Posted on 09/27/2023 7:43:19 PM PDT by DoodleBob
Pregnant or breastfeeding women who consume diet soda or other foods and drinks containing aspartame could experience higher rates of autism diagnoses in their sons, a new study has revealed.
Researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) found that among boys who had been diagnosed with autism, their mothers were three times as likely to report drinking at least one diet soda — or consuming an equivalent amount of five tabletop packets of aspartame — per day.
"Our study does not prove causality — it does not prove that maternal intake of diet sodas, and aspartame specifically, during pregnancy or nursing increases a child’s risk of autism — but it does raise a major warning flag," said lead author Sharon Parten Fowler, PhD, adjunct assistant professor of medicine at UT Health San Antonio, in an interview with Fox News Digital.
In the study, the researchers analyzed reported aspartame consumption of the mothers of 235 children who were diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.
Then they compared those results to a control group of 121 children who had "typical neurological development.
Compared to the neurologically typical children, the male offspring with autism were more than three times as likely to have been exposed to aspartame-sweetened products on a daily basis while they were in utero or were breastfed.
"We saw these associations for autism in boys but not for autism in girls," Fowler noted.
"We also saw these associations for boys with autism disorder, but not for all boys with any autism spectrum disorder (ASD) — an umbrella category that includes less severely life-changing conditions, such as Asperger syndrome, as well as the potentially more severe conditions categorized as autism disorder."
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https://www.hhs.gov/answers/public-health-and-safety/is-aspartame-safe/index.html
Is aspartame safe?
After reviewing scientific studies, the HHS Food and Drug Administration (FDA) determined in 1981 that aspartame was safe for use in foods. In 1987, the General Accounting Office investigated the process surrounding FDA’s approval of aspartame and confirmed the agency had acted properly.
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00000426.htm
Evaluation of Consumer Complaints Related to Aspartame Use
In summary, currently available information, based on data with limitations as described in the report, indicates a wide variety of complaints that are generally of a mild nature. Although it may be that certain individuals have an unusual sensitivity to the product, these data do not provide evidence for the existence of serious, widespread, adverse health consequences attendant to the use of aspartame. Reported by Div of Nutrition, Center for Health Promotion and Education, CDC.
So we should knock off the NutraSweet, Equal, and Canderel, at least if we are young?
One or more additional research groups...preferably ones affiliated with top medical schools...must reproduce these results for them to be accepted.
Autism has picked up over the decades. No explanation. One would have to look at lifestyle changes over time. To me it points to processed foods. Fast food is no help. Too many sex partners?
Ultrasounds
I recommend staying away from ALL artificial sweetners.
I do recommend Sucanat (a minimally processed cane sugar) over regular white sugar. Stevia, as far as I know, is decent sugar substitute.
I think that RFK,Jr. just might be right on this.
Less, or no spanking
Fewer two parent homes
Fewer, or no siblings
No grandparents in the homes
Processed foods
More sugar in the diet
Mothers and sperm domore more likely to be on drugs than in the past
Mothers doing less physical work than in the past
Future mothers using birth control pills early in life before quitting to start families...
There are similar studies connecting autism to acetaminophen during pregnancy.
Why not say during pregnancy instead of amid? It’s like saying as well as instead of and.
Artificial sweeteners of any kind from saccharine to cyclamates to aspartame are poison. No amount of any of these are safe long-term. Sugar itself is dangerous.
From what I understand, researchers searched and could not find a single case of autism where the person had not been vaccinated.
Yet, many studies claim there is no link between autism and vaccines.
The entire soft drinks and bottled water aisle of the supermarket is a tribute to the stupidity of the American public and its willingness to buy products that range from harmful to useless.
Just look at the size of the sodas.
This. Can the research be independently replicated? One study is interesting. Multiple independent studies will show if this is true or not.
Modern science has an ongoing issue with replicating research.
Without government bureaucratic agencies protecting us, who would approve chemicals in our food to give our children autism?
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