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[–] Kalothar@lemmy.fmhy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sweetness is just a sense, it doesn’t imply anything about the carcinogenic nature of a compound.

This isn’t how taste works either, that just had to do with the molecular shape of aspartame and sugar.

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Oh, yeah, don't get me wrong. I don't have anything against aspartame, and I far prefer it above sugar in terms of health. Insanely sweet isn't a bad thing in this case, since you barely consume any for the desired effect. And of course the science shows that even if this link is real, there is no level of consumption of aspartame in its commonly consumed form that is going to be a problem.