FDA says aspartame is safe, disagreeing with WHO finding
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Re: FDA says aspartame is safe, disagreeing with WHO finding
#2You can believe anything you want, and cite a credible source.
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Re: FDA says aspartame is safe, disagreeing with WHO finding
#3My understanding is that the WHO has maintained its recommended max. daily intake, which is the equivalent of about 10 cans of soft drinks a day... make of that what you will.
Re: FDA says aspartame is safe, disagreeing with WHO finding
#4> An adult who weighs 70 kilograms, or 154 pounds, would have to drink more than nine to 14 cans of aspartame-containing soda daily to exceed the limit and potentially face health risks.
Okay, but if I consume 9 to 14 cans of sugar-based soda, I don't wind up with the same cancer risk? It's a ludicrous amount of aspartame/soda to be sure, but there -is- something potentially an issue with aspartame somewhere in there.
Yes, "everything causes cancer" but I don't disagree with the WHO's decision. Something's there, even if it's negligible.
Re: FDA says aspartame is safe, disagreeing with WHO finding
#5You can believe anything you want, and cite a credible source. Peak 2023
Some questions have fuzzy, ambiguous answers that are subject to interpretation. It was that way last year too. It's not a reason to get frustrated with science. It's an ongoing process.
Re: FDA says aspartame is safe, disagreeing with WHO finding
#6My understanding is that the WHO has maintained its recommended max. daily intake, which is the equivalent of about 10 cans of soft drinks a day... make of that what you will.
I've worked with folks who sit at their desk and drink diet soda from those giant reusable 64oz cups, all day. When it's all zero calories, I guess I can see how you get there.
Re: FDA says aspartame is safe, disagreeing with WHO finding
#7> An adult who weighs 70 kilograms, or 154 pounds, would have to drink more than nine to 14 cans of aspartame-containing soda daily to exceed the limit and potentially face health risks. Okay, but if I consume 9 to 14 cans of sugar-based soda, I don't wind up with the same cancer risk? It's a ludicrous amount of aspartame/soda to be sure, but there -is- something potentially an issue with aspartame somewhere in there…
> Okay, but if I consume 9 to 14 cans of sugar-based soda, I don't wind up with the same cancer risk?
No, you will end up with type 2 diabetes.
> Something's there, even if it's negligible.
Then what is the point of wasting everyone’s time with publicizing it?
Just last weekend, I was with a parent who would not let her kids have sugar free popsicles, but was okay with them regularly eating sugary popsicles.
For some reason, they think that a tiny bit of aspartame has a higher probability of causing her kids greater harm than a ton of refined sugar.
Re: FDA says aspartame is safe, disagreeing with WHO finding
#8> An adult who weighs 70 kilograms, or 154 pounds, would have to drink more than nine to 14 cans of aspartame-containing soda daily to exceed the limit and potentially face health risks. Okay, but if I consume 9 to 14 cans of sugar-based soda, I don't wind up with the same cancer risk? It's a ludicrous amount of aspartame/soda to be sure, but there -is- something potentially an issue with aspartame somewhere in there…
Yeah, there are absolutely people who drink this much aspartame.
Probably we should think of its danger level like Advil: normal sparse amounts are fine. But if you are doing it constantly you're going to have issues.
Re: FDA says aspartame is safe, disagreeing with WHO finding
#9My understanding is that the WHO has maintained its recommended max. daily intake, which is the equivalent of about 10 cans of soft drinks a day... make of that what you will.
Ask someone who has worked in a restaurant about the habits of diet coke drinkers. They always require 10x or more refills than water or soda.
Re: FDA says aspartame is safe, disagreeing with WHO finding
#10Aspartame is on the WHO list for “possibly” cancer trigger.
Higher up on the list is hot water for “PROBABLY” cancer trigger: https://time.com/4369809/very-hot-drinks-are-probable-cancer...