Of course you predict reactions. You state a hypothesis and conduct an experiment to test the hypothesis. It's called the scientific method.
tgoh, good point, it depends from where you look.
I'm referring to what the FDA does, as they are monitoring actual results in lab animals to base their dosages on, and wether its clear for use in the first place.
But offcourse, you are right that if you just say "scientists" one can also look at the process of how it goes from "a product" to lab testing. In that process the compound is analysed on its probably reactions and tested in tubes with various conditions to see what metabolites are produced, before it goes to lab animal testing.
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Context is important, for sure. Where in the report or article do you see that the "significant" change is, in this case, actually insignificant given the context?
I based that on studies we read 3 years ago when determining cafeine, asparthane and glucose in soda's, cause we wanted to give the reader of the report an idea on what the health impacts were. Its basically bacterials who grow on methanol that cause it.
When they say significant in these articles, they
allways refer to the statistical meaning.
They didnt mention raw numbers. So i'll go by those previous articles. .
Also, just because processed food is a MUCH bigger problem and that we live longer now than we used to doesn't mean sweeteners is a non-important subject.
You are right. Research should allways be done. However, i absolutely hate how food based research tends to attentionwhore a mouse into an elephant
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Depending on genetics, you can drink 1 bottle of vodka each day, and get 80+ years old.
My grandfather is 94 currently. Has allways worked very hard as a farmer. Fled the germans in WWII. Carried family on his back since he got 14 cause father died and brother became ill.
He drank about 10-15 beers each day, cause they drink it like water. He actually never drinks anything different then beer
His liver ? Still no issue whatsoever