The Claim

In a nationally representative sample of US adults, the use of low-calorie sweeteners is not associated with an increased risk of overall cancer mortality, with hazard ratios close to 1.0 across multiple consumption tertiles and study periods, including specific analyses for aspartame and saccharin, after adjusting for age, sex, race, education, smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, and body mass index.

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

Supports is higher

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Supports
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Correlation
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In plain English

Drinking diet sodas or using artificial sweeteners like aspartame or saccharin doesn’t seem to raise your chances of dying from cancer, according to a big long-term study of U.S. adults.

See the scientific wording

In a nationally representative sample of US adults, low-calorie sweetener (LCS) use is not associated with increased risk of overall cancer mortality, with hazard ratios close to 1.0 across multiple consumption tertiles and study periods, including analyses for aspartame and saccharin specifically, after adjusting for age, sex, race, education, smoking, alcohol, physical activity, and BMI.

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 looked at low-calorie sweetener use in a large group of US adults and found no link to higher cancer deaths, which supports the claim.

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