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The WHO declared aspartame "possibly" causes cancer. Here’s what that means. | Vox(www.vox.com)

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otp@sh.itjust.works
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Don’t most sodas have corn syrup and stuff instead of sugar?

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AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world
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In the US.

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mudeth@lemmy.ca
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You probably meant sucrose. Sucralose is a calorie-free sweetener.

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blurg@lemmy.world
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And, as a quick aside, a side effect of the sweetener is to damage DNA.

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Paradachshund@lemmy.today
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Most of the smaller soda brands in the US use sugar, too. Just the big boys still using corn syrup at this point.

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