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Trump believes diet soda kills cancer cells, Dr Oz reveals (www.theguardian.com)

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Physicians issue reminder to public after TV doctor and CMS chief relays president’s claim on Don Jr podcast

Donald Trump defended his consumption of diet soda by suggesting it might help prevent cancer, according to recent comments shared by Mehmet Oz in an interview with Donald Trump Jr.

The remarks have even prompted some doctors to remind the public that, no, diet soda will not do anything to prevent cancer.

“Your dad argues that diet soda is good for him because it kills grass – if poured on grass – so, therefore, it must kill cancer cells inside the body,” Oz said on Triggered with Don Jr, the president’s eldest son’s podcast.

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[–] ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

In actuality, it ~~causes~~ has been linked to alzheimers... curious...

Edit: okay, I should've sourced it, and no it isn't proven causative. But don't act like it's settled. I have been following the literature on this for quite some time as I have increased genetic risk of alzheimers. There have been links found to cognitive decline and alzheimers specifically.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5405737/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12828987/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1567576924008154

https://www.aan.com/PressRoom/Home/PressRelease/5281

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Edit:

But don't act like it's settled.

I appreciate you linking to sources, but literally nobody but you was "acting like it's settled".

Here's a 2026 study stating that we don't yet know if or how aspartame (which you only mention implicitly) is related to Alzheimer's. The authors speculate on a mechanism. We're still trying to figure this out.

On a health community, you should be expected to cite medical literature when you're making definitive statements about the frontiers of human understanding.

And yeah, I know what article we're discussing. That doesn't change anything unless whataboutism cures cancer now too.

[–] ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Eh. You posted one study that was inconclusive that is not representative of the state of the literature as a whole.

Note: I was obviously incorrect and irresponsible. The thing I said, as written, was misinfo and so I corrected it (you are correct to have called that out and I will be more careful in the future). Tbh I didn't initially realize this was the Health comm, due to the post topic. But yes - you are correct that I should be careful about phrasing health related things - like not claiming the link is causative. There has been a link demonstrated, though - that part was not misinfo.