2y ago

Aspartame: popular sweetener could be classified as a possible carcinogen by WHO – but there's no cause for panic

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When you think about it, anything could be classified as a possible carcinogen.
- 🥱 is it already time for the lame reddit comedians to come to this platform?
Is Phenylalanine any better? I think that’s in diet Dr Pepper that my family loves.
- And diet Sprite as well. I'm guessing it's used in a lot of diet drinks.
  A cursory search suggests it's fine for most people, but take it with a grain of salt (or maybe real sugar).
Aspartame has been linked to weight gain, gastrointestinal conditions, anxiety and more. So if you don't get cancer...
- Correlation is not causation. The people who pound diet sodas are more likely to live an unhealthy lifestyle compared to those who don't.
  
  Obviously they took that into account and tried to account for confounding variables.They are not novices or high school kids :/

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