Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sweetener tablets and hand with box whit cup of tea The artificial sweetener aspartame can be found in everything from chewing gum ...

For decades, aspartame has been marketed as a harmless shortcut to sweetness, a way to cut calories without consequences. Now a growing body of research is challenging that comfort, suggesting that ...

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Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Artificial sweeteners are virtually calorie-free, but ...