Drinking a lot of aspartame might raise your chances of having a stroke or a mini-stroke, according to a study of over 100,000 French adults followed for about 9 years.

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Artificial sweeteners and risk of cardiovascular diseases in the prospective NutriNet-Santé cohort

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2022 Sep 7

The study looked at aspartame and stroke risk in over 100,000 French adults and found that people who consumed more aspartame had a 17% higher risk of stroke, with the same numbers mentioned in the claim.

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Artificial sweeteners and risk of cardiovascular diseases in the prospective NutriNet-Santé cohort

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DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2022-071204

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