According to the WHO, the occasional aspartame-sweetened drink, yogurt or piece of sugar-free gum is safe, USA TODAY previously reported. Heavy users of aspartame are recommended to cut down.

A World Health Organization agency has classified aspartame, an artificial sweetener widely used in diet drinks and low-calorie foods, as possibly carcinogenic to humans. Getty Images How much ...

President-elect Donald Trump's viral photo with a Diet Coke bottle highlights its popularity for weight loss. However, this ...

we might not be totally dodging the health side effects of fizzy drinks by going sugar free. The World Health Organization made a splash last year by designating aspartame - a sweetener used in ...

Aspartame is one of several artificial sweeteners ... It is found most often in diet or sugar-free beverages, but it is also used in more than 6,000 other products, including food items (diet ...

Each man drank water, a drink with sugar in it, a drink containing aspartame, and then a drink with carbohydrates that didn't taste sweet. After each drink, scientists measured their brain activity.

It is used in many foods and beverages because it is much sweeter than sugar, so much less of it can be used to give the same level of sweetness. Aspartame is commonly used as a tabletop sweetener ...