Is There a Link Between Artificial Sweetener Consumption and Cancer?

Send us Fan MailHello everyone and welcome back to Let's Talk Health with Mairi! Today's podcast is coming to you from Tiree. We have been here a week now! How has your week been? Today's topic: artificial sweeteners and cancer risk. In this episode: What are artificial sweeteners?What is the hype and why are they used as an alternative to  sugar? What the research suggests about cancer and sweetener consumption - is there a link? Does artificial sweeteners cause cancer?Should we be consuming artificial sweeteners or sugar? Get in touch with me: Email: [email protected] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mairi_gardner/Tiktok: mairigardner57 Blog: aaahealths.com Prefer to read instead of listen to this topic? Check out this blog post: http://aaahealths.com/2022/07/20/is-there-a-link-between-cancer-and-sweetener-consumption/ References Gallus, S., Scotti, L., Negri, E., Talamini, R., Franceschi, S., Montella, M., Giacosa, A., Dal Maso, L. and La Vecchia, C., 2007. Artificial sweeteners and cancer risk in a network of case–control studies. Annals of Oncology, 18(1), pp.40-44.Andreatta, M.M., Muñoz, S.E., Lantieri, M.J., Eynard, A.R. and Navarro, A., 2008. Artificial sweetener consumption and urinary tract tumors in Cordoba, Argentina. Preventive medicine, 47(1), pp.136-139.Schernhammer, E.S., Bertrand, K.A., Birmann, B.M., Sampson, L., Willett, W.C. and Feskanich, D., 2012. Consumption of artificial sweetener–and sugar-containing soda and risk of lymphoma and leukemia in men and women. The American journal of clinical nutrition, 96(6), pp.1419-1428.Bassett, J.K., Milne, R.L., English, D.R., Giles, G.G. and Hodge, A.M., 2020. Consumption of sugar‐sweetened and artificially sweetened soft drinks and risk of cancers not related to obesity. International Journal of Cancer, 146(12), pp.3329-3334.