While diet soda might seem like a smart choice to cut calories, its side effects are worth considering. From impacting your ...

Diet soda is often thought of as a healthier alternative to regular soda because it's sugar-free. It uses sugar substitutes like aspartame, making the beverage free from calories and added sugars.

'Sugar-free' drinks might lure people eager to lose weight and live healthier but it can actually increase your chance of ...

A second W.H.O. agency has said that it is safe to consume up to 40 milligrams of aspartame per kilogram of body weight per day, which is equivalent to more than a dozen cans of diet soda for a ...

THERE’S nothing quite like the snap-crackle-pop sound of opening a can of soda and taking your first sip of the cool, fizzy ...

A staple in many homes across the UK could be the reason for your health issues, from weight struggles to memory problems ...

Aspartame is the artificial sweetener that people love to hate. It's also one of the most common alternatives to sugar, found in over 6,000 products and sold as NutraSweet® and Equal®.

The World Health Organization’s cancer agency has deemed the sweetener aspartame — found in diet soda and countless other foods — as a “possible” cause of cancer, while a separate expert ...

Aspartame, a popular artificial sweetener found in diet sodas, chewing gum ... desserts, and sugar-free cough drops. It is also used to enhance flavouring of baked and canned foods, powdered ...

In a 1981 report, JECFA said that an adult weighing 60kg (132 pounds) would have to drink between 12 and 36 cans of diet soda – depending on the amount of aspartame in the beverage – every day ...