pipsWHO says soda sweetener aspartame may cause cancer, but it's safe within limits
Alien SurferNine to fourteen cans of cola a day is the limit. Eek, I’ve probably done that when I was a young programmer! Hope it doesn’t catch up to me. :(
LemmyLeftyThe WHO said aspartame is safe to consume within a daily limit of 40 milligrams per kilogram of a person’s body weight. An adult weighing 70 kilograms or 154 pounds would have to drink more than nine to 14 cans of aspartame-containing soda daily to exceed the limit and potentially face health risks.
Holy shit you weren’t kidding. And here I was worried that my 2-3 cans a month might be catching up to me!
What about all the other foods and drinks that contain it?
I’ve only ever seen aspartame in the ingredient list of diet sodas, and I often check ingredient lists.
It’s also used in gum, not sure how much though.
I feel like you’d give yourself the gum chewer’s equivalent of wanker’s cramp before you even got halfway to the daily limit.
Compared to diet soda, it should be very little. Otherwise it would be extremely sweet.