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WHO says soda sweetener aspartame may cause cancer, but it's safe within limits (www.cnbc.com)
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[โ€“] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You need to consume the equivalent of 125+ cans of Diet soda per day to see an even slightly elevated risk of cancer or any other serious disease

The report says that 14 cans for a person who is normal weight, but that's still 5L of diet pop!

Heartburn and stomach upset would probably prevent anyone from consuming that much of this stuff.

[โ€“] jmp242@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

I used to have quite the diet coke habit. I would regularly drink 6 cans before noon to wake up, and on weekends when I didn't need to get to sleep, I probably did often hit 14 cans or more. But I think I even topped out around that 14 can amount because you start getting caffeine side effects and twitching...