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Weird to have Coke in the Reuters headline when it's not just Coke that uses aspartame. And this is interesting may be related? >Aspartame is hydrolysed in th
by dghughes 3y ago
Weird to have Coke in the Reuters headline when it's not just Coke that uses aspartame.
And this is interesting may be related?
>Aspartame is hydrolysed in the body to three chemicals, aspartic acid (40%), phenylalanine (50%) and methanol (10%). Aspartic acid is an amino acid.
>When there is an excess of neurotransmitter, certain neurons are killed by allowing too much calcium into the cells. ...The neural cell damage that is caused by excessive aspartate and glutamate ... they ‘excite’ or stimulate the neural cells to death.
>Methanol is highly toxic; it is gradually released in the small intestine when the methyl group of the aspartame encounters the enzyme chymotrypsin. It has been pointed out that some fruit juices and alcoholic beverages contain small amounts of methanol.
source: https://www.3dchem.com/aspartame.asp https://www.3dchem.com/aspartame.asp
- OkayPhysicist 3y agoDiet Coke is undoubtedly America's biggest source of aspartame. Diet Coke has massive market share.
- carimura 3y agoI had a computer science professor who drank so much diet coke that she had a wall of empty cans stacked up from floor to ceiling in her office. Even then, 20 years ago now, I was so grossed out with that level of artificial intake I wanted to grab her shoulders and shake her. But that wouldn't have helped my grade.
- jaclaz 3y agoNot much diet coke, but (JFYI) ... https://uranus.chrysocome.net/coke.htm https://uranus.chrysocome.net/coke.htm
- lotsofpulp 3y agoWhat is “artificial intake”? Would it have been preferable to “real” intake of sugar from regular Coke?
- carimura 3y agoI suppose that's the big debate. Although one can safely say it would have probably been preferable to stack cans of sparkling water. or maybe perri-air.
- vore 3y agoWhy? Why does it matter to you?
- carimura 3y agoeh, because... empathy? I like to see people make decent choices.
- quechimba 3y agoRegular coke is probably my biggest source of aspartame now that they changed the recipe to contain 30% less sugar compensated by aspartame and acesulfame-k. I bought a Sprite a while ago and it tasted different so I checked and it doesn't even contain any sugar even though the bottle looks just like before and says "100% saborizantes naturales" (although the sweeteners are artificial). Here's the product page, https://www.coca-cola.com.pe/marcas/sprite https://www.coca-cola.com.pe/marcas/sprite