Does Aspartame Give You Cancer?

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Have you seen the headlines? Social media and the internet at large are abuzz with the controversy surrounding the well-known artificial sweetener aspartame. 

The recent classification of aspartame as a possible human carcinogen (category 2B) by the International Agency ...

Sorting out the safety and efficacy of aspartame, stevia, Splenda, erythritol, and monk fruit 

In a new report, the WHO has categorised the artificial sweetener aspartame as “possibly cancerous” to humans. But the groupings used by the IARC, which decides these categories, don’t mean the same things we think they do. ThePrint #PureScience, Sandhya Ramesh explains.  

Greg and Lyndsey dive into the history, conspiracies, science, and media coverage of aspartame to present a thorough overview of the recent WHO reports linking aspartame and cancer risk. Is this one of the longest "podcast episodes" ever? Probably. But it's packed with fascinatin ...  Show more