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Cheeni Kum: The Bitter Truth of Aspartame The Morning Brief
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Can diet colas, sugar-free cookies, breakfast cereals, cough drops and even chewable vitamins cause cancer? A research arm of the committee for the World Health Organization declared that the world's most widely used artificial sweetener, aspartame, which is found in these products had a possible link to liver cancer. WHO later said these are 'safe, but within limits'.
Should you really be worried and immediately quit all these?
Host Ratna Bhushan gets all the facts and bitter realities as she speaks to Dr Ambrish Mithal, Chairman and Head of Endocrinology and Diabetes at Max Healthcare, Padma Bhushan awardee and the first Indian to be chosen for the Laureate Award and Dr. Harinder Singh Oberoi, Advisor, Science & Standards and Codex, at the FSSAI in this episode of The Morning Brief. Tune in!
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If you like this episode from Ratna Bhushan, check out her other interesting episodes on The Hard Battle for Soft Drinks, Corner Office Conversation With Nestle India CMD, Suresh Narayanan, The Dark Side of Green: Unmasking Greenwashing Tactics and more!
You can follow Ratna Bhushan on her social media: Twitter and Linkedin.
Catch the latest episode of ‘The Morning Brief’ on ET Play, The Economic Times Online, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, JioSaavn, Amazon Music and Google Podcasts.
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Can diet colas, sugar-free cookies, breakfast cereals, cough drops and even chewable vitamins cause cancer? A research arm of the committee for the World Health Organization declared that the world's most widely used artificial sweetener, aspartame, which is found in these products had a possible link to liver cancer. WHO later said these are 'safe, but within limits'.
Should you really be worried and immediately quit all these?
Host Ratna Bhushan gets all the facts and bitter realities as she speaks to Dr Ambrish Mithal, Chairman and Head of Endocrinology and Diabetes at Max Healthcare, Padma Bhushan awardee and the first Indian to be chosen for the Laureate Award and Dr. Harinder Singh Oberoi, Advisor, Science & Standards and Codex, at the FSSAI in this episode of The Morning Brief. Tune in!
Credits: News 1, News 2, News 3, News 4, News 5, News 6 and News 7
If you like this episode from Ratna Bhushan, check out her other interesting episodes on The Hard Battle for Soft Drinks, Corner Office Conversation With Nestle India CMD, Suresh Narayanan, The Dark Side of Green: Unmasking Greenwashing Tactics and more!
You can follow Ratna Bhushan on her social media: Twitter and Linkedin.
Catch the latest episode of ‘The Morning Brief’ on ET Play, The Economic Times Online, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, JioSaavn, Amazon Music and Google Podcasts.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
29 min