[Roadrunner383]

So, I guess artificial sweetners are brand new and have just been introduced? Who knew?

[xp38]

I don’t think its that. The sweeteners of today are much stronger than those we grew up with. :)

[shadowlands1960]

Yes... it’s a delayed result no doubt...

[packagingguy]

Acesulfame potassium...1967
Aspartame...1981
Sucralose...1976

But starting in 2020 they began to cause heart attacks. It’s science!

[iamgalt]

Splenda, which is one of the “recent” products was released 24 years ago.

[Navy Patriot]

So, I guess artificial sweetners are brand new and have just been introduced?

No, they just have a 48 year incubation period.

That poor young fella was zapped by a cup of coffee with artificial sweetener that his grandmother drank in 1982.