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Topic: aspartame

Cans of Diet Coke in a supermarket, as an artificial sweetener commonly used in thousands of products including diet fizzy drinks, ice cream and chewing gum is to be listed as posing a possible cancer risk to humans, according to reports. (Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty Images)

Aspartame's cancer risks explained

Matthew Rozsa
Soda Fountain Machine (Getty Images/Jackyenjoyphotography)

Is aspartame actually that harmful?

Gunter Kuhnle - The Conversation
Woman's hands pouring sugar into black coffee. (Getty Images)

Why fake sugars may be bad for you

Troy Farah
In this March 16, 2017 photo, sugar tax stickers are posted by sweetened beverages at the IGA supermarket in the Port Richmond neighborhood of Philadelphia. Less than three months into Philadelphia's new tax on sweetened drinks, the stakes have escalated: Beverage makers say the measure is hurting sales so much they need to cut jobs, while city officials say the moves are a ploy to get the tax struck down. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Diet soda may be hurting your diet

Eunice Zhang - The Conversation
(Seth Perlman)

Ronnie Cummins, Katherine Paul - Alternet