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Posted on Sep 30th 2007 7:00AM by Jacki DonaldsonFiled Under: Diet & Weight Loss, Nutrition & Supplements
I'm a fan of foods without sugar. But sometimes I worry about items labeled sugar-free that still retain a semi-sweet taste. How can this be? How can something sugar-free taste so, well, sugary?
It all comes down to two words: Artificial and sweeteners. Like aspartame, the sweetener no one is really too sure about.
According to an article in the Fall/Winter 2007 issue of Beyond, a magazine all about breast cancer, long-term studies of low doses of aspartame given to rats beginning in the womb indicated a cancer connection. A different study of humans, published in the January 2007 Annals of Oncology, contradicts this conclusion, though, revealing there is no link between the use of artificial sweeteners and cancer. Data is just not strong enough to say anything about human risk.
It all comes down to two words: Artificial and sweeteners. Like aspartame, the sweetener no one is really too sure about.
According to an article in the Fall/Winter 2007 issue of Beyond, a magazine all about breast cancer, long-term studies of low doses of aspartame given to rats beginning in the womb indicated a cancer connection. A different study of humans, published in the January 2007 Annals of Oncology, contradicts this conclusion, though, revealing there is no link between the use of artificial sweeteners and cancer. Data is just not strong enough to say anything about human risk.
For now, I don't plan on dismissing the possibility that something artificial like aspartame might contribute to compromised health. But that's just me. How about you?
