It's a question nutritionists and oncologists here at the Smilow Cancer Hospital get asked often, and the answer is not as clear as you might hope. What is aspartame? Aspartame is one of several ...

amid popular concern that aspartame causes cancer and other health problems. Do these claims actually hold water? In its Reactions video series, the American Chemical Society put the rumors to ...

However, excessive chewing can lead to jaw strain or TMJ disorders, and gums with sugar alcohols may cause bloating or gas.

Aspartame already is on the hot seat in Europe; sucralose, saccharin, ace-K and sugar alcohols also have skeletons in their ...

Pigi Cipelli for The New York Times How much evidence is there of the link between aspartame and cancer? The new classification is based on limited evidence from three observational studies of ...

The FDA categorizes aspartame as "generally recognized as safe" (GRAS) and has approved its use as a food additive. Despite ...

However, there have long been concerns about the health dangers of aspartame. In 2023, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) concluded that aspartame is "possibly carcinogenic to ...

To our knowledge, aspartame-associated migraines related to clinically relevant positive reactions to formaldehyde on patch testing have not previously been reported. In 2003, Hill and Belsito ...