Amounts typically consumed don’t raise major safety concerns, but more research is needed, WHO official says
Aspartame, the non-sugar sweetener widely used in fizzy drinks, chewing gum, vitamins and other products, is possibly carcinogenic, according to a new assessment from a global health body.
More research is needed, WHO officials said, to better understand the sweetener’s risks. While safety is not a “major concern” at the levels people typically consume aspartame, “potential effects have been described that need to be investigated by more and better studies,” Dr. Francesco Branca, director of the WHO’s nutrition and food safety department, said in a statement.
If consumers are trying to decide between drinks containing sugar and those with artificial sweeteners, “I think there should be a third option considered, which is to drink water instead, and to limit the consumption of sweetened products altogether,” Branca said during a press briefing Wednesday. “This is particularly important for young children,” he said, who can adjust their tastes early on.
That adds up to a lot of diet sodas: A person weighing 154 pounds would have to drink more than nine to 14 cans per day to exceed that level, assuming there’s 200 to 300 milligrams of aspartame in each drink, according to the committee. The FDA says the acceptable daily intake of aspartame is even higher, at 50 milligrams per kilogram of body weight.
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