With the flack that aspartame gets is it actually dangerous? Does its metabolytes actually interact with anything like the nervous system or endocrine systems? Or is the fearmongering just that? Trying to research on it just prompts a ton of biased articles.
t. sucks at chemistry
>>8716051
The effective doses for consumption have repeatedly been deemed safe by scientific study. It's always good to exercise caution and moderation, but people avoid this stuff like the plague. Like it would be better to drink bubbly liquid candy? Complete baseless fear mongering.
>>8716051
It's safe to consume in moderation.
>>8716082
What is moderate? Would the EFSA's limit per day be moderate enough?
>>8716085
Yes.
>>8716085
You won't go anywere near that threshold if you're not gorging on huge amounts of soft drinks and sweets.
I honestly don't understand the reasoning behind it being dangerous.
> 2 amino acids that when combined are 200x sweeter than sugar, metabolised with no issue (exception of PKU)
> Omg cancer !!!11!!!
Blows my mind desu