One of the world's most common artificial sweeteners is set to be declared a possible carcinogen next month by a leading global health body, according to two sources with knowledge of the process, pitting it against the food industry and regulators.
Feels like a spin to me to be honest.
They used to say the same things about lead before transitioning to the current “unsafe at any dosage” view.
Labeling everyday products as carcinogenic would work to muddy the waters after a few damaging papers on industry important products. I remember the ‘red meat is cancer’ craze breaking out suspiciously close to the first studies linking glyphosate to cancer.
My euristic will be to take popular belief into account. I see it as emergent intelligence by trial and error, not merely nonsense.
You do you of course.
In my mind, the main reason to avoid edulcorants (including stevia and acesulfame), is that they taste like shit.
It was never a conspiracy, just that causation is hard and the the amount you’d have to drink for it to be a real risk is ridiculous. Also, anyone who is consuming 30 cans of soda a day is probably more likely to be over-exposed to other environmental risks.
Yesteryear’s conspiracies are today’s common truth. Getting slowly used to that one.
Do you eat bananas? They are carcinogen too. Hell water will kill you.
That is the problem with this type of non-sense. Everything is about dosing. Aspartame is not carcinogenic in the amounts humans consume.
Feels like a spin to me to be honest.
They used to say the same things about lead before transitioning to the current “unsafe at any dosage” view.
Labeling everyday products as carcinogenic would work to muddy the waters after a few damaging papers on industry important products. I remember the ‘red meat is cancer’ craze breaking out suspiciously close to the first studies linking glyphosate to cancer.
My euristic will be to take popular belief into account. I see it as emergent intelligence by trial and error, not merely nonsense.
You do you of course.
In my mind, the main reason to avoid edulcorants (including stevia and acesulfame), is that they taste like shit.
UV rays from the sun cause cancer, but I wonder how many people put sunscreen on every time they go outside.
People in their 50s that have good looking skin did :-)
It was never a conspiracy, just that causation is hard and the the amount you’d have to drink for it to be a real risk is ridiculous. Also, anyone who is consuming 30 cans of soda a day is probably more likely to be over-exposed to other environmental risks.