• BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca
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    11 months ago

    When a sample of mice were given free access to water dosed with aspartame equivalent to 15 percent of the FDA’s recommended maximum daily amount for humans, they generally displayed more anxious behavior in specially designed mood tests.

    What’s truly surprising is the effects could be seen in the animals’ offspring, for up to two generations.

    We know that when it’s consumed, aspartame splits into aspartic acid, phenylalanine, and methanol, which can all affect the central nervous system. There have already been question marks over potentially adverse reactions to the sweetener in some people.

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      11 months ago

      People need to get in touch with their groceries. I’m lucky that I have really strong reactions to food because it’s obvious what affects me or not. I become a full on grouchy interrogator when I have aspertame, same with MSG but that’s more of an accumulation thing.

      • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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        11 months ago

        MSG is more of a racism thing. It was just a trick crackers came up with to keep their business from going to Asian restaurants.