2023-06-29 19:00:52
In the past, the WHO has already warned about the harmful effects of sugar substitutes.
The most recent evidence indicates that they do not fulfill the promise of helping to lose weight and their consumption increases the risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and mortality in adults.
Aspartame is suspected to be carcinogenic from new research.
Aspartame is a fairly popular sweetener around the world, but now it is in the middle of a controversy because it could be carcinogenic. In fact, the World Health Organization (WHO) could change its guidelines to request that it no longer be used due to the dangers involved in its consumption.
All part of an article published by Reuters where it is mentioned that its intake can increase the risk of developing tumors. Although what is still not clear is the amount that should be consumed to put health at risk.
With this in mind, detailed research by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) will be published on July 14. Thereafter, WHO will have a final decision on whether the Aspartame is carcinogenic or not.
What products contain aspartame?
For its part, aspartame is used in a large number of products. The main ones are soft drinks and light drinks, as well as sugar-free dairy, diet bars, chewing gum and low-calorie sweets.
Aspartame, used in thousands of products including Diet Coke, will be declared a possible cancer risk. The International Agency for Research on Cancer has reviewed the issue and will publish a report next month.
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For more than 30 years it has positioned itself as one of the most widely used synthetic elements as a replacement for sugar. While the companies that could be most affected are Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Mars y Snapple.
WHO launches against sugar substitutes
On the other hand, this news reminds us that only in May of this 2023 the WHO spoke out against sugar substitutes. According to the most recent evidence they do not fulfill the promise of helping to lose weight and are even counterproductive. Your consumption increases the risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and mortality in adults.
A very important clarification is that this recommendation applies to everyone except those with diabetes. It also includes all synthetic and natural or modified non-nutritive sweeteners that are not classified as sugars and are found in manufactured foods and beverages or are sold plain for consumers to add to foods and beverages.
Among the most common non-nutritive sweeteners are acesulfame-K, aspartame, advantame, cyclamates, neotame, saccharin, sucralose, stevia and stevia derivatives.
Because the evidence-based link between non-sugar sweeteners and disease outcomes might be confounded by the baseline characteristics of study participants and complicated patterns of use of these sweeteners, the recommendation has been assessed as conditional. following WHO processes for guideline development.
This indicates that policy decisions based on this recommendation may require substantive debate in specific, linked national contexts. For example, within the reach of consumption in different age groups.
The WHO guideline on non-sugar sweeteners is part of a set of existing and future guidelines on healthy diets that aim to establish lifelong healthy eating habits, improve diet quality, and decrease the risk of NCDs throughout the world. world.
For now, it is necessary to wait until July 14 to find out if the aspartame is officially declared as carcinogenic or not.
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