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On a level of societal risk I understand and agree with you. On an individual level where diet soda is replacing regular soda, or where diet soda is used as a
by fossuser 6y ago
On a level of societal risk I understand and agree with you.
On an individual level where diet soda is replacing regular soda, or where diet soda is used as a treat when controlling caloric intake otherwise I find the generic “diet soda is bad for you” to be misleading enough to be wrong.
The “woo” is that usually it’s not some commentary about artificial sweeteners increasing caloric intake, but some nonsense about artificial sweeteners being unnatural or causing cancer, etc. it’s not too dissimilar from 5G warnings or anti-vaxx.
- hntrader 6y agoDiet soda (aspartame) does nasty work to the brain. It's best to avoid totally. Large observational study referenced in this article: https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/the-red-light-district/201606/diet-soft-drinks-linked-depression https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/the-red-light-distri... Some decent primary sources in this article, specifically interventional animal model studies: https://ketodietapp.com/Blog/lchf/artificial-sweeteners-the-not-so-sweet-truth-about-zero-calorie-sweeteners https://ketodietapp.com/Blog/lchf/artificial-sweeteners-the-... This interventional study was ended early on ethical grounds because the depression caused by diet soda was too severe: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8373935/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8373935/