The World Health Organization (WHO) considers the sweetener aspartame , found in low-calorie drinks, chewing gum, and other artificially sweetened products, to be “possibly carcinogenic” to humans. However, experts agree that a person could consume up to 40 milligrams of aspartame per kilogram of body weight per day without it posing a health risk, which is equivalent, on average, to about 20 cans of soda per day.

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