Soda sweetener aspartame listed as possible cancer cause, but still considered safe

Good and informative article that fortunately is not riding the wave of hype that other sources are, it explains properly what is the evidence collected by the WHO that makes it worth warn people to be moderate in the use of aspartame to be on the safe side.

This is also related to the previous determination also by the WHO that using artificial sweeteners do not reduce the risks from obesity as previously thought they could, which means people should be focusing more in reducing their need for sweet food and not in replacing carbohydrates with less caloric options, after all this do not help that much and it could be risky if done excessively.

Let's just avoid fake sugar full stop.

Reduce all additional sweeteners and sugars. Buy less processed foods.

pepsi max,coke light etc all same...stuff

The regular Pepsi at Costco uses some kind of fake sweetener. I bought it once and could taste the fakness. Contacted Costco Japan and they said that there’s an ingredient in the syrup that stops them from using it. Maybe it was a Coke brown bag payoff.

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Never used the stuff and never, ever will. I figured out the risks of that junk years ago.

This is decades old news, but good to see the WHO finally catching up with this information.

Of course there’s peer reviewed studies concerning the link between aspartame and cancer, there’s plenty.

Here’s one

https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1003950

Of course there’s peer reviewed studies concerning the link between aspartame and cancer, there’s plenty.

That is not "decades old" as claimed, your source would clearly disprove the claim.

This is precisely the evidence being used for the recommendation of the article, and why it does constitute news. Definetely is not something known from decades ago.

Definetely is not something known from decades ago.

Well I knew of it decades ago. Around 1996. I also know that FOX corporate news had killed the story talking about it. So if the corp news hides the evidence, keeps it out of the mainstream, it's no wonder it's taken the WHO so long to catch up. Gee, I wonder what else the corp news is hiding?

Well I knew of it decades ago. Around 1996

You could then present the epidemiological study with clinical data that allow people to know about it.

People "know" a lot of things without actual scientific evidence, and frequently these are wrong things. That is why it becomes news when they are investigated and the best possible evidence is produced so this risk is avoided and an objective conclusion can be made.