{"id":16783,"date":"2017-08-10T20:09:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T10:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=16783"},"modified":"2024-06-30T04:51:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T18:51:12","slug":"popular-diet-ingredient-now-linked-to-leukemia-and-lymphoma-in-new-landmark-study-on-humans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=16783","title":{"rendered":"Popular \u201cDiet\u201d Ingredient Now Linked to Leukemia and Lymphoma in New Landmark Study on Humans"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nArtificial sweeteners – poison by any other name<\/p>\n

As few as one diet soda daily may increase the risk for leukemia in men and women, and for multiple myeloma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma in men, according to new results from the longest-ever running study on aspartame as a\u00a0carcinogen<\/a>\u00a0in humans.<\/p>\n

Importantly, this is the most comprehensive, long-term study ever completed on this topic, so it holds more weight than other past studies which appeared to show no risk. And disturbingly, it may also open the door for further similar findings on other cancers in\u00a0future studies<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The most thorough study on aspartame: Over two million person-years<\/h3>\n

For this study, researchers prospectively analyzed data from the Nurses\u2019 Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study for a 22-year period. A total of 77,218 women and 47,810 men were included in the analysis, for a total of 2,278,396 person-years of data. Apart from sheer size, what makes this study superior to other past studies is the thoroughness with which aspartame intake was assessed.<\/p>\n

Every two years, participants were given a detailed dietary questionnaire, and their diets were reassessed every four years. Previous studies which found no link to\u00a0cancer<\/a>\u00a0only ever assessed participants\u2019 aspartame intake at one point in time, which could be a major weakness affecting their accuracy.<\/p>\n

1 diet soda a day increases leukemia, multiple myeloma and non-Hodgkin lymphomas<\/h3>\n

The combined results of this new study showed that just one 12-fl oz. can (355 ml) of diet soda daily leads to:<\/p>\n

\u2013 42 percent higher\u00a0leukemia<\/a>\u00a0risk<\/strong>\u00a0in men and women (pooled analysis)
\n\u2013 102 percent higher multiple myeloma risk<\/strong>\u00a0(in men only)
\n\u2013 31 percent higher non-Hodgkin\u00a0lymphoma<\/a>\u00a0risk<\/strong>\u00a0(in men only)<\/p>\n

These results were based on multi-variable relative risk models, all in comparison to participants who drank no diet soda. It is unknown why only men drinking higher amounts of diet soda showed increased risk for multiple myeloma and non-Hodgkin\u00a0lymphoma<\/a>. Note that diet soda is the largest dietary source of\u00a0aspartame<\/a>\u00a0(by far) in the U.S. Every year, Americans consume about 5,250 tons of aspartame in total, of which about 86 percent (4,500 tons) is found in diet sodas.<\/p>\n

Confirmation of previous high quality research on animals<\/h3>\n

This new study shows the importance of the quality of research. Most of the past studies showing no link between aspartame and\u00a0cancer<\/a>\u00a0have been criticized for being too short in duration and too inaccurate in assessing long-term aspartame intake. This new\u00a0study<\/a>\u00a0solves both of those issues. The fact that it also shows a positive link to\u00a0cancer<\/a>\u00a0should come as no surprise, because a previous best-in-class research study done on animals (900 rats over their entire natural lifetimes) showed strikingly similar results back in 2006: aspartame significantly increased the risk for lymphomas and\u00a0leukemia<\/a>\u00a0in both males and females. More worrying is the follow on mega-study, which started aspartame exposure of the rats at the fetal stage. Increased lymphoma and leukemia risks were confirmed, and this time the female rats also showed significantly increased breast (mammary)\u00a0cancer<\/a>\u00a0rates. This raises a critical question: will future, high-quality studies uncover links to the other cancers in which aspartame has been implicated (brain, breast, prostate, etc.)?<\/p>\n

Avoid aspartame in your diet<\/h3>\n

There is now more reason than ever to completely avoid aspartame in our daily diet. For those who are tempted to go back to sugary sodas as a \u201chealthy\u201d alternative, this study had a surprise finding: men consuming one or more sugar-sweetened sodas daily saw a 66 percent increase in non-Hodgkin lymphoma (even worse than for diet soda). Perhaps the healthiest soda is no soda at all.<\/p>\n

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Artificial sweeteners – poison by any other name As few as one diet soda daily may increase the risk for leukemia in men and women, and for multiple myeloma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma in men, according to new results from the longest-ever running study on aspartame as a\u00a0carcinogen\u00a0in humans. Importantly, this is the most comprehensive, long-term … <\/p>\n

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