Sugar-Free Gum Linked To Diarrhea

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Sugar-Free Gum Linked To Diarrhea

March 5, 2008 | ISSUE 44•10

Doctors in Berlin have found that sorbitol, the artificial sweetener found in many sugar-free gums, can lead to chronic diarrhea and considerable weight loss. What do you think?

I look and smell great, so what if I have a little diarrhea?"

Wendy Beauvoir
Choir Director
It also leads to a million friends asking for a stick of your gum. Jeez. If you want gum, bring it yourself!"

Wes Funa
Hair Stylist
Doesn't affect me. I was born a Hubba Bubba man, I'll die a Hubba Bubba man.

Chris Smith
Systems Analyst

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