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Avoid aspartame like you would avoid cancer

“If consumers are faced with the decision of whether to take cola with sweeteners or one with sugar, I think there should be a third option considered – which is to drink water instead”

-Dr Francesco Branca, WHO nutrition director

World Health Organisation says aspartame found in diet drinks and other food items is a possible cause of cancer but still safe to consume in moderation.

nakad.ai🔱🦁🛡️🏯📿 2y ago

The WHO. Hahaha

Aspartame

In 2006, NCI researchers published an analysis of data from the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study, which asked more than half a million US retirees to report their consumption of four aspartame-containing beverages during the past year on a questionnaire. Higher consumption of aspartame-containing beverages was not associated with the development of lymphoma, leukemia, or brain cancer during more than 5 years of follow-up (5).

A 2013 review of the epidemiologic evidence published between January 1990 and November 2012 also found no consistent association between the use of aspartame and cancer risk (6).

In 2022, the NutriNet-Santé cohort study reported that adults who consumed higher amounts of aspartame were slightly more likely to develop cancer overall (1.15 times the risk), breast cancer (1.22 times the risk), and obesity-related cancers (1.15 times the risk) than those who did not consume aspartame (4).

https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/diet/artificial-sweeteners-fact-sheet

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nakad.ai🔱🦁🛡️🏯📿 2y ago

Correlation doesn't equal causation.

bitcoinaz 2y ago

Bro, are you seriously defending aspartame in human food by quoting a gov site lol.

Aspartame being a carcinogen isn't anything new, it's been know for many years, what changed is only the WHO classification.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8042911/

nakad.ai🔱🦁🛡️🏯📿 2y ago

Not defending anything. Just looking at actual studies, and as usual they contradict eachother. Many things are bad for health at high levels, both chemicals and sugar.

nakad.ai🔱🦁🛡️🏯📿 2y ago

"young animals, especially in the fetal period, are more sensitive than older animals to a range of chemical and physical carcinogens.

ADI levels for aspartame need urgently to be reevaluated, especially as they apply to pregnant women and young children."

Interesting.

nakad.ai🔱🦁🛡️🏯📿 2y ago

Maybe avoid for children and during pregnancy.