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WHO says soda sweetener aspartame may cause cancer, but it's safe within limits (www.cnbc.com)

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[-] Clbull@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I drink a lot of Coke Zero and mainly went on it because sugar taxes were making regular Coca Cola far more expensive.

The notion that big soda corporations are giving us cancer is quite concerning.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 15 points 1 year ago

Let's be clear, sugary sodas are causing health problems right now.

[-] figaro@lemdro.id 7 points 1 year ago

Exactly this. I hate to say it but candy and sodas need to be taxed like cigarettes. The obesity crisis is very real. Over 70% of adults in the United States are overweight or obese.

[-] Lilith02@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Taxes don't really make people quit. It just makes them more poor. The best it does is over time people stop trying things long enough to get addicted.

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The almost certainly aren't. Typically the quantities used in these tests are absurd if scaled up to a human. It also very well may not have the same effect in a human.

As long as you aren't shoveling aspertame into your mouth, it's almost certainly less than the equivalent amount they tested on these mice.

Quote from the article: "An adult weighing 70 kilograms or 154 pounds would have to drink more than nine to 14 cans of aspartame-containing soda such as Diet Coke daily to exceed the limit and potentially face health risks"

Aka, you're fine.

[-] NewSmileadon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Is there a reason a lot of people seem so bent on drinking fountain drinks constantly? Is it an anxiety thing?

[-] suspecm@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

addiction

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