In today’s episode of Dr Nora, I give you the low down on the sweetener aspartame and why it has been making the headlines as being possibly carcinogenic to humans.
ASPARTAME
Aspartame is a sweetener that was discovered by accident in 1965. It is 200 times sweeter than sugar and has less calories. It is used globally as a low calorie alternative to sugar. Over the years since discovery, many studies have been performed to assess it’s safety.
WHO
The World Health Organisation will be putting aspartame in a possibly carcinogenic to humans category after reviewing many studies. However, they do not... Read More
July 2023, the World Health Organisation has officially declared aspartame as being possibly carcinogenic to humans. In this article I explore what this means and how to manage going forward.
Aspartame is an artificial sweetener. It is around 200 times sweeter than regular sugar. For this reason, it’s considered to be a low calorie sweetener and has, since its discovery, revolutionised low calorie food and drinks.
History
With its huge success one would think that it was manufactured intentionally to generate huge profits. Wrong. It was actually discovered by accident in 1965. A chemist named James M. Schlatter was working on an... Read More
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I have been in a fortunate position to be able to educate and inspire the doctors of tomorrow a number of times in my career so far. As a student myself once, I valued hearing about the experience of others, as often more could be learned from this than books.
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Australia is blessed with fabulous climates and fertile soil. We are so lucky to have access to local fruit and veg helping to keep food tasting as it should.
It’s surprising therefore, to know that most Australians eat only about half of the recommended quantity of fruit.
For an average adult, 2 serves of fruit and 5 serves of vegetables are recommended on a daily basis.
Not only are fruit and veg packed with vitamins and minerals essential to good health, but they contain fibre which is thought to reduce the risk of some cancers, such... Read More
