Flying SquidRevealed: WHO aspartame safety panel linked to alleged Coca-Cola front group
FuglyDuckI always find it amusing that people have been like “well it doesn’t cause weight loss!”
It doesn’t.
Is it water better than diet soda? Absolutely. But no one is replacing water with diet soda. They’re replacing coke with Diet Coke. Or whatever.
Which means fewer calories which means potential weight loss (or for lower weight gain. CICO.) the problem is that most people who drink doet sodas tend to have a lot of other dietary habits that are equally awful as slamming back a 12 pack of Mountain Dew everyday…(eew.)
As for aspartame causing cancer… I dunno. But I’m guessing it’s lower than the threat being obese makes. S
UltraMagnus0001artificial sweeteners causes your brain to crave sugar and you end up eating more sugar elsewhere.
kaducitation needed
Like many health research, it’s complicated, but there is research that backs up the claim.
…harvard.edu/…/artificial-sweeteners-sugar-free-b…
Artificial sweeteners may play another trick, too. Research suggests that they may prevent us from associating sweetness with caloric intake. As a result, we may crave more sweets, tend to choose sweet food over nutritious food, and gain weight.
That's still just a self-control issue on your caloric intake regardless.