The World Health Organization plans to declare aspartame, a popular artificial sweetener, a possible carcinogen. What does that mean for your favorite diet soda? See what experts say. Plus, Caprese Caesar Wraps are on the lunch menu this week, but they also make a tasty summer dinner that's quick to throw together on a busy weeknight.
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Dinner tonight is leftovers, so take your pick! Perhaps it's a chickpea burger from yesterday's barbecue or maybe you have all the fixings for another Caprese Caesar Wrap. Each bite delivers the best of both salads — Caprese and Caesar Salad — rolled up into one. Juicy, sweet tomatoes, creamy mozzarella and fragrant basil leaves will excite your palate, but the avocado Caesar dressing is what really makes this meal sing.
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Aspartame is a possible carcinogen, WHO says. Should you stop drinking diet soda? |
Last week, it was reported that the World Health Organization's cancer research agency plans to declare the artificial sweetener aspartame a possible carcinogen. A carcinogen refers to anything that's capable of causing cancer.
Aspartame is a critical ingredient in diet sodas like Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi, and other diet drinks like Crystal Light. Worried that WHO's upcoming announcement means you'll have to ditch your favorite diet soda? Diet Coke and other products don't actually contain that much aspartame, the experts explain. Because aspartame is about 200 times sweeter than sugar, the amount of aspartame needed to sweeten one 12-ounce can of diet soda is very small — only about 192 milligrams, or 0.007 ounces.
While an occasional diet soda is probably OK, experts say there are several factors to consider before popping the tab.
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