The World Health Organization's cancer agency has deemed the sweetener aspartame - found in diet soda and countless other foods - as a 'possible' cause of cancer.
The World Health Organization's cancer agency has deemed the sweetener aspartame - found in diet soda and countless other foods - as a "possible" cause of cancer, while a separate expert group looking at the same evidence said it still considers the sugar substitute safe in limited quantities.
Aspartame joins a category with more than 300 other possible cancer-causing agents, including things like aloe vera extract, Asian-style pickled vegetables and carpentry work."We're not advising consumers to stop consuming altogether," said WHO's nutrition director Dr. Francesco Branca. "We're just advising a bit of moderation."Aspartame is a low-calorie artificial sweetener that is about 200 times sweeter than sugar.
U.N. experts evaluated the safety of aspartame in 1981 and set the safe daily limit slightly lower, at 40 milligrams of aspartame per kilogram. The move comes weeks after the WHO said that non-sugar sweeteners don't help with weight loss and could lead to increased risk of diabetes, heart disease and early death in adults.Not as long as you don't exceed the guidelines. The FDA said scientific evidence continues to support the agency's conclusion that aspartame is "safe for the general population," when used within limits.
Dr. Peter Lurie, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, which previously nominated aspartame for IARC review, said there's an easy choice for consumers.
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