The WHO is about to declare that aspartame (a sweetener used most famously in diet drinks) is a cancer risk This seems surprising, because aspartame has repeatedly been declared safe by multiple health authorities 🖊️ Analysis StuartJRitchie
And since we only know about the impending aspartame classification from a leaked news report, we don’t know any of the reasoning behind IARC’s decision. We don’t know what research they’ve looked at that’s made them change their mind on aspartame’s effects.
That research would have to be quite impressive if it was to overturn the very solid scientific consensus on aspartame and cancer. One problem is that a lot of the research finding links between aspartame and cancer is. With observational research, it’s hard for scientists to tease apart whether being unhealthy causes you to drink more aspartame , or whether the cause is the other way around.
If the dose makes the poison, what “dose” of aspartame might you need to increase your risk of cancer? How many cans of a particular diet drink? That’s the question a lot of people are interested in, but what does it even mean to “increase your risk”? Compared to what? To even begin to answer that question, you’d need to set an criteria for what counts as a risk . We can only hope that the IARC will do so very clearly, otherwise their list will end up confusing more than it helps.
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