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Which Is Better: Artificial Sweeteners Or Real Sugar? We Asked The Experts
They’re significantly lower in calories. Artificial sweeteners, natural sweeteners, and sugar alcohols are significantly lower in calories for the amount of sweetness they provide. So, they ...
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'Healthiest' sugar substitute? What to know after new aspartame, erythritol studies.
The ADI level for aspartame, which is found in brand-name sweeteners like Equal or Nutrosweet, is 75 packets per day. But "safe," does not necessarily mean healthy, and as researchers previously ...
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Aspartame, cancer and other health risks: What you need to know
Sweeteners can be purchased for use in ... Consume no more than 75 packets a day of Equal or NutraSweet (aspartame); 23 packets a day of Splenda (sucralose), Sweet One (acesulfame potassium ...
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Should I drink that Diet Coke? What WHO says about the potential health risks of aspartame
After an extensive review of the data, the World Health Organization has concluded the sweetener ... or about 74 packets of sweeteners with aspartame, such as NutraSweet and Equal.
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Soda sweetener aspartame now listed as possible cancer cause. But it’s still considered safe
It’s in tabletop sweeteners sold as Equal, Sugar Twin and NutraSweet ... would need to consume about 75 aspartame packets to reach that level. U.N. experts evaluated the safety of aspartame ...