It’s National Nutrition Month (NNM) and while it may not be everybody’s favorite thing to celebrate, the Calorie Control Council is excited because this year’s theme is “Eat Right, Your Way, Every Day.” This year's theme emphasizes the advantages of developing a healthful eating plan that incorporates individual food choices...
Read MoreATLANTA (March 4) -- March is National Nutrition Month (NNM) and for 2013, the theme is “Eat Right, Your Way, Every Day.” This year’s theme emphasizes the advantages of developing a healthful eating plan that incorporates individual food choices and preferences. This year marks the 40th anniversary of NNM, a nutrition education and...
Read MoreATLANTA (January 8, 2013) — The Calorie Control Council is pleased that the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) today released a draft opinion report that reaffirms what scientists and healthcare professionals have known for years: aspartame is safe. In January 2013, following a comprehensive review of studies on aspartame and its metabolites, EFSA...
Read MoreOver 200 Studies Demonstrate the Safety of Aspartame ATLANTA (Oct. 24, 2012) Findings presented in “Consumption of Artificial Sweetener and Sugar Containing Soda and the Risk of Lymphoma and Leukemia in Men and Women” are weak, misleading, and critically flawed. The study has numerous limitations, as noted by the authors themselves. ...
Read MoreThe Calorie Control Council welcomes this week’s decision by the European Commission to authorize the use of steviol glycosides, more commonly known as stevia, as a sweetener in foods and beverages. After months of examining the safety of natural sweeteners derived from the stevia plant, approval was publicly announced by...
Read MoreATLANTA (Oct. 27, 2011) – The Calorie Control Council has announced the publication of “Alternative Sweeteners, Fourth Edition,” the updated textbook edited by well-known sweetener authority Lyn O’Brien Nabors. The book has just been released by CRC Press in hardback. The fourth edition of “Alternative Sweeteners” follows the same successful...
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