Aspartame, Schmaspartame! | Episode 27

from Don't Eat Poop! A Food Safety Podcast · host Francine L Shaw and Matthew Regusci

The World Health Organization is coming for your diet soda!Actually they're not, but the WHO has recognized that aspartame, the artificial sweetener in all your favorite low- or no-calorie beverages and snack items, is "possibly" carcinogenic.What does that mean for sugar and caffeine addicts? Will people quit diet soda for good? Will they be more likely to quit eating salad?These questions and more answered in this week's episode. (00:54) - Matt complains about the cost of back-to-school (20:02) - Truth in marketing (24:56) - Quit eating salad? (27:56) - Food Safety Myths: Microwave ovens (31:07) - Time to end this episode... (31:35) - Or not... (33:46) - Matt makes a few last dad jokes... We hope you enjoy this episode!Be sure to subscribe to Don't Eat Poop on your favorite podcast app, leave a review and share the podcast with your friends!We'd love to hear from you!Follow Francine, Matt and the show on LinkedIn and let us know what you thought of the show. Also feel free to suggest topics you'd like to hear discussed! Produced by Joe Diaco Podcasting Support

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