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Exclusive: WHO's cancer research agency to say aspartame sweetener a possible carcinogen - sources (www.reuters.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Wy partner chews a lot of gum and I just checked - it contains aspartame. Anyone knows of any decently priced alternatives?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

For example, an adult weighing 60 kg (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 to be at risk.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that gum probably contains far less aspartame that soda, so I doubt it's any cause for concern and probably much better than gum that contains sugar

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Full Xylitol ones should not need other sweeteners. Availability probably depends on where you are.