Ughhhh. Dupes such as aspartame, stevia, and sucralose (the main ingredient in Splenda) are sweet and have few or zero ...

Aspartame is about 200 times sweeter than sugar. Plant- and fruit-based sweeteners stevia, monk fruit and thaumatin are also deemed safe by the FDA. Stevia leaf and crude stevia extracts ...

KIDS shouldn’t be given drinks laden with artificial sweeteners, experts have warned over fears of long-term health issues. It includes diet versions of fizzy drinks and anything labelled ...

aspartame, and stevia—and filled that gap in the literature by testing them in humans. Their findings, described today (August 19) in Cell, suggest these sweeteners do indeed alter the gut microbiome, ...

The WHO report, which was based on population data, found that long-term consumption of sweeteners found in 'diet' soft drinks was linked to a higher risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, ...

including extracts obtained from the stevia plant, swingle fruit extracts and a group of proteins called Thaumatin. Is aspartame used worldwide? More than 90 countries, including the United ...