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What the evidence found 3 findings
Based on 13 sources:
PMC article on non-sugar sweetener health associations peer-reviewed View
PMC article on artificially sweetened beverages and metabolic risk peer-reviewed View
Frontiers in Nutrition journal article on artificially sweetened beverages peer-reviewed View
PMC peer-reviewed View
European Food Safety Authority institutional View
PubMed peer-reviewed View
PMC Article on Artificial Sweeteners and Gut Microbiome peer-reviewed View
PMC Systematic Review on Sucralose and Saccharin Effects peer-reviewed View
News Medical news View
PMC - NIH peer-reviewed View
PMC Article by W Ghusn et al. peer-reviewed View
Sweeteners.org Research Article institutional View
WHO Publication institutional View
Based on 10 sources:
PMC peer-reviewed View
News Medical news View
Science Direct peer-reviewed View
Frontiers peer-reviewed View
PMC Article peer-reviewed View
Nutrients peer-reviewed View
Repeated dose study of sucralose tolerance in human subjects peer-reviewed View
Exposure to food additive mixtures in 106000 French adults from the NutriNet-Santé cohort peer-reviewed View
Serrano et al. 2021 peer-reviewed View
Suez et al. 2014 peer-reviewed View
Based on 12 sources:
FDA - Aspartame and Other Sweeteners in Food institutional View
PMC Systematic Review on ADI Usage peer-reviewed View
International Sweeteners Association Safety Report institutional View
PMC article on long-term effects of artificial sweeteners peer-reviewed View
WHO systematic review on health effects of non-sugar sweeteners institutional View
Nutrition Insight news View
PMC/NCBI peer-reviewed View
MDPI Molecules peer-reviewed View
Acceptable daily intake vs actual intake: the aspartame example peer-reviewed View
CAS Insights - Aspartame Safety Landscape institutional View
PMC - Consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods and Metabolic peer-reviewed View
PMC - Ultra-processed food consumption and risk of diabetes peer-reviewed View
What research hasn't answered 3 gaps
PMC peer-reviewed View
News Medical news View
Science Direct peer-reviewed View
Frontiers peer-reviewed View
PMC Article peer-reviewed View
FDA - Aspartame and Other Sweeteners in Food institutional View
PMC Systematic Review on ADI Usage peer-reviewed View
International Sweeteners Association Safety Report institutional View
PMC article on long-term effects of artificial sweeteners peer-reviewed View
WHO systematic review on health effects of non-sugar sweeteners institutional View
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