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TopicArtificial sweetners

Topic: Artificial sweetners

WHO warns of ‘cancer risk’ from aspartame, but ‘38% urban Indians’ use artificial sweeteners monthly

Shania Mathew -
Survey by community-based social media platform LocalCircles reveals diet soda & sugar-free chewing gum are the most common products containing artificial sweeteners consumed by urban Indians.

WHO agency set to classify aspartame as ‘possibly carcinogenic’ — but here’s what you need to know

Sandhya Ramesh -
It was first reported two weeks ago that International Agency for Research on Cancer would in July categorise common artificial sweetener aspartame as 'possibly carcinogenic'.

Do diet colas pose cancer risk? What doctors say on ‘possible carcinogen’ tag for sweetener aspartame

Sumi Sukanya Dutta -
The popular artificial sweetener aspartame is expected to be classified as a possible carcinogen by WHO’s International Agency for Research in Cancer. Report to come on 14 July.

Food and drinks are getting sweeter. Even if it’s not all sugar, it can cause diabetes

Cherie Russell -
There's a double standard in the sweetening of the food supply, with manufacturers providing less sweet, 'healthier' products in richer countries.

Artificial sweeteners can increase chances of getting cancer, new US study says

James Brown -
Aspartame and acesulfame K were associated with increased cancer risk – especially breast and obesity-related ones. It's time to reduce their intake.

Should you fall for anything labelled ‘diet’? Think again on diet soda

Subhasree Ray -
Diet soda is a better option to reduce calorie and sugar intake, but that's all. There is no other nutritional value to these drinks.

Diwali sweets and snacks are on their way. Here’s how you can ‘health-ify’ them

Subhasree Ray -
You can have a healthy Diwali without dulling your taste buds and still ensuring the consumption of essential nutrients.

Coke has promised ‘less sugar’, but less is still too much

Rosemary Stanton -
'Less' sugar in sugary drinks is also too vague and remain a health hazard. The only solution is to stop drinking them.

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Defence

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National Interest

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To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.

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