Ep. 107 Artificial Sweeteners Pt 1: Finger Lickin' Sweet

<p>This first episode in our three-parter on non-nutritive sweeteners is about the artificial stuff, the most-accidental discoveries that led to saccharin, aspartame, sucralose, all the big ones, all the hits! How do these synthetic sweeteners work? How do they differ from one another?</p> <p>Next week we'll cover 'natural' non-nutritive sweeteners and the week after that we'll cover whether there are any risks to their frequent use!</p> <p>Ad Link: <a href="https://omio.sjv.io/c/2544961/1078765/7385">https://omio.sjv.io/c/2544961/1078765/7385</a></p> <p>References:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/molecule-of-the-week/archive/s/saccharin.html"><u>https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/molecule-of-the-week/archive/s/saccharin.html</u></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.saveur.com/artificial-sweeteners/"><u>https://www.saveur.com/artificial-sweeteners/</u></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/83730/sweet-and-not-so-sweet-history-saccharin"><u>https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/83730/sweet-and-not-so-sweet-history-saccharin</u></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/243347a0"><u>https://www.nature.com/articles/243347a0</u></a></li> <li><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15537898/"><u>https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15537898/</u></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304394018302908"><u>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304394018302908</u></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451945617302787"><u>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451945617302787</u></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0271531719300491?casa_token=eJWasethkNIAAAAA:LGhL8QG59olcc31aINpddzab3XjGUadSfEu1ll8Ixkz8AHmNz--crA_dXtpVgx6uNpuHcaVYdfY"><u>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0271531719300491</u></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.1201/9781003065289-2/discovery-aspartame-robert-mazu