You don’t have to freak out about aspartame in your diet soda
www.theverge.com
Aspartame being a possible carcinogen doesn’t mean what you think.

“The IARC will reportedly classify aspartame as a possible carcinogen. But this isn’t a food safety agency, and the context matters.”

    • knaugh@frig.socialEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      I really don’t understand how people can’t tell, I’m starting to wonder if it’s a genetic thing like with cilantro.

      • Anonymoose@infosec.pubEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        I can’t claim to taste it everywhere, you could probably slip it by me in something. But with sugar free drinks across the board, they all have this bizarre sickly, sweet taste from the sweetener that I just can’t stomach.

    • QuarterSwede@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Unfortunately, not everyone thinks it tastes badly. Even worse I’m someone who can absolutely tell the difference between sugar and sucralose (Splenda) and it tastes god awful.

      I’ve gone from drinking sugared drinks to almost none or low sugar only. I try to keep it at 28g or less per 16oz if possible. However, I’ve really taken a liking to sparkling water. There are some great flavors out there.

      • Bob@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I’m the opposite, you couldn’t pay me to drink soda that has sugar in it. The aftertaste is awful. I used to hate soda until I tried diet