Study Finds Aspartame Causes Cancer

Nasor said:
"Aspartame and brain cancer" by Roberts, H.J. in LANCET 349 (9048): 362-362 FEB 1 1997 discusses it all pretty thoroughly.
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Nasor, could you provide me with a link that shows that backs up the claims you made. I tried to find the text of the H.J. Roberts article but couldn't. I did however find out a little something about the author - apparently Dr. H.J. Roberts is convinced that aspartame is extremely dangerous to the extent that he coined the phrase "aspartame disease" and wrote a 1038 page book titled "Apartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic." (http://www.sunsentpress.com/aspartameDisease.html) So I seriously doubt that the paper you have provided, "Aspartame and Brain Cancer" is the refutation you believe it is and are leading others to believe it is. You seem to be blinded devoted to this synthetic chemical. I suggest you educate yourself. You can begin by reading this page by Dr. H.J. Roberts:
http://www.wnho.net/fdaapprovedepidemic.htm
 
Okay, sorry…I admit I did make a mistake here. The reference that I gave was the place where the link was proposed. There’s definitely an article that shows it to be wrong, but I don’t know what it is off hand. I have to head home, but I’ll try to post it tomorrow.
 
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In almost an hour of searching google, I have been unable to find even one list of products that contain aspartame. Interesting huh? I challenge anyone interested (who may have more time to look than me) to find a list of products containing aspartame. I did find a list of drugs (prescription and over the counter) that contain Phenylalanine, one of the components of aspartame. Here is the link: http://www.pkunews.org/diet/asptable.htm
Here is the link to the home page: http://www.pkunews.org/diet/aspartame.htm
I'm out of time for today (I only have an hour a day at the local library).
 
Cottontop3000 said:
In almost an hour of searching google, I have been unable to find even one list of products that contain aspartame. Interesting huh? I challenge anyone interested (who may have more time to look than me) to find a list of products containing aspartame. I did find a list of drugs (prescription and over the counter) that contain Phenylalanine, one of the components of aspartame. Here is the link: http://www.pkunews.org/diet/asptable.htm
Here is the link to the home page: http://www.pkunews.org/diet/aspartame.htm
I'm out of time for today (I only have an hour a day at the local library).
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Here are some links

http://www.aspartame.org/aspartame_products.html

http://www.nutrasweet.com/articles/article.asp?Id=47

http://www.aspartame.ca/page_a2a.html
 
Aspartame is found in almost any diet drink or sugar free sweets. However actual literature is still inconclusive regarding the danger of aspartame.
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Ann Oncol. 2007 Jan;18(1):40-4. Epub 2006 Oct 16.
Gallus et al. stated :" The present work indicates a lack of association between saccharin, aspartame and other sweeteners and the risk of several common neoplasms."

Here is an additional link challenging the findings, however it is likely not an unbiased one (the guy is working for an aspartame selling company)
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=17366802

Overall, the evidence is increasing for a possible link between aspartame and cancer, the final verdict is yet to come, though.
 
CharonZ said:
Aspartame is found in almost any diet drink or sugar free sweets. However actual literature is still inconclusive regarding the danger of aspartame.
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Ann Oncol. 2007 Jan;18(1):40-4. Epub 2006 Oct 16.
Gallus et al. stated :" The present work indicates a lack of association between saccharin, aspartame and other sweeteners and the risk of several common neoplasms."

Here is an additional link challenging the findings, however it is likely not an unbiased one (the guy is working for an aspartame selling company)
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=17366802

Overall, the evidence is increasing for a possible link between aspartame and cancer, the final verdict is yet to come, though.
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I agree with this post. For what it's worth, I think it needs to be pointed out that the first sentence is a little misleading since an ever-growing market share is moving to Splenda. It's gaining ground every day in diet products and so far there's been no indication of it causing any type of health problems that I'm aware of. (And no, I'm not connected to it in any way.) :)
 
There's this supplement called Fructooligosaccharide(FOS) that people use to help gut dysbiosis - and it tastes really sweet. Its totally natural (I think) and used in japan alot as an additive. So this is a sugar substitute that has actual proven benefits.
 
