Could the sweetened drinks we're consuming be making us feel a little more anxious? A 2022 study looking at the effects of the artificial sweetener aspartame on mice suggests that it's a possibility that's worth investigating further.
  • Kbin_space_program@kbin.social
    73·
    1 year ago

    Taurine is an amino acid we generate ourselves

    Its also a blood thinner and critical component of all energy drinks. And is why energy drinks can kill you.

    Just because its an amino acid doesn’t mean its harmless.

    • Silverseren@kbin.social
      73·
      1 year ago

      Of course. But those sorts of impacts have not been shown for these amino acids in their otherwise much higher consumption concentrations. Unless you have phenylketonuria, but you’d know if you did already.