Is drinking diet coke still safe? The facts on aspartame & other sugar substitute’s impact on health

To drink Diet Coke or real coke - or should there be a third option?

Aspartame, the zero-calorie sugar substitute used to sweetened Diet Coke, but also many other ‘diet’ and ‘sugar free’ products on the market, has just been classified as a type 2B carcinogen (=possibly contributing to the development of cancer) by the @who

I have done a dive into the research on how aspartame (and at what dose!) can affect your health, beyond its possibly carcinogenic effects, plus those of some other sugar substitutes and sugar itself.

Listen to it in this episode, or read the details in my latest blog post here: https://functionalmedicine.me.uk/2023/07/15/sugar-and-aspartames-impact-on-health/

I’d love to hear your thoughts - will you still drink diet coke?