Professor Tim Spector, well known for his appearances on ITV's This Morning, has said he would rather put sugar in his tea than any low or non calorie artificial sweeteners. It comes after aspartame will be listed as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" based on findings from the World Health Organisation's (WHO) International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).
The sweetener is regularly used in thousands of products, such as fizzy drinks and chewing gum. The artificially made product is virtually calorie-free and has been a popular sugar substitute since the 1980s.
Writing in the Daily Mail, Professor Spector explained: "If you have recently enjoyed a low-fat yoghurt, a diet drink, a biscuit or even a dollop of reduced sugar ketchup on your chips, there's every chance you have consumed aspartame. So ubiquitous is this man-made chemical foodstuff that it's now a staple ingredient in thousands of products found on Britain's supermarket shelves."
