Flashback Friday: Does Aspartame Cause Cancer?
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2021-08-13

How should we parse the conflicting human data on intake of aspartame (Nutrasweet) and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, multiple myeloma, leukemia, and pancreatic cancer?

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For more information on the effects of aspartame, watch my videos Aspartame and the Brain (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/Aspartame-and-the-Brain) and Aspartame-Induced Fibromyalgia (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/aspartame-induced-fibromyalgia/). Interested in learning more about the effects of consuming diet soda? See, for example:
• Diet Soda and Preterm Birth (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/diet-soda-and-preterm-birth/)
• Does Diet Soda Increase Stroke Risk as Much as Regular Soda? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/does-diet-soda-increase-stroke-risk-as-much-as-regular-soda/)
• How Diet Soda Could Make Us Gain Weight (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-diet-soda-could-make-us-gain-weight/)

What about Splenda? Or monk fruit sweetener? I’ve covered those, too: Effect of Sucralose (Splenda) on the Microbiome (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/effect-of-sucralose-splenda-on-the-microbiome/) and Is Monk Fruit Sweetener Safe? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-monk-fruit-sweetener-safe/).

I also do a comparison of the most popular sweeteners on the market, including stevia and xylitol, in my video A Harmless Artificial Sweetener (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/a-harmless-artificial-sweetener/).

It’s probably better if we get away from intense sweeteners—artificial or not. See Unsweetening the Diet (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/unsweetening-the-diet/) for more on this.

See Eating More to Weigh Less (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/eating-more-to-weigh-less/) for a different calorie-reduction strategy.

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