Tag: sweetener
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What to know about the sweetener aspartame and cancer : NPR
[ad_1] Food products containing the artificial sweetener aspartame are displayed on Friday in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images Food products containing the artificial sweetener aspartame are displayed on Friday in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images The announcement this week by a World Health Organization agency that…
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WHO confirms sweetener used in these popular food items could cause cancer
[ad_1] Key PointsAspartame is used in products from Coca-Cola diet sodas to Mars’ Extra chewing gum.It remains safe to consume at already agreed levels.The rulings are the outcome of two separate WHO expert panels. The sweetener aspartame is a “possible carcinogen” but it remains safe to consume at already agreed levels, two groups linked to…
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Top Sweetener Officially Declared a Carcinogen
[ad_1] The World Health Organization has finally gotten around to declaring the popular artificial sweetener aspartame a potential carcinogen.1 I warned about aspartame’s cancer-causing potential on my site over 25 years ago, in my best-selling book, “Sweet Deception: Why Splenda, NutraSweet, and the FDA May Be Hazardous to Your Health,” in 2006, and in an…
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Sweetener aspartame is ‘possibly’ carcinogenic, WHO report says. FDA disagrees : Shots
[ad_1] Coca-Cola began blending aspartame into Diet Coke in the 1980s. The artificial sweetener is used in lots of products from diet sodas, to low-sugar jams, yogurts, cereals and chewing gum. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Coca-Cola began blending aspartame into Diet Coke in the 1980s. The artificial sweetener is…
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Consuming Aspartame is safe but sweetener added to WHO ‘possible carcinogen’ list
[ad_1] Diet Coke drinkers have been reassured by the World Health Organisation (WHO) that the beverage is safe to consume despite the sweetener used in it being labelled a “possible carcinogen.” The WHO has added Aspartame, which is found in thousands of everyday products, to its list of substances that may cause cancer. However, WHO…