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17: Is Your Diet Coke Killing You?

17: Is Your Diet Coke Killing You?

Longevity Roadmap

July 19, 20235m 13s

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Show Notes

In this Sapio Short Buck discusses the news last week that the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the artificial sweetener Aspartame a "a possible carcinogen". So what does this classification mean for you and how worried should you be?

  • 0:00:13 - World Health Organization classified aspartame as a possible carcinogenic substance
  • 0:02:03 - Group 2B - the possibly carcinogenic to humans category
  • 0:03:18 - WHO concedes that the upper limit for safe daily consumption of aspartame is equivalent to drinking 9 to 14 cans of Diet Coke per day for the average 150 lb. person.
  • 0:04:10 - Consider another sweetener like Splenda or Stevia