This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The World Health Organization’s cancer ...

The IARC will reportedly classify aspartame as a possible carcinogen. But this isn’t a food safety agency, and the context matters. The IARC will reportedly classify aspartame as a possible carcinogen ...

Effects on body weight Aspartame contains 4 calories per gram (g), which is a similar amount to sugar, but aspartame is around 200 times sweeter than sugar. This means that only a tiny amount of ...

FARGO - Little pink, blue and yellow packets have become staples of coffee shops, diners and kitchen tables across America. Every day in the U.S., artificial sweeteners and other sugar alternatives ...

(AP) - 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 group ...

It is not clear if aspartame helps people lose weight, as it may also increase appetite and affect a person’s metabolism. Aspartame may also have other negative health effects and be unsafe for some ...