The Claim

Among US adults, individuals who consume low-calorie sweeteners have a significantly lower daily intake of added sugars—approximately 6 fewer teaspoons per day—compared to those who do not consume low-calorie sweeteners, based on 24-hour dietary recall data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) conducted between 1988 and 2018.

Source: No Association between Low-Calorie Sweetener (LCS) Use and Overall Cancer Risk in the Nationally Representative Database in the US: Analyses of NHANES 1988–2018 Data and 2019 Public-Use Linked Mortality Files

What the research says

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Correlation
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In plain English

People in the U.S. who use low-calorie sweeteners tend to eat about 6 fewer teaspoons of added sugar each day than people who don’t use them.

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Among US adults, low-calorie sweetener consumers have significantly lower daily intake of added sugars—approximately 6 fewer teaspoons per day—compared to nonconsumers, based on 24-hour dietary recall data from NHANES 1988–2018.

What the research says

1 study

  1. Study: No Association between Low-Calorie Sweetener (LCS) Use and Overall Cancer Risk in the Nationally Representative Database in the US: Analyses of NHANES 1988–2018 Data and 2019 Public-Use Linked Mortality Files

    The study looks at people who use low-calorie sweeteners and finds they tend to have healthier diets, which fits with them using these sweeteners instead of sugar.

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