nutrasweet.

[leopold]

aspartame AKA nutrasweet accounts for over 75 percent of the adverse reactions to food additives reported to the FDA. Many of these reactions are very serious including seizures and death.
http://www.mercola.com/article/aspartame/dangers.htm

my question is why is this stuff even legal?

 

[thinking]

aspartame AKA nutrasweet accounts for over 75 percent of the adverse reactions to food additives reported to the FDA. Many of these reactions are very serious including seizures and death.
http://www.mercola.com/article/aspartame/dangers.htm

my question is why is this stuff even legal?

why indeed

 

[cosmictraveler]

why indeed

Because it is much cheaper to make man made additives rather than use the real deal. If "they " can save .002 cents per product, they will do it.

 

[phlogistician]

"Internet rumors and activism
An elaborate hoax disseminated through the internet attributes deleterious medical effects to aspartame"

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspartame_controversy)

"The artificial sweetener aspartame has been proved responsible for an epidemic of cancer, brain tumors, and multiple sclerosis.

Status: False"

http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/aspartame.asp

Seems you have fallen for the conspiracy theory. Perhaps it's best to check some sources before propagating a falsehood?

 

[BlueMoose]

I dont know what is the truth, but I never use anything with such chemicals, those arent natural and IMO dont taste good.
And what goes for food industry, its a big business, and big businesses dont give shit about anybodies health, money talks, bullshit walks.

I have been reading this very same issue before, this issue would make interesting debate on formal debate sub-forum.

So are Dr Russel Blaylock lying ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqIFDoOwSFM&feature=related

Seems logical to me use only natural food but each are on their own :shrug:

 

[EndLightEnd]

"Internet rumors and activism
An elaborate hoax disseminated through the internet attributes deleterious medical effects to aspartame"

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspartame_controversy)

"The artificial sweetener aspartame has been proved responsible for an epidemic of cancer, brain tumors, and multiple sclerosis.

Status: False"

http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/aspartame.asp

You obviously did not read anything from the second link you posted, because it goes on saying how aspartame while not directly linked to those diseases, is STILL extremely dangerous to ingest.

"In the case of systemic lupus, we are finding it has become almost as rampant as multiple sclerosis, especially among diet coke and diet pepsi drinkers"

"During I lecture I said, 'If you are using ASPARTAME and you suffer from fibromyalgia symptoms, spasms, shooting pains, numbness in your legs....depression, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, blurred vision or memory loss ---- you probably have ASPARTAME disease!"

Futhermore the article goes on to say that aspartame does not cause multiple sclerosis, but rather symptoms that resemble multiple sclerosis which dissapear when aspartame consumption is stopped. THIS is why it says false, not because aspartame is safe.

"When we get people off aspartame, those with systemic lupus usually become asymptomatic. On the other hand those diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, (when in reality the disease is methanol toxicity), most of the symptoms dissapear."

Seems you have fallen for the conspiracy theory. Perhaps it's best to check some sources before propagating a falsehood?

Seems you have fallen for the cover up. Perhaps its best to check the sources YOU post before claiming you know the truth.

 

[visceral_instinct]

A girl I know accidentally got addicted to aspartame via a gum she chewed a lot.

She gave it up for Lent and suffered a seizure.

 

[darksidZz]

I lke sweet & low is that ok?

 

[James R]

aspartame AKA nutrasweet accounts for over 75 percent of the adverse reactions to food additives reported to the FDA.

Now, if the propagators of this myth had said 10%, maybe knowing nothing I might have thought it was plausible. But 75% is really stretching it. Don't you think?

 

[darksidZz]

Am I safe with sweet & low

 

[Repo Man]

Am I safe with sweet & low

It has passed all FDA mandated tests, so I wouldn't worry about it. And even if it does have some minuscule health risk associated with it, it cannot be viewed in a vacuum. If you weren't using it, you'd likely be using sugar. Refined sugar is a major cause of obesity, which has some very real health risks. And Sweet and Low (and other artificial sweeteners) are often used by diabetics to help keep their blood sugar levels under control, so for them it is safer to use than sugar.

 

[S.A.M.]

I generally avoid "diet" anything Sugar is also an additive as is HFCS, but sweeteners are a completely different animal. I know that sucralose is the flavor of the moment. It seems relatively safer since it's a mutated sucrose that cannot be digested, although I wouldn't be surprised if the colonic microflora adapted themselves to it.

 

[(Q)]

aspartame AKA nutrasweet accounts for over 75 percent of the adverse reactions to food additives reported to the FDA. Many of these reactions are very serious including seizures and death.
http://www.mercola.com/article/aspartame/dangers.htm

my question is why is this stuff even legal?

It's interesting that dietitians and doctors prescribe it to pregnant women instead of sugar. Perhaps they haven't read that article?

Check the disclaimer:

"Disclaimer: The entire contents of this website are based upon the opinions of Dr. Mercola, unless otherwise noted."

 

[S.A.M.]

That seems rather reckless. Phenylalanine tends to be concentrated on the fetal side of the placental barrier

 

[EndLightEnd]

That seems rather reckless. Phenylalanine tends to be concentrated on the fetal side of the placental barrier

What is rather reckless? Giving aspartame to pregnant women?

 

[S.A.M.]

Recommending it as a sugar substitute. Unless the women are suffering from gestational diabetes there is no need to do so

 

[(Q)]

That seems rather reckless.

Not at all. The dietitian is simply recommending a substitute for sugar. This does not preclude the fact the dietitian might not recommend either.

 

[EndLightEnd]

It's interesting that dietitians and doctors prescribe it to pregnant women instead of sugar. Perhaps they haven't read that article?

You said prescribe earlier, not recommend. Thats why SAM said its odd, and struck me as strange also.

 

[S.A.M.]

Aspartame breaks down into aspartic acid and phenyl alanine. Besides the fact that pregnant women may already have hyperphenylalaninemia due to a reduced ability to metabolise Phe during pregnancy, Phe is also the precursor for DOPA a potent antidepressant.

And Phe is concentrated on the fetal side of the placental blood barrier.

In addition, we know very little about long term effects of any of these additives. There was an Italian study a couple of years ago on an animal model that showed an increased incidence of some types of cancer with long term abuse of aspartame. Considering how many people who go diet take Aspartame from several sources (soda, tea, candy, chewing gum to name a few) it's reckless to recommend it or promote it unless medically required.

 

[leopold]

Now, if the propagators of this myth had said 10%, maybe knowing nothing I might have thought it was plausible. But 75% is really stretching it. Don't you think?

hmmmm, now that you mention it . . . it does indeed sound like a stretch.
but is it really a myth that aspartame is dangerous?

after rereading the link i posted i noticed that they go into the "fact" that aspartame has methanol in it which i find very hard to believe.
it might be made from methanol but that in no way says it has methanol in it.
now if one of the breakdown products is methanol then that is a different story and would be a cause for concern.