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 ...

Chances are you’ve heard about or used saccharin before. ‌Saccharin has been around for nearly 150 years. Despite some controversy in the 1980s, it's now an approved zero-calorie sweetener that's 200 ...

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 & ...

Research on the health effects of saccharin — an artificial sweetener — has been conflicting. Here’s what experts want you to know. Whether you have diabetes, you’re on a weight loss journey, or ...

Most health authorities agree that saccharin is safe for human consumption. And replacing sugar with artificial sweeteners like saccharin may have some weight loss benefits. Saccharin is one of the ...

Read about ways you can regulate your saccharin intake. Feb. 11, 2008— -- Is too much saccharin -- like the sweeteners used in diet soda -- a bad thing for weight loss? A study released over the ...

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 ...

Back in the 1970s, the Food and Drug Administration sought to ban the sale of the artificial sweetener saccharin on the precautionary grounds that some studies had found that it increased the risk of ...

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 ...

For the first time since the 1970s, Canadians are about to taste the sweetness of saccharin. After years of discussion, Health Canada quietly decided last month to permit the sweetener in gum, pop and ...

People discovered saccharin accidentally almost 150 years ago. It has since become an alternative to sugar to sweeten foods and beverages. Some animal research some decades ago linked saccharin with ...