S.A.M. said:
Here are some links

http://www.aspartame.org/aspartame_products.html

http://www.nutrasweet.com/articles/article.asp?Id=47

http://www.aspartame.ca/page_a2a.html
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Thanks S.A.M. I did see a couple of those lists in my previous searches, but I was hoping that someone might know of an all-inclusive list of all 6000+ products that contain aspartame. That would be some list, though.

I guess we just have to look for either "phe" or "PHE" (for phenylalanine, one of the components of aspartame) or aspartame or methyl acid on labels to avoid it. It seems that it's in a lot of children's medicines, flavored medicines, "sugar-free" products in general, diet drinks and even a lot of prescription medicines.
 
Cottontop3000 said:
Thanks S.A.M. I did see a couple of those lists in my previous searches, but I was hoping that someone might know of an all-inclusive list of all 6000+ products that contain aspartame. That would be some list, though.

I guess we just have to look for either "phe" or "PHE" (for phenylalanine, one of the components of aspartame) or aspartame or methyl acid on labels to avoid it. It seems that it's in a lot of children's medicines, flavored medicines, "sugar-free" products in general, diet drinks and even a lot of prescription medicines.
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Imagine what a pain aspartame is for people with PKU....

Corporations don't give a shit about that, though.
 
Truthseeker, check this shit out. From the wiki page on stevia: "In 1991, at the request of an anonymous complaint, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) labeled stevia as an "unsafe food additive" and restricted its import. The FDA's stated reason was "toxicological information on stevia is inadequate to demonstrate its safety."[25] This ruling was controversial, as stevia proponents pointed out that this designation violated the FDA's own guidelines under which any natural substance used prior to 1958 with no reported adverse effects should be generally recognized as safe (GRAS).

Stevia occurs naturally, requiring no patent to produce it. As a consequence, since the import ban in 1991, marketers and consumers of stevia have shared a belief that the FDA acted in response to industry pressure.[26] Arizona congressman Jon Kyl, for example, called the FDA action against stevia "a restraint of trade to benefit the artificial sweetener industry."[27] Citing privacy issues, the FDA has not revealed the source of the original complaint in its responses to requests filed under the Freedom of Information Act.[26]"

What the fuck? It looks like stevia was kept off the market from the artificial industry. So a safe thing is being kept from us, and an unsafe thing is being soldto us as "harmless." That's great.
 
Yes, I know that for a fact. Fortunately, that is not the case in Canada- so we buy stevia.

Stevia is very common in Brasil too (my home country). It's found in Guarana. And we even have a pop made from the plant. :)

We are concerned that corporations might succeed in banning it from here too... :(

I also know of a natural supplement that has almost been banned from Canada. It's a sad situation......
 
TruthSeeker said:
No. But it's much better then aspartame. Stevia is natural and Japanese studies show it to be very safe.
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I don't care how healthy it is, it tastes like rancid licorice to me. Everything I tried putting it in tasted so bad I had to spit it out. You have to take into account the fact that some of these offbeat chemicals, whether "natural" or synthetic, haven't been established as having a standard flavor to all humans the way time-tested substances like sugar have. I won't miss stevia.
TruthSeeker said:
Imagine what a pain aspartame is for people with PKU. Corporations don't give a shit about that, though.
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Everybody has to do their own personal risk management. No two people have the same attitude about risks versus rewards. I will continue using aspartame because it tastes like sugar to me and if there's a miniscule statistical risk it's hardly any more important than the risk I take every time I indulge myself in the guilty pleasure of a bag of fast-food french fries made with transfats. Or drive on the freeway to go to work--something I don't even want to do!

As far as I'm concerned I wish they'd bring back calcium cyclamate. That was the best tasting artificial sweetener ever.

A life with no risk is also a life with no pleasure.
 
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