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Aspartame's long-term health risks revealed in new study (newatlas.com)

submitted 3 days ago by rimu@piefed.social to c/health@lemmy.world

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When the researchers conducted spatial learning and memory tests using the Barnes maze, the aspartame mice at four months consistently moved more slowly and covered less distance during training than animals in the control group. They also took nearly twice as long on average to locate the target escape hole, showing impaired memory recall (however, this was inconsistent and not seen as statistically meaningful). By eight months, performance gaps widened even further, with two out of six aspartame-treated mice failing to complete the task at all.

It makes you dumb, unfit and fat (around the organs).

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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We have an unfortunate monkey paw thing regarding this in the UK now then

We introduced a sugar tax a few years ago to try and reduce the amount of sugar in food, it has been quite successful in that regard. However in many, many places, aspartame is the substitute ingredient.

Most cases you can avoid given it's generally unhealthier food, but I'm not a monk, so I'm going to consume junk on occasion.

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Costco ONLY offers aspartame soda in their fountains, luckily you can buy a bottle of water for 60p more than a large soda!