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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (11 children)

The WHO said aspartame is safe to consume within a daily limit of 40 milligrams per kilogram of a person’s body weight.

An adult weighing 70 kilograms or 154 pounds would have to drink more than nine to 14 cans of aspartame-containing soda daily to exceed the limit and potentially face health risks.

Holy shit you weren’t kidding. And here I was worried that my 2-3 cans a month might be catching up to me!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (5 children)

What about all the other foods and drinks that contain it?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I’ve only ever seen aspartame in the ingredient list of diet sodas, and I often check ingredient lists.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's also used in gum, not sure how much though.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I feel like you’d give yourself the gum chewer’s equivalent of wanker’s cramp before you even got halfway to the daily limit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Compared to diet soda, it should be very little. Otherwise it would be extremely sweet.

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