New Cancer Worries For Diet Soda Drinkers

consumerist.com — A new study on the effects of low daily doses of the artificial sweetener aspartame shows a statistically significant increase in leukemia, lymphoma and breast cancer in rats. Consumer advocates are calling for the FDA to take another look at the safety of aspartame in light of the study, but the FDA seems uninterested. Jun 27, 2007 View in Crawl 4

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opticrime Jun 27, 2007

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'exceedingly weak' is an understatement to describe an effect that gets lost in statistical noise when you have a sample of over half a million :)

goyanks193 Jun 27, 2007

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Wait, you mean correlation is not the same as causation?I would like to think that all these studies that are done are done well enough to block these kinds of obvious lurking variables

sigginike90 Jun 28, 2007

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I also get headaches when i talk on cellphones... this doesn't bode well.

teh_techie Jun 28, 2007

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I also have no problem with diet soda's. I can drink quite a number and feel no effects

meeroom Jun 28, 2007

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I'd love to see them put Coke without corn syrup back on the market. I bet it is delicious. Regular coke is awesome as a tasty once in a while treat. Drinking soda as a beverage with every meal or all day is a terrible idea. Americans can't do diddly in moderation.

celerityfm Jun 28, 2007

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It's about the calories sir. Same caffeine, less calories. I love the stuff myself, that and Vault Zero.Bring on the splenda powered drinks please, aspartame scares me but I still drink it anyway :(

celerityfm Jun 28, 2007

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Can you explain the Cheney connection and why the FDA hadn't previously approved it up till then?

foodessentials Mar 23, 2009

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Actually, have also found Aspartame in Cherry Yogurt. <a class="user" href="http://www.foodessentials.com/compare/Yogurt_-_Peach_Flavor_containing_Aspartame/149645/0" rel="nofollow">http://www.foodessentials.com/compare/Yogurt_-_Pea ...</a> - actually there is usually at least 1 product with aspartame in each type of yogurt

imzesuit Apr 2, 2009

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It would be nice, but economically unsound, seeing that:1) High fructose corn syrup is much cheaper than sucrose in the United States.2) Most people are just fine with high fructose corn syrup in their drink, since it's all they know.3) Because of fact #1, sucrose-based drinks would be significantly more expensive than their corn syrup-based counterparts, an expense that would undoubtedly be passed on to consumers in the middle of one of the worst economic situations in modern history.Case and point: No massive soft drink manufacturer in their right mind would switch to sucrose because of the financial ramifications.

imzesuit Apr 2, 2009