yeah, statins definitely are associated with it, and i will just repeat, acesulfame K and sucralose both definitely contribute to it, supposedly artificial sweeteners reduce blood sugar but guess what - most of them are nephrotoxic, which is just as bad as too much sugar (kidney damage)

just look up what happens to people who eat too much liquorice... yeah... kidney damage... and stevia glycosides are closely related and many of the artificial sweeteners work by a similar structure or mechanism, and so they of course mostly all are hard on the kidneys