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Registered Dietitian Ellen Stokes is anew guest blogger for TSOLC. Ellen writes and creates videos about nutrition education, food safety, menu planning, grocery shopping, and healthful cooking on a budget. She formerly worked for CNN as a writer and producer and has taught food safety online for Georgia State University. This post is sponsored by Calorie Control Continue Reading

Registered dietitian, Robyn Flipse, is tired of all the confusion over whether aspartame and other low-calorie sweeteners are a friend or foe to those trying to control calories and lose weight. In her latest article on Yahoo! Shine, she addresses the recent coverage of an American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (AJCN) study that prematurely portrayed aspartame as harmful -and Continue Reading

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a Harvard affiliate, is now backing away from its decision earlier this week to promote a paper linking aspartame and cancer, saying the evidence was “weak.” The study, titled “Consumption of Artificial Sweetener and Sugar Containing Soda and the Risk of Lymphoma and Leukemia in Men and Women,”  was in direct contrast Continue Reading

Some great news today! The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND), the world’s largest organization of food and nutrition professionals, recently reaffirmed the safety and benefits of low calorie sweeteners. Low calorie sweeteners like aspartame, saccharin, stevia and sucralose are great options when you want to reduce sugar intake and they can be part of a healthy diet. The Academy offers these Continue Reading

For many dieters, cutting back on sugar and calorie-filled sodas is one of the hardest parts of sticking to a healthy eating plan. That’s why diet sodas are such a popular and beloved choice for dieters of all ages. In this video, you’ll learn the truth about aspartame, and whether or not it’s a healthy choice Continue Reading