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"Look at the health disasters caused by artificial sweeteners, artificial oils, etc." - Can you point to some examples?
by raz32dust 8y ago
"Look at the health disasters caused by artificial sweeteners, artificial oils, etc." - Can you point to some examples?
- apsec112 8y agoSynthetic trans fats were used in food for decades, but turned out to be a public health disaster, causing huge numbers of deaths: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_fat https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_fat
- rsynnott 8y agoI suppose there’s this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olestra https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olestra It was never legalised in most developed countries, though, and I’d call it more a historical oddity than a health disaster. I assume they’re talking about aspartame myths on the sweetener thing. Some countries ban cyclamate, though there’s not much evidence that it’s actually dangerous. There’s lead acetate, I suppose, but that hasn’t been commonly used for centuries.