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By quantity I meant the number of studies.
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Even with the proliferation of studies everywhere and for everything. I still think that what is important is the quality and the intention of the study or their supporters, not the quantity.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/23/brain-artificial-sweeteners-calories_n_3976115.html There is an study for everything now and the world is full of evidences. It's your perception of the evidence what make the difference!
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Regardless, they are all trying to do the same thing. Tricking your mind into thinking it's getting actual caloric sugars!
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IMO, it's better to have an early adverse reaction to artificial sweeteners than later in your life. In the first case, you quickly take action and stop consuming them, so that any side effects is reversed and there is no consequences. In the second case (my case), when your body tolerate the sweetener, you end up…
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Done!
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Clearly you don't need a source. Otherwise, you would have found it out yourself. "Seek, and ye shall find" I cannot help you with the answers that you need.
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Well, I never heard the FDA or Monsanto talking probabilities with aspartame. They just say that "it is safe for human consumption".
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Don't bother disqualifying these cases. All of them have been quickly and systematically disqualified by the regulators and manufacturers. As per when we would know if science has grown enough to REALLY rule aspartame safety, in your question is the answer. Current science can say that aspartame is safe but the same…
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I'd be glad to include the link back to the thread. That's what I want to, provided that the author agrees. Regarding the article, perhaps I was a little bit hard on the side of science but the intention was definitely not to start pointing fingers. Some highlights: 1. Don’t trust blindly in everything that is said in the…
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Current science already ruled Aspartame safe. So, no need to wait. Whether you ingest aspartame products or not, it's a personal decision. But if you do so, just make sure that is for the right reasons ( you needed it, you like it, you don't like natural alternatives, etc) and not merely because someone is saying it's safe…
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Well, I have my own story with aspartame and cyclamate but I guess is not good enough for you. So, you can google: site:fda.gov aspartame reported cases recovery after stop consuming This is an excerpt of one of many documents reported to the FDA: "A 16-year-old girl (Case III-2) had recurrent seizures that baffled several…
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What Occam's razor would have suggested had I told you that most side effects reversed once they stop consuming aspartame? Clearly, that it was caused by aspartame, the simplest hypotheses!
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Balance. Balance and common sense is the key! Too much science and we end up with Gattaca-like (or perhaps Equilibrium-like) dystopian societies. Too much emotions and instincts and we are back to the dark ages, burning witches at the stake with the Inquisition.
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Besides, I don't see people ingesting elevators and escalators. Big difference!
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There is no "trap" in your noble attempt to give another scientific explanation of the safety of aspartame in your post. But there is a flaw in it! I explained in my first reply. Also, I wrote an article about it with further details: http://www.thingest.org/can-current-science-assess-the-safety-of-artificial-sweeteners/…
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Of course not! I love my computer, a pretty advanced piece of technology, and love science which helps me understand the world and the universe. I just don't fall (or rather, try not to) in these traps sustained in the name of science. In the particular case of artificial sweeteners and aspartame, I am wary of names such…
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@richardheath That's exactly my point. We never have waited for science before! The moment we observed stones falling we didn’t wait for science to explain the phenomenon. We simply sought more efficient ways to throw them farther away so we built catapults instead! And that more than two thousand years before the famous…
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This post is the perfect case of how the history of mankind repeats itself. Indeed, throughout the history of mankind we have seen two things over and over: trying to explain the world with science of the time and improving the technology so that science falls behind. Unfortunately, this case looks the same with the same…
