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In mice (reminded of: https://twitter.com/justsaysinmice https://twitter.com/justsaysinmice)
by 2T1Qka0rEiPr 4y ago
In mice (reminded of: https://twitter.com/justsaysinmice https://twitter.com/justsaysinmice)
- tgv 4y agoOk, but mechanisms at this level are more likely to translate to effects in humans than e.g. "autism". OTOH, there's the quote "rats, when experimented upon, develop cancer" (attribution lost in the mist of time), so some caution is certainly warranted.
- heisenbit 4y agoSwallowing sweetened water with levels that may be reached by humans if pushing for the max.. Extreme bit not super extreme. Mice would never conduct experiments on humans with levels that were not relevant for their daily lifes.
- falcor84 4y agoThe only story I know about mice experimenting on humans is the Hitchhiker's Guide, and I think I'm overdue another one. Any recommendations?
- elif 4y agoFor a 100kg human the levels of consumption would be half a gram of sucralose per day to approximate the mice yield. That's 33 packets of Splenda or 5 bottles of prime energy drink assuming a 200:1 ratio compared to Gatorade's sugar. Hardly extreme.
- rocket_surgeron 4y ago>That's 33 packets of Splenda or 5 bottles of prime energy drink assuming a 200:1 ratio compared to Gatorade's sugar. Hardly extreme. That seems extremely extreme to me but as a fan of water so >0 Primes and/or Splenda packets per day every day seems extreme so I may lack context.