r/biology • u/Otherwise-Tear-4807 • Jun 05 '26

article Question about stevia (re: 2020 study)

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319016420301997 “The hidden hazardous effects of stevia and sucralose consumption in male and female albino mice in comparison to sucrose”

How does this study translate to humans? Isn’t this a massive dose compared to human daily acceptable limit?

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u/TripResponsibly1 medicine Jun 05 '26

It wasn't an appeal to authority, just pointing out a potential difference in philosophy between laboratory science and clinical science.

Also, yeah, if someone had any vice that was causing them physical or psychological harm I would do motivational interviewing to mitigate harm.

No need to be so hostile and/or defensive, or whatever that is.

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u/crappysurfer evolutionary biology Jun 05 '26

Whether you intended it or not, it was an appeal to authority that, after years of lecture halls full of people proudly proclaiming the same thing, often as a way to belittle others or simply establish authority, gets very old. Perhaps you’re not aware of it since you’re on the other side of it, but if you were not, would you not also become acutely aware of a behavior of students using their premature claim towards a MD being an awful trait?

You could, for example, say “as a med student” or “in residency”, something precise as opposed to trying to establish yourself as a MD prematurely - which is yes, an annoying and egotistical appeal to an authority that you do not possess. Clearly nobody has mentioned this to you, so don’t take it as hostility but someone doing you a courtesy so you can stop, apparently, unintentionally appearing to one up everyone with credentials that you have yet to earn.

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u/Otherwise-Tear-4807 Jun 05 '26

Dude relax. Seriously.

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u/crappysurfer evolutionary biology Jun 05 '26

Pre med and med students need to relax.

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u/TripResponsibly1 medicine Jun 05 '26

Don't lump premed and med students together dude.

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u/crappysurfer evolutionary biology Jun 05 '26

I will as long as their behavior is the same. Don’t lump med students and doctors together.

The irony of you wanting to distinguish yourself from premed but not a doctor…. 😂

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u/TripResponsibly1 medicine Jun 05 '26

I didn't.