“We need to use—deploy—the [National Institute of Health] and FDA to doing the research to understand the relationship between these different food additives and chronic diseases so that Americans understand it,” he said during the hearing, before clarifying that a ban was not part of his plan.
“If you like a McDonald’s cheeseburger and a Diet Coke, which my boss loves, you should be able to get them. If you want to eat Hostess Twinkies, you should be able to do that. But you should know what the impacts are on your family and on your health,” RFK Jr. added.
While Diet Coke isn’t exactly touted as a health beverage, there is some good news. Despite previous reports tying the drink’s artificial sweetener aspartame to cancer, the World Health Organization found “limited evidence” linking the two. Registered dietitian and nutritionist Lauren Manaker also tells Delish that while drinking the soda every day isn’t the “best” health practice, she says it isn’t the “worst” either.
“Will having one Diet Coke per day result in detrimental effects, especially if the rest of the day is filled with water drinking and balanced-diet eating? Unlikely.”
Shall we celebrate with an ice cold DC?!?!
