fake sugar and cancer
Most Americans eat much more sugar than that -- more like 30 to 40 teaspoons a day -- and we've learned just how unhealthy that can be. Abundant added sugar is now linked to a host of health issues: obesity, chronic inflammation, Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, even cancer. How to end your sugar addiction. To satisfy our sweet tooth, many of us turn to the fake stuff -- artificial sweeteners.
The artificial sweetener Splenda is under fire. (Michael Tercha | NewsCom photo) The makers of Splenda went on the offensive on Friday after a study linked the popular artificial sweetener to cancer in laboratory mice.