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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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