Foods labeled as "diet" or "sugar-free" may be low in calories, fat, sugar, and other things that can lower the calorie content, but this may be done at the expense of replacing these things with additives and chemicals that may increase cancer risk, like fat substitutes, fillers, or thickeners. For example, diet soda uses artificial sweeteners instead of sugar, which may increase cancer risk.

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