In this Sapio Short Buck discusses the news last week that the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the artificial sweetener Aspartame a "a possible carcinogen". So what does this classification mean for you and how worried should you be?
- 0:00:13 - World Health Organization classified aspartame as a possible carcinogenic substance
- 0:02:03 - Group 2B - the possibly carcinogenic to humans category
- 0:03:18 - WHO concedes that the upper limit for safe daily consumption of aspartame is equivalent to drinking 9 to 14 cans of Diet Coke per day for the average 150 lb. person.
- 0:04:10 - Consider another sweetener like Splenda or Stevia
