Re:Aspartame is set to be declared a possible carcinogen
by asfgidonhio on Thursday June 29, 2023 @02:49PM
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It's a common fallacy that increasing the dose necessarily increases the effects. There are a whole lot of chemicals where the relationship is more complex. There are drugs where negative effects only occur when the drug is discontinued, where the effect of the drug increases or decreases as it it taken continuously, where the effect rapidly saturates and does not increase with increasing dose, and so forth.
I know enough about pharmacology to know that I know nothing.
Re:Aspartame is set to be declared a possible carcinogen
by ravenstine on Thursday June 29, 2023 @04:43PM
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> It's a common fallacy that increasing the dose necessarily increases the effects.
Can you provide an example of a chemical which has effects on the human body that are completely unrelated to the size of the dose? Just because the effects of a carcinogen may be non-linear in relation to the dosage, that doesn't mean that a greater risk of cancer incidents with a greater dose is an unreasonable expectation. Some thing can be assumed unless an exception is identified.
Today, I'd still avoid aspartame, but also sucralose, because it's unnecessary and may even cause insulin to be artificially raised in response to the sweetness. And I also just don't drink nearly as much as I used to now that I'm metabolically healthy.