Drinking diet sodas and aspartame-sweetened beverages daily during pregnancy linked to autism in male offspring - UT Health San Antonio
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Contact: Steven Lee, (210) 450-3823, [email protected] SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 20, 2023 – A new published study led by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) has found an association between autism diagnosis in boys and daily consumption of either diet soda or a comparable amount of […]
  • @gibmiserEnglish
    19•1 year ago

    Edit: welp, looks like the study has serious problems. They got me. Thanks poster below for pointing me to the discussion.

    Sample size of 235 mothers of autistic kids and 121 mothers without. Self report from mothers of daily aspertime consumption. Daily consumption was three times more common in the mothers of autistic children than the control group.

    If it can be replicated then this seems like pretty compelling evidence. Get ready for the class action lawsuits…

    • @[email protected]English
      6•1 year ago

      The hacker news discussion and a linked r/science discussion within are ripping this study to bits, apparently it’s full of flaws.

      • @gibmiserEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        Goddammit, thanks for the heads up.