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Episode 3: Aspartame and the stupid list of things that cause cancer

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How to Get the Most Out of Your Diet Coke

Phenylalanine, aspartic acid and methanol are all things that your body breaks down into. Phenylalanine is an amino acid you get from almost any meat. Your body can't produce it, so you need some of it. The average UK man gets about 6,600 milligrams a day according to the UK government. But getting four grams a day would require me to drink someone who's about 80 kilos. I'd need to drink about 3,500 cans of dark cocoa day. Even I don't manage that number.

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