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Re:Aspartame sweetener to be declared possible cancer risk b... by favorited on Thursday June 29, 2023 @08:04PM (#36528628)
The WHO recently conditionally recommended against using non-sugar sweeteners for weight control. Their stance is that we should be reducing sweetened food/beverage intake in general, rather than trying to find healthier ways to sweeten what we eat.

https://www.who.int/news/item/15-05-2023-who-advises-not-to-...

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Re:Aspartame sweetener to be declared possible cancer risk b... by mannykannot on Thursday June 29, 2023 @08:53PM (#36529078)
While that is their stance, it is conditioned on what they seem to consider to be good evidence that using non-sugar sweeteners for weight control does not work (at the level of public health, that is; for individuals, YMMV.)
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Re:Aspartame sweetener to be declared possible cancer risk b... by abtinf on Thursday June 29, 2023 @08:57PM (#36529119)
If we shift the context just a little bit, everyone would ridicule this kind of abstinence-only approach.
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Re:Aspartame sweetener to be declared possible cancer risk b... by CoastalCoder on Thursday June 29, 2023 @10:32PM (#36529833)
"Everyone" might be a stretch.

Depending on the topic, I'm in camp abstinence.

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Re:Aspartame sweetener to be declared possible cancer risk b... by hedora on Thursday June 29, 2023 @11:03PM (#36530048)
Aspartame causes weight gain, so abstinence-only isn’t a great analogy.

If you are trying to lose weight, then just use less sugar. That’s actually pretty easy, since artificial sweeteners and sugary drinks desensitize you to sweet stuff.

If you taper off for a week or so, you’ll find that the stuff you were previously drinking is cloyingly sweet.

For instance, reading a starbucks menu makes me shudder. I can’t even drink their non-dairy lattes anymore because they are too sweet.

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Re:Aspartame sweetener to be declared possible cancer risk b... by Shorel on Saturday July 01, 2023 @03:52PM (#36554350)
I am personally trying to achieve that.

Liquid chocolate, the kind we drink as a hot beverage in Central and South America, was difficult for me to get used to without any sweet taste. Nowadays I prefer it that way. Coffee is a bit more difficult for me.

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