Diet Coke sweetener could be declared as 'possibly carcinogenic'

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[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (13 children)

Cut that stuff out a few years ago. Hope it’s not too late.

Al the fake sugars and most of the process crap.

Mainly cook now.

Like for breakfast, I’ll have an egg and cheese sandwich.

[–]Clownfall 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Good luck buying eggs or cheese a decade or two from now... only the super-rich will be permitted meat or dairy

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This appears to be the truth.

[–]proc0 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Consider cutting out carbs next, especially refined carbs like flour in bread, (obviously sugar) etc. It's not that easy but it's definitely life changing, IMHO.

[–]Vulptex 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

You need that. It may slow down weight loss but it's healthy in moderation.

[–]proc0 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I should clarify I mean refined carbs. Whole grains and such are good, yes.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

That's the safest way, fresh food all the way. Grass fed beef, organic veg, and avoiding ultra-processed foods. I'm guilty of slipping occasional crap into my diet, but try harder to avoid all these sweeteners more than anything.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Right. That’s exactly what I’m doing.

Avoid the fake stuff at all costs.

A fee processed stuff slips in, but mainly fresh organic.

Man, even our foods are covered in Monsanto herbicide and pesticide.

It’s crazy.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Yeah, big companies don't care about your health, they pay their way to the corrupt FDA for an ticked box to say they think it's safe at a small cost and we the consumer eat it up. It's probably where the whole COVID vaccine mantra originated.

[–]Vulptex 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Live a little. I almost never say that but I think it needs to be said in this case. Everyone is TERRIFIED of food now, all because of clickbait articles on the internet.

[–]Vulptex 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

You're worrying about the wrong things. We seem to have this idea now that everyone is diabetic and a little bit of "junk food" or even fruit or carbs will literally kill you.

Science keeps changing its mind about what's good for you. The same science that declares biological sex doesn't exist. It's media scare tactics, they want your money.

What I don't get is: when you waste away your whole life worrying about preserving it, aren't you in doing so ruining it?

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You have a point. It is well taken.

[–]Vulptex 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Guilty?

This sounds like a trend more than anything. People seem more ashamed of their diets than they care about their health. I blame mass media.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

When I travel around Europe, I don't see as big a push for aspartame products. In the UK the soft drinks isle of a supermarket is entirely sugar free, you have to look for it. It is consumer demand and heavy advertising, not mass media. Consumers be fat, they want sugar free, they drink aspartame which increases appetite, they stay fat, repeat.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

I wonder if people who don't drink diet soda also don't drink alcohol, which is much more cancerous let's be honest.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

It's interesting you select alcohol, why not mobile phones or products affected by glyphosate? It's really difficult to narrow down a study to remove all potential conflicts

[–]Evola 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Mobile phones don't emit radiation that is ionising as long as I know. For the most part the phones are bad for many reasons but I think our DNA doesn't need to worry about them.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Well, I was talking about things we consume physically.

[–]Vulptex 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Of course, let's all live in a bubble and do nothing but stare at it all our lives, because everything is going to kill us.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Then give us back sugar. They put aspartame in to reduce cost and boost their profits and reduce quality, while the consumer says "live a little, why so terrified of food". This attitude benefits nobody but the manufacturer.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

More like Asparlame. Thanks for nothing Rumsfeld.

[–]monkeymagic 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

it was declared a carcinogen in the 80s

[–]TemporarilyDeceased 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That was saccharin. It causes bladder cancer in mice at extremely high doses and did so by a biological mechanism that does not exist in humans. Today Diet Coke contains aspartame.

[–]The-Real-Mario 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I dont drink anything other than water, and once in a blue moon, juice, but also, nowdays "possibly causes cancer" isjust a standardised statement used by scientists to pretend they are doing their jobs, literally anything, in excess, down the wrong hole, causes cancer, pine sawdust in the lungs, charred stake in the stomach, very few things dont technically "potentially cause cancer"

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Sugar isn't a carcinogenic. "Very few things" is quite a statement, let me just go steady on literally MOST OF THE THINGS so I don't get cancer LOL

[–]The-Real-Mario 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Not directlly, but if you give enough monkeys in a room a rypewriter, and millions in federal grants, they will find a way to link it to cancer. https://www.cancer.org.au/iheard/does-sugar-cause-cancer In this case they say not directlly, but sugar causes obisity, which causes cancer, perhaps diabetes also causes cancer ?

[–]Evola 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Sweeteners are false alarms for your pancreas.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

That shit isn't healthy? "No shit, Sherlock", springs to mind.

[–]Vulptex 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Unhealthy? yes. Literal poison? no.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It fails the ant test.

[–]Vulptex 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

More scare campaigns. Spend your whole life worrying about preserving your life by even a little, and what kind of life are you preserving?