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Medical News Today: Has safety commission misled the public about aspartame?

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Experts call for ban on sweetener used in Coca-Cola over safety fears British experts have cast doubt on the safety of an artificial sweetener used in thousands of products including big brand diet soft drinks from Coca-Cola and ...
Experts call for ban on sweetener used in Coca-Cola over safety fears British experts have cast doubt on the safety of an artificial sweetener used in thousands of products including big brand diet soft drinks from Coca-Cola and ...
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On going coverage reaches new level of medical questioning and increasing evidence

Other researchers, who did not contribute to Prof. Millstone and Dawson's paper, also cast doubts on the widespread assumption that aspartame is a safe alternative to sugar. 

Dr. Tim Lang, from City, University of London, calls the recent paper "both important and timely," noting that "[t]he global health advice is to reduce sugar intake, yet much of the food industry — especially soft drinks — maintains the sweetness by substituting artificial sweeteners. 

"Millstone and Dawson help expose that strategy for what it is, a
continued sweetening of the world's diet," he asserts.


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