Children, pregnant women, the elderly can continue to drink light sodas, eat low-fat foods and use sweets made fromaspartame.
“For the general population, the current acceptable daily intake (ADI) of 40 mg per kg of body weight per day provides adequate protection,” the agency said. But in your opinion, what does this acceptable daily intake (ADI) correspond to?
How many cans of diet sodas am I allowed?
Knowing that the ADI (authorized daily dose of aspartame) is 40 mg per kilo, that a can of diet soda contains between 240 mg and 600 mg/litre of aspartame, how many cans can you drink per day if do you weigh 60 pounds?
Answer :
Between 12 and 20 cans depending on the dosage of your cans, difficult to estimate because this rate does not appear in the composition of light sodas! That is between 4 and 6.6 liters per day.
How many sweets am I allowed?
Knowing that the ADI (authorized daily dose of aspartame) is 40 mg per kilogram, that a candy contains between 8 mg of aspartame, how many candies can you eat per day without danger if you weigh 60 kilos?
Answer : 300 sweets!
