Just heard the news about Diet Coke. I drink about two cans a day and I feel devastated. Is it safe to switch to Coke Zero?

  • breadsmasher@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I would suggest waiting for WHO to publish their findings/study/recommendations on aspartame. From a brief look across a few reports it seems to be on a similar level to like, red meat levels of carcinogen.

    However I am not a scientist so I cannot personally judge the veracity of these claims

          • Lumidaub@feddit.de
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            1 year ago

            What I meant is that an “increase by 30%” means nothing without first knowing your individual base risk. If you have, say, a 1% risk of getting a certain type of cancer at some point in your life and it increases by 30%, you now have a 1.3% risk. I don’t know whether that’s enough of an argument to deny yourself the pleasure of a soft drink you like.