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

submitted 4 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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[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Dosage matters so I crunched the numbers to get the Coke Zero equivalent.

Coke Zero has 85mg/355ml
Mice were dosed with 7mg/kg, 3 times per week
We assume humans are 75kg.

Calculation

Human dose is 7mg/kg * 75kg = 525mg
525mg / (85mg / 355ml) = 2193ml

So it's roughly same as drinking a 2L (half gallon) bottle. I expected it to be a lot bigger, not just something a regular soda lover would reach in 2 days.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world -1 points 2 days ago

Wow that is just shockingly low.