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[–] spacedancer 46 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Sugar, especially in the US where it's literally added into everything. What's worse is the alternative (substitutes like aspartame) might also be a candidate and we just don't know it yet because enough time hasn't passed to study the long term effects. I try to take stevia as much as possible because it's more "natural", but only a few sugar-free products use it over aspartame. I read recently the WHO still considers aspartame as a carcinogen, but only in excessive amounts, like several glasses of soda a day.

[–] shanjezi 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 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] 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

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