• @blackberries33
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    -310 months ago

    Well, aspartame is a sure fire way to give me a migraine, so I don’t believe your explanation.

    • @[email protected]
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      210 months ago

      Aspartame isn’t what is giving you the migraine. It’s either psychosomatic or something else in the beverage you drank. Unless you receive a migraine when you drink fruit juice.

      As to whether you believe me or not, uhh, I don’t know how to nicely put this. Factual reality doesn’t change just because you feel it should be different. The metabolic products of aspartame and its digestion are well understood. It never reaches your bloodstream intact.

      • @blackberries33
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        010 months ago

        There is no way for me to know if you are an expert or an otherwise trustworthy source of information on this topic. You are a random person on the internet, who did not cite any sources. I should not automatically believe any explanation you offer.

        There is no need to be condescending.

        • @[email protected]
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          110 months ago

          I don’t think you should, but I do think that Googling the metabolism of aspartame would be warranted if you want to be educated on the subject, rather than discarding it.

          https://www.greenfacts.org/en/aspartame/l-3/aspartame-3.htm

          That’s your information on the metabolism.

          As to amount you’ll intake, the average can of diet soda contains 0.18g of aspartame according to Wikipedia.

          According to the UK, fruit juice contains an average of 140mg/L of methanol naturally, due to fermentation of sugars in fruits. That means that 12 oz of fruit juice will contain an average of .05g of methanol, while an average soda would contain .036g of methanol.

          Here are the other metabolites of aspartame:

          Phenylalanine (essential amino acid) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenylalanine

          Aspartic acid (non-essential amino acid) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspartic_acid

          Amino acids are proteins. The difference between an essential and a non-essential amino acid is that while our bodies require both to live, we produce non-essential amino acids but must intake essential amino acids through our food.

    • @[email protected]
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      010 months ago

      You know what, I get a migraine when I spend more than 10 minutes with my mother-in-law. Just because you don’t, doesn’t mean she can’t give you cancer.

      • @blackberries33
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        010 months ago

        I did not say anything about cancer. I said migraine.