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Like, the nutrition facts table says it contains nothing other than some sodium. No sugars or fats or calories at all

Yet it clearly is edible, so what is it? Some concoction made mostly from indigestible minerals?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 34 points 2 months ago (1 children)

From the paper that you definitely read and understood and didn't just copy/paste a random line from:

According to current knowledge benefits of aspartame use outweighs the possible side effects, hence this artificial sweetener remains basic excipient in products.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8227014/

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

People love to cherry pick this argument so hard.

Aspartame is linked to a possible near zero to low increase in cancer risk. Not zero, theres enough evidence to say that some people if they drink a LOT over a LONG time it COULD cause something that MIGHT not have happened. There are multiple studies on Pubmed I can link to show this. However The evidence on excess sugar and carrying excess weight is ABSOLUTELY UNDENIABLE. The negative health outcomes for being overweight or having diabetes are just straight up facts.

So pick your poison, if you have a family history of bladder, bowel, stomach or colon cancer you may want to avoid the aspartame. If your doctor has just told you you have pre-diabetes and you're going to lose your foot or have a massive heart attack if you don't cut out the sugar and lose some fucking weight the minuscule risk of something thats an outside chance vs that...