You may have been thinking the opposite for years. In the news, all over social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc you’ll see stories rain down about how they are the work of the devil.
However Yale University are now saying quite the opposite.
In recent studies they have suggested they may indeed help survival and reduce incidences of, cancer.
They have stated:
“Artificially sweetened drinks have a checkered reputation in the public because of purported health risks that have never really been documented”, says research leader Charles Fuchs from Yale Cancer Center in a press release. “Our study clearly shows they help avoid cancer recurrence and death in patients who have been treated for advanced colon cancer, and that is an exciting finding.”
“In sum, this prospective study of patients with stage III colon cancer, embedded in a randomized clinical trial, suggests improved patient outcome with increased consumption of artificially sweetened beverage, which may be accounted for, completely or in part, by substitution for sugar-sweetened alternatives”, write the researchers.
“Although our study cannot offer evidence for causality given its observational design, our findings offer further insight into the role of diet and lifestyle in colon cancer outcomes and potentially meaningful recommendations for clinical care.”
“Further studies are needed to confirm these findings.”
See the studies below:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24937507
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0199244
