WHO research institutions will announce that the sweetener aspartame may be carcinogenic? Where to go for "sugar free" drinks? Aspartame | sweeteners | institutions
Is aspartame, a sugar substitute used by traditional beverage giants, potentially carcinogenic to the human body?
On June 29th, according to Reuters, two insiders revealed that one of the most common artificial sweeteners, aspartame, will be declared "potentially carcinogenic" by the International Agency for Research on Cancer under the World Health Organization in July.
The IARC reached this conclusion after an external expert meeting earlier this month, which mainly relied on all publicly available research evidence to assess which substances are harmful to the human body.
Many foods and beverages labeled as "sugar free" on the market actually use sweeteners such as aspartame.
It is worth noting that as early as May this year, the World Health Organization released a new guideline on non sugar sweeteners, recommending that most people should avoid consuming non sugar sweeteners such as acesulfame, aspartame, saccharin, sucralose, and steviol.
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Aspartame is the most common artificially synthesized sweetener, found in sugar free cola and Sprite as a substitute for sucrose.
Previously, a 2022 study found that these sweeteners were not conducive to long-term weight control, but could also lead to diabetes, heart attack and death.
The World Health Organization states that most sweeteners are problematic, including artificial sweeteners such as aspartame and saccharin, as well as sweeteners extracted from plants such as stevia. The only exception is sweeteners made from sugar alcohols, namely polyols, which do not fall under the category of "non sugar sweeteners".