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    A sweet tale: the son who reinvented sugar to help diabetic dad

    The natural substitute helps diabetics, combats obesity and tackles climate change
    by Senay Boztas in Amsterdam May 28, 2019 3 minutes
    Javier Larragoiti (centre) and his Xilinat team in the lab in Mexico City. Photograph: Courtesy Xilinat

    Javier Larragoiti was 18 when his father was diagnosed with diabetes. The teenager had just started a degree in chemical engineering in Mexico City. So he dedicated his studies to a side project: creating an acceptable alternative to help his father and millions of Mexicans like him avoid sugar.

    “It’s only when you know someone with this sickness that you realise how common it is and how sugar intake plays a huge role,” he says. “My dad tried to use stevia and sucralose, just hated the taste,

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