?

But you'll never know just how good you can feel until you put it to the test and try

eating healthier.

Welcome to the Nutrition Facts Podcast, I'm your host, Dr. Michael Greger.

Today we look at the not-so-sweet side of sweeteners and we start with one called

Arrithritol.

It's funny when you search for information about the low-calorie sweetener Arrithritol in

the scientific literature, you stumble across papers like this, describing a use for

Arrithritol that I had not imagined.

But you think that's explosive?

What about headlines like these?

Arrithritol associated with increased body fat in young adults, metabolic dysfunction,

coronary heart disease, heart failure, prediabetes, full-blown diabetes, and diabetic complications

like kidney damage and blindness.

But wait, I thought Arrithritol has been reported to be totally safe and even like

of antioxidant properties, let's take a closer look at these studies.

Upon entering college, many young adults experience weight gain, the dreaded freshman 15, which

can start them off on the wrong course in life in terms of developing chronic illness,

but not all freshmen do, so researchers wanted to try to tease out why some gained weight

and others didn't.

So on one of their first days at school, a bunch of students got their blood drawn and

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