DECRYPTION – A large French study observes a slight excess risk among regular consumers of “false sugar”, such as aspartame.
Weight gain, diabetes, fatty liver disease (NASH), dental caries: the deleterious effects of sugar on health have encouraged the use of sweeteners in a large number of food products (sodas, yogurts, coffee sweets, etc.) But these very low-calorie substances with a sweet taste, of which aspartame is the best known, are also having their impact on health investigated.
A French study conducted on more than 100,000 people thus highlights a higher than normal cardiovascular risk among those who consume these “false sugars”. Information that will have to be taken into consideration by the health agencies, on which the official consumption recommendations depend, say the experts.
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The study, published Thursday, September 8 in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), is based on the NutriNet cohort, which has been monitoring the diet of a large number of French people since 2009, thanks to detailed declarations indicating what people eat (quantities…
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