Social media influencers can appear harmless but when it comes to health, that’s when things get tricky.
And Houston-area dietitian Mary Ellen Phipps sipped from a glass of soda and told her 110,000 Instagram followers that artificial sweeteners “satisfy the desire for sweetness” without affecting blood sugar or insulin levels.
It’s a little-known tactic the food and beverage industry is banking on: using popular influencers to sway customers who don’t know if they should be listening to health messages or not.Article content An American Beverage spokesperson argued the campaign was needed because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and other health authorities have said aspartame is safe and disagreed with the WHO’s warnings.Article content
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