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    • 9 food items that deplete your cognitive skills: Sugary drinks, trans fats, red meat, more

      9 food items that deplete your cognitive skills: Sugary drinks, trans fats, red meat, more

      Cognitive skills encompass mental abilities such as thinking, learning, reasoning, problem-solving, memory, attention, and language comprehension. Here are 9 food items that deplete your cognitive skills without you even knowing it on a daily basis.

    • In Pics: A not so sweet story of Aspartame

      In Pics: A not so sweet story of Aspartame

      Intakes below the ADI are not expected to pose health risks. Only very high intakes above the ADI may be concerning. Products containing aspartame must declare it in the ingredients list.

    • Artificial sweetener Aspartame is ‘possibly’ carcinogenic, yet safe at common use levels, WHO says

      Artificial sweetener Aspartame is ‘possibly’ carcinogenic, yet safe at common use levels, WHO says

      Citing the results of two new assessments of the health impact of the popular artificial sweetener, the WHO said that it has “limited evidence” that aspartame can cause cancer in humans.

    • WHO put aspartame in the same cancer 'hazard' category as aloe vera extract and some pickles

      WHO put aspartame in the same cancer 'hazard' category as aloe vera extract and some pickles

      Many food scientists are coming around to the view that anything artificial is potentially carcinogenic. Others say that aspartame cancer risk is just one more ill-advised piece of communication from WHO.

    • FSSAI conducting a scientific study of aspartame from an Indian perspective: Official

      FSSAI conducting a scientific study of aspartame from an Indian perspective: Official

      The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Advisor Harinder Oberoi also said that a panel is already working to decide the "threshold limit" for sugar, salt and fat permissible.

    • All about aspartame, the artificial sweetener in Coca-Cola under scrutiny over cancer concerns

      All about aspartame, the artificial sweetener in Coca-Cola under scrutiny over cancer concerns

      The IARC along with the Joint Organization Expert Committee on Food Additives (JEFCA) are currently reviewing the effects and safety of aspartame.

    • WHO's cancer research agency to say aspartame sweetener a possible carcinogen: Report

      WHO's cancer research agency to say aspartame sweetener a possible carcinogen: Report

      Aspartame, used in products from Coca-Cola diet sodas to Mars' Extra chewing gum and some Snapple drinks, will be listed in July as "possibly carcinogenic to humans".

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