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The FDA should re-evaluate their opinion on sodium cyclamate. The ban is highly dubious as the study that lead to its ban was funded by the sugar lobby and 130 other countries have deemed it safe for human consumption.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_cyclamate




I tried cyclamate in Europe, and I thought it was disgusting.

I don't do diet sodas, but my mother remembered cyclamate very fondly from before the US ban. So when offered, I tried it, and had to put it in the context that the alternative my mother had was saccharin, which is even worse. I don't doubt that cyclamate got railroaded by the sugar lobby and is probably perfectly safe, but from my very limited experience I think the newer alternatives are probably better. (I've tried Diet Coke recently, and if I weren't paying attention I might not notice the difference.)




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