You may have heard whispers that the artificial sweetener saccharin (commonly known as Sweet'N Low) is a carcinogen. But according to a new study presented today at the 249th National Meeting & ...

When it was first introduced to the public, saccharin seemed to be a miracle. The substance is about 300 times as sweet as sugar, and it doesn't have any calories. What’s not to love about that? But ...

New 2025-2026 research links artificial sweeteners health risks to insulin disruption, heart disease, and impaired cancer ...

Saccharin, the artificial sweetener that is the main ingredient in Sweet 'N Low®, Sweet Twin® and Necta®, could do far more than just keep our waistlines trim. According to new research, this popular ...

Think saccharin is unsafe? You may want to think again. Saccharin was first identified as a hazardous, potentially cancer-causing chemical by the Food and Drug Administration in the 1970s. But since ...

Too much sugar will make you fat, but too much artificial sweetener will … do what exactly? Kill you? Make you thinner? Or have absolutely no effect at all? This week marks the 40th anniversary of the ...

Saccharin is noted as being the first artificial sweetener, outside of the toxic Lead(II) acetate, and the first product to offer a cheap alternative to cane sugar. Interestingly enough, like the ...

Thirty years after cancer worries put saccharin on the Environmental Protection Agency's black list for hazardous substances, the regulators say there's nothing to worry about after all. In case you ...

Saccharin received a bad rap after studies in the 1970s linked consumption of large amounts of the artificial sweetener to bladder cancer in laboratory rats. Later, research revealed that these ...

Saccharin, the artificial sweetener used in diet foods like yoghurts and sugar-free drinks, can kill multidrug-resistant bacteria – including one of the world’s most dangerous pathogens. “Antibiotic ...

A new study has found that the sugar substitute saccharin doesn't lead to the development of diabetes in healthy adults. For those trying to live a healthy lifestyle, the choice between sugar and ...