Yeah, this comment is the real cancer.
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DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Asparthame = Cancer
Solumbran@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
This comment is DogPeePoo.
Drinking a can of diet coke a day has the same cancer risk factor as going on a daily walk.
doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
I’d be surprised if it’s even that high. Just going outside would spike your chance of skin cancer.
finley@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Aspartame is, by far, the most tested food additive ever made. There have been no causal links to cancer ever proven. Not ever.
Paradachshund@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Not saying people should start chugging it down en masse, but your own quote there makes it sound pretty far from equalling cancer.
DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Which part of risk factor is confusing?
finley@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
You’re clearly the only one who is confused
AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Aspartame is very mildly carcinogenic. An equivalent amount of sugar is much more carcinogenic, and is harmful in other ways, too. If you have to have a can of cola, diet is the healthier choice.
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
That last part isn’t true.
You can’t ignore the effects of artificial sweeteners on insulin levels and the fallout from that.
Truth is that drinking over sweetened water is just not healthy at all, it’s a matter of picking what problems you want to get from them
doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Based on a quick google search, the jury is out on whether artificial sweeteners affect blood sugar and insulin at all.
A study from the National Library of Medicine says they do but cites no source and the study itself isn’t reaaly about that; it does demonstrate that diabetics that drink artificial sweeteners have higher insulin resistance, but is that a causal relationship? If so, which is causing which?
The mayo clinic says straight up that artificial sweeteners don’t affect blood sugar at all.
There is a response to release insulin purely on tasting something sweet that’s been demonstrated in some mammals using artificial sweeteners, but nobody’s been able to consistently reproduce it in humans.
So… Eh? If there’s any kind of scientific consensus on this it isn’t clear to the layperson. Maybe I’ll start measuring my blood sugar before and after having a coke zero just to see for myself.
AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Personally, I can ignore the effects of artificial sweeteners on insulin levels as they, like everything else, have no effect, and my insulin levels are only affected by when I inject it. I’m type 1 diabetic. When people make incorrect claims based on effects that aren’t reproducible or weren’t statistically significant in the first place about the safety of sweeteners, it causes direct problems for me. I’ve had bartenders mess up my blood sugar levels by lying about serving diet drinks because they think they’re dangerous. Plus, if the people who push for artificial sweeteners to be banned had their way, there are plenty of things I couldn’t ever eat or drink again.
VinesNFluff@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
marcos@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It’s worse than that. AFAIK, the WHO doesn’t have a list of “does not cause cancer”. Aspartame is on the least problematic category even when you disregard the effect size.
doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Others have cited sources about how wrong you are. It’s also just common sense. With the sheer amount of diet soda that the world drinks, it would be fairly obvious by now if aspartame was significantly carcinogenic.
Even the text you quoted (but didn’t cite, not helpful) only says that prolonged exposure may be a risk factor. Quite a leap to then say that “aspartame = cancer”
BigLgame@lemy.lol 2 weeks ago
Bro aspartame is one of the most studied substances on earth and they all point to your claim being bullshit. fda.gov/…/timeline-selected-fda-activities-and-si…
DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Well then drink up my friend— and wash it down with a cigarette!