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Revealed: WHO aspartame safety panel linked to alleged Coca-Cola front group (www.theguardian.com)

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It uncovered eight WHO panelists involved with assessing safe levels of aspartame consumption who are beverage industry consultants who currently or previously worked with the alleged Coke front group, International Life Sciences Institute (Ilsi).

Their involvement in developing intake guidelines represents “an obvious conflict of interest”, said Gary Ruskin, US Right-To-Know’s executive director. “Because of this conflict of interest, [the daily intake] conclusions about aspartame are not credible, and the public should not rely on them,” he added.

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[–] HuddaBudda@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Don't want to share my life story, but I did for a time, got to about a twelve pack and a half a day of diet coke when I was 20.

My reward was not weight loss, but an a-fib. and half a life expectancy.

I don't blame the diet coke because I was the one buying and drinking it. But it is important people understand that something is wrong in that stuff.

Just as I wouldn't blame cigarettes for giving me lung cancer, but I would want others to know it can.

[–] ShakeThatYam@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Apart from the aspartame, that's also like 900mg of caffeine a day, which is over twice the recommended amount, and 700mg of sodium.

[–] HuddaBudda@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yup. what else can I say except poor self control and shortcuts are a mean combination.

I eat a lot healthier now, but that mistake isn't one that just goes away.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

ADHD?

[–] SharkEatingBreakfast@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unmedicated, I would crave soda like a fucking sugar tick. I'd eat until I was sick, then eat some more. Actually rotted a bunch of my teeth with my shitty habits and poor self-control. Needed several root canals.... ugh....

Medicated, I have soda maybe once per month or every other month. I don't have uncontrollable cravings for sugar anymore. It's fucking great!!

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

I think self medicating with caffeine may have been part of it. Congrats on the cutting back.

[–] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago

You should absolutely blame the Diet Coke and the execs that push it. Almost every aspect of eating the food we need to live is distorted by people trying to make as much money as possible at the expense of our health. They know it. They spend billions doing it. You likely wouldn't have been consuming it or so much of it if it wasn't on every billboard and commercial and was at the back of the store in plain boxes without the big 'sale' or 'bogof' stickers. It doesn't have to be this way and you shouldn't blame yourself or any other individual for a social problem.

[–] DarkWasp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That's so unfortunate, thanks for sharing that. Hope you're doing okay.