• YellowtoOrange@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Aspartame has been linked to weight gain, gastrointestinal conditions, anxiety and more. So if you don’t get cancer…

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      Correlation is not causation. The people who pound diet sodas are more likely to live an unhealthy lifestyle compared to those who don’t.

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        Obviously they took that into account and tried to account for confounding variables.They are not novices or high school kids :/