You'll likely have read a lot about Diet Coke and aspartame in the past few days. That's because Reuter's leaked a report suggesting that the World Health Organisation (WHO) is changing the way aspartame - the sweetener used in soft drinks - is classified. In short, the report suggests aspartame is moving up a level in how carcinogenic - or cancer-causing - it is.
The news launched a thousand think pieces about whether or not your favourite sweetened beverage should be banned, whether the advice should be ignored and what this all means for our health.
