News: Diet Pepsi Losing its Controversial Sweetener, Diet Coke Keeping It

After sales of Diet Pepsi and Diet Coke fell by more than 5 percent last year, PepsiCo is removing the controversial artificial sweetener aspartame...

Someone forward you this email? No Sweat! Sign up here to get your own If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here Follow Us News: Diet Pepsi Losing its Controversial Sweetener, Diet Coke Keeping It After sales of Diet Pepsi and Diet Coke fell by more than 5 percent last year, PepsiCo is removing the controversial artificial sweetener aspartame from their product and replacing it with sucralose, the main ingredient in Splenda. The move is begging two important questions: Is aspartame actually dangerous, and is sucralose really a better choice? Nicholas English Content Manager of About.com Health How Safe Is Sucralose? By Shereen Lehman, MS Nutrition Expert READ NOW   Share The Truth About Aspartame By Shereen Lehman, MS Nutrition Expert READ NOW   Share Why Stevia Might Be the No Calorie Sweetener We’ve Been Waiting For By Cathy Wong, ND Alternative Medicine Expert READ NOW   Share Should a Person With Diabetes Use Artificial Sweeteners? By Shereen Lehman, MS Nutrition Expert READ NOW   Share TRENDING NOW • 20 Mantras That Will Motivate You to Weight Train • Does Rheumatoid Arthritis Decrease Your Lifespan? • One Simple Tip to Protect Your Back While Lifting • 6 Hookah Facts Everyone Should Know • How to Protect Your Knees from a Spin Class • The 7 Best Fish for Omega-3 Fatty Acids • Yep, You Can Eat Bacon and Lose Weight Advertisement About Health   |   Follow Us: You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Health newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com - All rights reserved