A new observational study was published in Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology in which the authors sought to explore potential links between sweetened beverage consumption and risk of atrial fibrillation and other irregular heart rhythms. The authors utilized a UK-based cohort and looked at sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB), artificially sweetened beverage (ASB), and...
Read MoreWASHINGTON, DC (July 13, 2023) - The World Health Organization’s (WHO) finding that aspartame remains safe underscores the extensive body of work that has shown the same. More than 90 credible global scientific and regulatory food agencies have extensively reviewed aspartame and determined it is safe. The Joint FAO/WHO Expert...
Read MoreWHO Joins Global Scientific and Regulatory Agencies in Reaffirming the Safety of Aspartame Aspartame’s Safety Confirmed by More Than 100 Studies, Making it One of the Most Rigorously Researched Ingredients in the Food Supply The World Health Organization’s (WHO) findings that aspartame is safe adds to the extensive body of...
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C. (May 15, 2023) – The Calorie Control Council, an international association representing the low-calorie food and beverage industry, responded to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Final Guideline on the Use of Non-Sugar Sweeteners by reaffirming the health benefits and established safety of low-and-no calorie sweeteners for consumption by...
Read MoreShum B, Georgia S. The Effects of Non-Nutritive Sweetener Consumption in the Pediatric Populations: What We Know, What We Don't, and What We Need to Learn. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2021 Apr 1;12:625415. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2021.625415. This paper purports to assess, in part, the effects of low-and-no-calorie sweeteners (LNCS) on the weight,...
Read MoreKeith Ayoob, EdD, RDN, FAND This study looks at parents’ ability to identify added sugar, low-and no-calorie sweeteners (LNCS), and juice in children’s beverages. Parents were randomly assigned to view one of the following: The front of the package by itself, orThe front and back/side of the package, (whichever included...
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