Oddbean new post about login | logout yeah, here in europe maybe 75% of packaged/bottled drinks are contaminated... a very small number of them use stevia which is mostly ok but i think it's also a problem similar to liqorice
I'll use a little stevia or monk fruit, but never the chemical sweeteners. Even with the stevia and monk fruit, I think moderation is important.
i'm pretty sure that all artificial sweeteners are nephrotoxic (harm the kidneys)... liquorice certainly is, and stevia is closely related chemically, and for sure most of the synthetic ones are also nephrotoxic... acesulfame-k and sucralose i'm almost certain that one or both of them causes potassium deficiency