ニューヨーク・タイムズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ニューヨーク・タイムズInstagram)「A World Health Organization agency declared Thursday that aspartame, an artificial sweetener widely used in diet drinks and low-sugar foods, could possibly cause cancer. A second WHO committee, though, held steady in its assessment for a safe level of aspartame consumption. The FDA and the powerful beverage industry protested the new findings. The declaration by a WHO agency about the cancer risk reflects the first time the prominent international body has made a public declaration on the effects of the nearly ubiquitous artificial sweetener. Aspartame has been a contentious ingredient for decades. The WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer said its conclusion that aspartame was a possible carcinogen was based on limited evidence from three observational studies of people. The agency said those studies linked consumption of artificially sweetened beverages to an increase in cases of liver cancer — at levels far below a dozen cans a day. The agency called for further study, saying that the results could potentially be skewed toward the profile of people who drink higher amounts of diet drinks. Still, people who consume high amounts of aspartame should consider switching to water or other unsweetened drinks, Dr. Francesco Branca, director of the WHO Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, said. Tap the link in our bio to read more about aspartame and its potential risks.」7月14日 7時45分