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

submitted 1 week 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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[–] msage@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

For mice?

I thought we've had enough studies on humans?

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Problem with humans is that due to the pesky human rights laws, it becomes exceedingly difficult to fully control their food intake and normalise any other variables that may cause similar effects.

But as long as those laws don't prevent us from normalising the usage of our products in the society, that's all well. Even better, if someone does such a study on humans, we can simply state "other variables" to invalidate those studies and it shouldn't affect our revenue streams too much.