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You can thank former Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld for allowing Aspartame to remain FDA approved despite scientific research concerns: https://tonic.vice.
by dayvid 8y ago
You can thank former Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld for allowing Aspartame to remain FDA approved despite scientific research concerns:
https://tonic.vice.com/en_us/article/nzpbkx/the-story-of-how-fake-sugar-got-approved-is-scary-as-hell https://tonic.vice.com/en_us/article/nzpbkx/the-story-of-how...
- spadros 8y agoMeh, this study is misleading. They didn't test if any other foods had the same effect. So sure, sweeteners might have a detrimental effect by this biomarker. But they didn't check if anything we'd consider healthy, like broccoli or onions, have similar effects. This is like saying "smoking increases your change of a heart attack 10X after one puff!" without noting "...but having sex increases it 7X and drinking a can of coke increases it 5X".