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Every generation has some product/ingredient that they didn’t know was dangerous at the time: tobacco, lead, asbestos, etc. What is that item for this generation? (self.asklemmy)

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[–] shanjezi 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I don't understand why everything has to be so sickly sweet. Give me a soda with real sugar, but like 1/16 the amount

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I like excessive sweetness in all of my beverages since I've been drinking excessively sweet beverages all my life. I got the taste buds of a toddler. Still, give me aspartame over sugar, even on the off chance that the meager amount I consume gives me cancer some day that's probably better than what too much sugar would do to me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love spicier ginger beers and sarsaparilla, they're so much less sweet and have a lot more flavor

[–] shanjezi 3 points 1 year ago

Totally. I actually make my own ginger beer and root beer. I make the ginger beer super spicy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ive been buying no added sugar cranberry juice (5 cal/serving so low sugar even including the natural sugars) I pour it into a massive dispenser and water it down, basically 6 parts water to 1 part juice with the intent being it make slightly fruit flavored water - it still taste like juice! I can't imagine drinking it straight, we as a society are addicted to sweetness.