Remember when Sweet ‘N Low and other foods with saccharin caused cancer? Scratch that. New research from the University of Florida suggests that saccharin can actually inhibit the growth of some cancers. It’s true. 
A University of Florida news release reports that Brian Mahon, a curious UF graduate research assistant wanted to know how saccharin might affect the enzyme, carbonic anhydrase IX, which is found in aggressive cancers. “So we just went to a coffee shop and got some Sweet ‘N Low. I said, ‘Let’s just try it’ and we did and collected some data,†Mahon recalled. After doing some initial experimenting, he and his fellow researchers found that saccharin disrupts carbonic anhydrase IX’s ability to regulate the cancer cell’s pH level — its hydrogen ion concentration, which makes it harder for the cancer cell to grow and metastasize. Targeting carbonic anhydrase IX is also an attractive option, according to the news release, because it’s not expressed in most other cells throughout the body, meaning that healthy tissue should remain unaffected even as cancer cells are weakened. What’s next? The researchers want to further test saccharin’s effectiveness in cancer cells and eventually move to mouse models.
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Who paid for the research? Are the results publishable in a reputable journal where the articles are peer reviewed(not that Sports Geezer is not a reputable journal).
As Peter said, WHO paid for this research and are the results peered reviewed by a reputable soucre??? One shouldn’t just point out a study espcially if its biased and flawed without pointing out all the other FACTS regarded this toxic crap that greed corps make for stupid people and give the WRONG impression that its ok to use without detriments to ones health!