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aqme28 • today at 1:58 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

"people will do ANYTHING to cure a disease"

Or to make a couple of bucks. Reading that mirror-image sugars could work as calorie-free sweeteners feels like foreshadowing for the end of the world.


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ale42 • today at 2:26 PM

About L-Glucose: according to Wikipedia, "the authors state that it is not usable as a sweetener due to laxative effects."

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