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F.D. Flam: Cancer risk or no, diet soda is bad for you

There were good reasons to avoid products with the artificial sweetener aspartame even before the World Health Organization classified it as a “possible carcinogen” last month. But now diet soda drinkers might really want to put down the can.

Tribune News Service · Jul 8, 2023

Are sugar substitutes healthy? Research doesn’t offer comforting answers

All sweeteners that you can buy have met the government’s standard of “generally recognized as safe.” But just because something isn’t toxic doesn’t mean it’s healthy.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 6, 2023

The price of ‘sugar free’: are sweeteners as harmless as we thought?

The long read: We know we need to cut down on sugar. But replacing it with artificial compounds isn’t necessarily the answer

The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2022

Scientists find artificial sweeteners could cause diabetes

Sugar substitutes are in thousands of diet products such as fizzzy drinks, desserts, ready meals and cakes

Wales Online · Aug 19, 2022

Bacteria-eating virus cocktails may effectively treat gut inflammation — study

Two huge breakthroughs could change the game for people with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Inverse · Aug 4, 2022