Relative risks of saccharin and calorie ingestion.
The risk of a person getting cancer from ingesting saccharin is compared with the risk of ingesting additional calories which cause excess body weight. It is found that, for a person who is 10% overweight, the risk of ingesting one diet soft drink, which would cause a decrease in life expectancy of 9 seconds, is approximately equal to the risk of ingesting one additional kilocalorie; that is, if ingesting a diet drink inhibits ingestion of more than 1 kilocalorie, its benefits exceed its risks.
D004032:Diet; D002149:Energy Intake; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced*; D009765:Obesity / Q000209:etiology*; D012306:Risk; D012439:Saccharin / Q000009:adverse effects*
D012439:Saccharin