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Aspartame's long-term health risks revealed in new study (newatlas.com)

submitted 3 days ago by rimu@piefed.social to c/health@lemmy.world

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When the researchers conducted spatial learning and memory tests using the Barnes maze, the aspartame mice at four months consistently moved more slowly and covered less distance during training than animals in the control group. They also took nearly twice as long on average to locate the target escape hole, showing impaired memory recall (however, this was inconsistent and not seen as statistically meaningful). By eight months, performance gaps widened even further, with two out of six aspartame-treated mice failing to complete the task at all.

It makes you dumb, unfit and fat (around the organs).

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[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well, I was mainly thinking of that in terms of cutting back, not forbidding them entirely. Eating sugary things all the time will obviously cause obesity, but eating artificially sweetened things seem to come with some serious caveats too. Not too long ago, I stumbled upon a similar post about erythritol, then another one about xylitol and so on. The list of sweeteners is getting shorter…

[–] pr0sp3kt@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is not a realistic stand, people will never take healthy sugar intakes. Sorry.

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Other people can do whatever they want. I'm not here to tell them what to do or how to live. It's your body, your responsibility. You're the one who benefits from good decisions and suffers the consequences of bad ones.

[–] pr0sp3kt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Other people can do whatever they want". This is not a valid standpoint. We were talking about possible cost/benefit options to sugar, and yet your solution is just take less.

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

Are we crafting public health policy or making personal life choices here? What's at stake determines the course of action. What's reasonable for me to recommend myself may not apply to broader audiences, let alone special groups.