cancer <\/a>are the most common forms of this chronic disease. The cancer mortality risk is more significant for men than women, with 196.8 new cases diagnosed for every 100,000 men in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\nResearch suggests that consumption of aspartame may show links to specific forms of the colon and intestinal cancer. While the FDA has approved aspartame as safe for use in humans, there are concerns of aspartame absorption by the body and its resultant effects on metabolism and cognitive function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unlike other artificial sweeteners, such as sucralose, the body changes the compounds of aspartame during metabolism. There is little government research that shows links between aspartame and cancer. However, there is a body of privately funded research that states otherwise. A study cited by the American Cancer Association links aspartame consumption to risk of developing blood-related cancer such as leukemia and lymphoma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\r\n
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