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Revealed: WHO aspartame safety panel linked to alleged Coca-Cola front group (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 2 years ago by NightOwl@lemm.ee to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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It uncovered eight WHO panelists involved with assessing safe levels of aspartame consumption who are beverage industry consultants who currently or previously worked with the alleged Coke front group, International Life Sciences Institute (Ilsi).

Their involvement in developing intake guidelines represents “an obvious conflict of interest”, said Gary Ruskin, US Right-To-Know’s executive director. “Because of this conflict of interest, [the daily intake] conclusions about aspartame are not credible, and the public should not rely on them,” he added.

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[-] Mawks@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago

I honestly have no clue on the studies but I can't drink anything with aspartame in it at all, even a single sip bloats me and screws up my bowel movements hard. It might just be an allergy but it took me 3 years to find the cause and I'm happy to avoid it that's for sure.

[-] ShakeThatYam@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago

I believe there are studies showing it messes with gut bacteria. Seems consistent with what you describe.

[-] neshura@bookwormstory.social 9 points 2 years ago

yeah the occasional non-cancer side effects are well known by now but weirdly enough they just can't seem to find anything conclusive on whether it causes cancer or not...

At this point I'm willing to accuse the sugar lobby for trying to sabotage this chemical out of the market

[-] ribboo@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Not aspartame. The study, it’s mainly one, showed that sucralose and saccharin did just that. But aspartame had no effect.

[-] Voli@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago

I get the worst migraines from the heavy concentrated juices that use aspartame instead of sugar. And I mean two to three days of constant head pounding, I stopped drinking the “sugar free” ones and I have not had a migraine ever since.