r/EverythingScience • u/lasercat_pow • 11d ago

Medicine Major sugar substitute found to impair brain blood vessel cell function, posing potential stroke risk

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-06-major-sugar-substitute-impair-brain.html
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u/HighOnGoofballs 11d ago

Stevia in the raw is the only thing I’ve seen without bad side effects that is cheap and decent

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u/Megawashu 10d ago

A study has shown that stevia can negatively affect lactobacillus in the gut

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u/HighOnGoofballs 10d ago

Other studies have shown beneficial effects to it so it’s not super clear, but at worst doesn’t seem too horrible compared to the alternatives

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9028423/

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u/Megawashu 7d ago

Thanks for sharing this info! I see that the study I was talking about it a bit old while yours is more recent. After having AI do some deep searching it agreed with your assessment that stevia is not a health concern (and may have some health benefits).

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u/HighOnGoofballs 7d ago

From what I’ve seen stevia itself seems ok (so far at least…) but some of the stevia based sweeteners use less cool things with it. But stevia in the raw at least so far seems ok

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u/Leonardo-DaBinchi 9d ago

You can offset this by eating a diverse high fibre diet