The sweetener aspartame, which is found in a variety of foods and fizzy drinks, is set to be officially classified as "possibly carcinogenic" to humans, reports claim. The label frequently causes ...

Aspartame is a widely used artificial sweetener that has been linked to pediatric and adolescent migraines. Upon ingestion, aspartame is broken, converted, and oxidized into formaldehyde in ...

It can be about 300 to 500 times sweeter than table sugar. Sugar substitutes like erythritol and aspartame are used in many everyday household goods – chewing gum, canned food, diet sodas ...

Children are at most risk of exceeding the safe limits on aspartame, found in diet drinks Advice on how much aspartame we can eat or drink is unchanged, despite the sweetener being classified as ...

Aspartame doesn’t have a strong aftertaste. However, it is broken down at very high temperatures and starts to lose its sweetness, so it is not ideal in dishes that require high-temperature cooking.

One UAB expert dives into the difference between traditional sugar and nonnutritive sugars. Classified as a nonnutritive sweetener, aspartame does not provide significant carbohydrates or calories.

The product also contains the sweetener aspartame. The FDA says it could be harmful too to those who have a difficulty metabolizing an amino acid it contains because of a rare genetic disorder ...

Several smartwatch wristbands have been found to contain ‘forever chemicals’ which could potentially harm your health. A new ...

Eating food and drink with artificial sweeteners in is unlikely to cause cancer. Sugar doesn’t directly cause cancer. But eating too much sugar can make it harder to keep a healthy weight, and being ...

Some products may contain sugar and/or aspartame. Caution is advised if you have diabetes, phenylketonuria (PKU), or any other condition that requires you to limit/avoid these substances in your diet.

To our knowledge, aspartame-associated migraines related to clinically relevant positive reactions to formaldehyde on patch testing have not previously been reported. In 2003, Hill and Belsito ...

Only people who are diagnosed at birth with phenylketonuria need to avoid foods containing certain sweeteners, i.e. aspartame and aspartame-acesulfame salt. This is because they cannot consume foods ...