Artificial Sweeteners: A Modifiable Cancer Risk?
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People with higher (above the median) consumption of artificial sweeteners — especially aspartame and acesulfame-potassium (acesulfame-K) — had a 13% higher risk of overall cancer over 8 years than those who did not consume these sweeteners. Higher consumption of aspartame was associated with a 22% increased risk of overall cancer and a 15% increased risk of obesity-related cancer compared with not consuming any of these sweeteners.
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@shutanu Results from the NutriNet-Santé cohort (n = 102,865) suggest that artificial sweeteners found in many food and beverage brands worldwide may be associated with increased cancer risk, in line with several experimental in vivo/in vitro studies. These findings provide novel information for the re-evaluation of these food additives by health agencies