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by strict9 831 days ago
Aspartame is considered the most studied food additive in existence. Decades of study and decades of consumption and yet nothing conclusive found unless ingested in obscenely large amounts.
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Yes, but needs an asterisk. Artificial sweeteners, like aspartame, are correlated with increased consumption: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2892765/#s3titl...
Triggers my asthma when consumed in small amounts, but that's just me. (I only realised I was drinking a sugar-free soft drink when that happened, so I don't think it's psychosomatic.)
Was sugar considered to be heavily studied too?