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Originally Posted by calf
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If I can be the devil's advocate for a moment, there are plenty of folks that think aspartame is one of the worst things you can ingest. Not sure where the truth lies, just questioning your notion:
http://www.aspartame.com/
Aspartame is an "approved sweetener" because of a few greedy and dishonest people who place profits above human life and well-being. With the FDA and our Congress culpable, only an INFORMED and ACTIVE public will affects its reclassification from "food additive" to TOXIC DRUG, and removed from the human food chain.
Center for Science in the Public Interest
For Immediate Release: July 27, 2005
Aspartame: New Study Renews Cancer Concern, Says CSPI
Consumers & Manufacturers Should Switch to Sucralose Pending Thorough Government Safety Tests
The Food and Drug Administration should immediately review the safety of the artificial sweetener aspartame, and possibly ban it, in light of a new study published in the European Journal of Oncology. The study, conducted in Italy, found statistically significant increases in lymphomas and leukemias among female rats given aspartame. The smallest amount of aspartame (20 milligrams per kilogram of body weight) that caused a significant increase in cancer incidence is in the ballpark of what many people consume. The study also found equivocal results regarding brain tumors.
There is a large amount of supposedly scientific evidence that supports the claim that aspartame (Nutrasweet) is safe -- and a casual web search will likely lead you first to these websites before you go on to what industry labels as "scare" sites. These industry sites were not created to tell you the truth about aspartame. They are propaganda sites trying to convince you that aspartame is safe by making misleading claims and misrepresenting the scientific research. They want to convince you to keep buying their products, and fatten their wallets at the expense of your health and that of your family.
All I know is it tastes like soap. Disgusting.