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Re:Soda additive linked to thyroid toxicity may finally get ... by PeterHolzwarth on Saturday November 04, 2023 @10:02PM (#38147291)
Aspartame is profoundly safe and there is no mechanism through which it could be unsafe in the human body.
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Re:Soda additive linked to thyroid toxicity may finally get ... by trehalose on Saturday November 04, 2023 @10:14PM (#38147373)
Well, there's phenylketonuria. (That's not relevant to the vast majority of people, but it's an extremely important exception.)
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Re:Soda additive linked to thyroid toxicity may finally get ... by PeterHolzwarth on Saturday November 04, 2023 @10:21PM (#38147424)
Phenylketonuria is an inherited genetic disorder. Aspartame doesn't make a food unsafe to those who do not suffer from this genetic disorder any more than peanuts do for people who do not have nut allergies.
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Re:Soda additive linked to thyroid toxicity may finally get ... by RadixDLT on Saturday November 04, 2023 @10:14PM (#38147370)
stevia is the safest
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Re:Soda additive linked to thyroid toxicity may finally get ... by PeterHolzwarth on Saturday November 04, 2023 @10:27PM (#38147463)
Where has that been demonstrated?

Aspartame is one of the most ridiculously well-studied food additives known to humankind.

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Re:Soda additive linked to thyroid toxicity may finally get ... by TheCleric on Sunday November 05, 2023 @11:48AM (#38152823)
I think there’s more and more research coming out disproving this. Aspartame’s flavor can cause insulin release from the pancreas which lowers your body’s insulin sensitivity.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7014832/

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