[Coleus]

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[HiTech RedNeck]

The moral of the story is: Do not feed Nutrasweet to pet rats.

[Perdogg]

This says it all: "People shouldn't panic, but they should stop buying beverages and foods containing aspartame,"

If it is bad for you, then why not panic??? This all you need know about Mike Jacobsen

[Maelstorm]

I have a hard time believing this study is accurate. If it is one should be able to show a statistically significant correlation between increased cancer rates and the introduction of the nutrasweet. As far as I know that has never been discovered. My biggest doubt concerning the idea that somehow aspartame is causing cancer is that the two major components of aspartame are commonly found in many foods naturally.

[ken21]

this crops up every few months, an urban legend.

same with soy beans and masculinity.

never mind that asians have huge populations,

have on the average i.q.’s 15 points above caucasians,

[rxgalfl]

The whole hoopla it’s about the breakdown of the aspartame upon ingestion and specifically so into phenylalanine, formaldehyde and methanol. Common sense should tell anyone (without the need of research) that knowingly exposing your body to them it’s reckless. Unless you are diabetic, lay off artificial sweetener, forget about soda (diet or regular) and drink water. What happened to the times when a Coke was just a treat? I am always stunned when I see parents buying juice drinks or sweetened, artificially colored water masquerading as juice and thinking they are doing the kids good. And we wonder why we lead the world in obesity... Oh, the false sense of security by ordering an extra large Diet Coke at McDonalds along with a tub of French fries. Why bother?

[shield]

Yep, aspartane is an extremely dangerous drug. I've known this for yrs. Everyone I love I've tried to get off this god awful sweetner. Causes brain tumors...causes people to actually gain weight from it...the list is endless...My Mom drank it one time and one time only it immediately caused her throat to close up...

This once again proves the FDA is actually not looking out for the public...it's there to protect the profits of companies.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

According to the article there is no statistically significant correlation between aspartame unless the child is averaging over 5 cans/day everyday or an adult male is taking over 20 cans/day every day. If you took that many cans of regular soda you’d get diabetes, or that much water and you’d disturb your electrolyte balance enough to pass out!

[TBP]

The stuff gave me a seizure.

[Constantine XIII]

Well, looks like I’m doomed. :p

[rlmorel]

[WildcatClan]

“Aspartame causes Global Warming and evil corpulent Americans cause Aspartame” -—ManBearPig Logic

[brityank]

I remember the banning of Cyclamate sweetner back in the 70’s. Found you’d have died from drowning first — you needed to take the equivalent of four thousand cans of soft drinks to get the levels they were talking about.

To say nothing about fried bacon.
Runny eggs.
Salt.
Sugar.
ad nauseum!

Moderation works well, they ought to try it.

[shield]

The "Bressler Report"

(Note: This is the text of an FDA report on Searle)

EIR 4/25/77 to 8/4/77

Looking for the Bressler Report? (The Original FDA Audit) Aspartame is safe, right? After all, the FDA approved it. Newsflash! They orginally didn't! Jerome Bressler is now retired from the FDA but he was an employee when all the shenanigans were going on. In a conversation with Dr. Betty Martini, Dr. H. J. Roberts and Dr. Russell Blaylock, he admitted the studies on aspartame were so bad that when his report was retyped, the FDA removed the worst 20 percent. So, as bad as this report is, it was originally worse. Dr. Roberts wrote his congressman demanding the FDA release the other 20 percent, but they refused saying it was confidential.

[Pinkbell]

My aunt has always said that about aspartame for years. Personally, I’ve read that it is can cause bad stomach aches and headaches. I usually stick with the regular sugar. I’ll have something with aspartame on occasion if that is all that is available. I don’t the taste of diet coke compared with regular coke.

[RJS1950]

Damn! These morons never give up. This argument is over 30 years old.

[MarkL]

Tests on laboratory rats have proven that milk is deadly. When lab rats ingest 5 gallons of milk a day, they explode.

Mark

[bigdcaldavis]

CSPI: The same scumbags who, in the 1980s, actually DEFENDED trans fats. If there were a criminal probe against trans fats, CSPI should be among those prosecuted. I’m sure “Tiny” would love to make Michael Jacobson his “prag”. :-D