/oss/taxonomy/term/100/all en /oss/article/food-health/aspartame-bitter-sweet-controversy <p>I get asked a lot of questions.  One of the hardest ones to answer is what question I get asked the most often.  Although I can’t say that I keep exact stats, my feeling is that queries about artificial sweeteners, particularly aspartame, top the list.  Sometimes the question is about the value of sweeteners in the battle against the bulge, but far more often the focus is on safety.  “Which is the safest artificial sweetener?”  “Which is the least carcinogenic sweetener?”  Such questions attest to a mistrust of regulatory agencies and a belief that substances known to be hazardous are allow</p> Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:00:18 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 1909 at /oss /oss/channels/news/ctv-montreal-artificial-sweeteners-low-fat-diet-240900 <hr /> <p><a href="http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=447174">Click here to see Dr. Joe Schwarcz on CTV Montreal news</a></p> Tue, 30 Dec 2014 23:46:32 +0000 alexandra.pires-menard@mail.mcgill.ca 1293 at /oss