European Food Safety Authority Declares Aspartame Safe

[Corncrake]

There has been quite a lot of coverage in the media recently declaring Aspartame to be safe. This is a slightly more balanced account than those that have appeared in the BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25323216 and Medical News Today http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/269991.php because it actually quotes some opposing voices:

Controversial sweetener declared safe (Chemistry World)

'Nevertheless, not all academics are convinced by the way that EFSA went about evaluating aspartame. Erik Millstone, a science and food policy expert at the University of Sussex, UK, is unhappy with the way in which EFSA has given more weight to some studies over others. ‘The shortcomings of the studies that suggested aspartame is harmless (which were deemed reliable) were often far greater than those of studies suggesting that aspartame may cause harm (which were deemed entirely unreliable),’ he wrote in a response to EFSA’s decision. ‘The benchmarks of credibility were therefore distinctly asymmetric, in a way that favours the chemical and food industry rather than consumer protection.’

'This is very conservative approach, which overestimates true intakes,’ says Berna Magnuson, a food scientist at the University of Toronto, Canada. ‘Using this worst case approach, EFSA confirmed that intakes of aspartame are below the acceptable daily intake, even for those people that are the highest users of low calorie product. Therefore, there is no concern that any consumers will exceed the ADI for aspartame.'

http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/12/controversial-sweetener-aspartame-declared-safe

[ThePythonicCow]

An excellent book on the topic of aspartame: While Science Sleeps, by Woodrow C. Monte (http://www.whilesciencesleeps.com/).

Aspartame is one of the several means of delivering methanol to the brain and other vital tissues. Methanol is converted to formaldehyde, which is a leading cause of the Diseases of Civilization (DOC), such as cancer, cardiovascular and multiple sclerosis.

Avoid the stuff like the plague.

[johnf]

An excellent book on the topic of aspartame: While Science Sleeps, by Woodrow C. Monte (http://www.whilesciencesleeps.com/).

Aspartame is one of the several means of delivering methanol to the brain and other vital tissues. Methanol is converted to formaldehyde, which is a leading cause of the Diseases of Civilization (DOC), such as cancer, cardiovascular and multiple sclerosis.

Avoid the stuff like the plague.

What other means are there?

Jf

[ThePythonicCow]

What other means are there?
From Toxicology Expert Explains Why Aspartame is so Dangerous to Your Health (Mercola.com) (http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/11/11/aspartame-dangers.aspx):

Cigarettes
Tomato sauces, unless first simmered at least 3 hours, no lid on pan
Diet foods and drinks with aspartame
Smoked food of any kind, particularly fish and meat
Fruit and vegetable products and their juices in bottles, cans, or pouches
Chewing gum, most chewing gum in the USA contains aspartame
Jellies, jams, and marmalades not made fresh and kept refrigerated
Slivovitz and other fruit schnapps
Black currant and tomato juice products, fresh or processed
Overly ripe or near rotting fruits or vegetables

[johnf]

From Toxicology Expert Explains Why Aspartame is so Dangerous to Your Health (Mercola.com) (http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/11/11/aspartame-dangers.aspx):


Cigarettes
Tomato sauces, unless first simmered at least 3 hours, no lid on pan
Diet foods and drinks with aspartame
Smoked food of any kind, particularly fish and meat
Fruit and vegetable products and their juices in bottles, cans, or pouches
Chewing gum, most chewing gum in the USA contains aspartame
Jellies, jams, and marmalades not made fresh and kept refrigerated
Slivovitz and other fruit schnapps
Black currant and tomato juice products, fresh or processed
Overly ripe or near rotting fruits or vegetables



Wow, thats a lot thank you!

jf

[TargeT]

ever have silly leaps of thought, draw conclusions where there probably aren't any?


so first we are fed HFC, a nice calorie dense sweetener that is hard to replace (for it's "sweetness" density) and the population starts to hit obesity/diabetes phase (PROBLEM), Fitness craze kicks in and people start this "diet" craze (fairly recently too..) (REACTION), Aspertame is introduced and diet foods explode! (SOLUTION).

now I'd say that's a crazy thought and maybe it just happened naturally... but Wasn't Dick Cheney heavily involved in Aspartame (http://www.2baware.net/health/the-shocking-story-of-how-aspartame-became-legal/) (Dick Cheney was CEO of Searle, the company that originally created it, Donald Rumsfield pushed its legalization through after it had been banned several times)?

Hmmmmmmmmm.........................:tinfoil3:


PS, don't forget who owns the patent to Aspertame... Monsanto

Nothing to see here....:tsk:

[conk]

ever have silly leaps of thought, draw conclusions where there probably aren't any?


so first we are fed HFC, a nice calorie dense sweetener that is hard to replace (for it's "sweetness" density) and the population starts to hit obesity/diabetes phase (PROBLEM), Fitness craze kicks in and people start this "diet" craze (fairly recently too..) (REACTION), Aspertame is introduced and diet foods explode! (SOLUTION).

now I'd say that's a crazy thought and maybe it just happened naturally... but Wasn't Dick Cheney heavily involved in Aspartame (http://www.2baware.net/health/the-shocking-story-of-how-aspartame-became-legal/) (Dick Cheney was CEO of Searle, the company that originally created it, Donald Rumsfield pushed its legalization through after it had been banned several times)?

Hmmmmmmmmm.........................:tinfoil3:


PS, don't forget who owns the patent to Aspertame... Monsanto

Nothing to see here....:tsk:

Rumsfeld, not Cheney. Easy mistake, as both are of the same demonic order. Edit: oops, I see you mentioned Rummie.

[TargeT]

Rumsfeld, not Cheney. Easy mistake, as both are of the same demonic order. Edit: oops, I see you mentioned Rummie.

just like in everything with the PNAC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century)members, it was a team effort, Cheney was CEO of the company that created it. Rummie got it pushed through to legalization... TAG TEAM!

and now Monsanto bought the patent..

I'd say that alone is enough to avoid that chemical like the plague!

[Flash]

My sister is a food expert, a dietecian/nutritionist, educated at McGill University. When Aspartame came out, years ago, she told me "stay away from this, this is pure poison" and explained to me what is does when braking up in the stomach and then poisoning the body.

Most true nutritionists would say the same. So I stayed basically away from it.

She also says that brocoli has too much pesticide because it gets into the flower heads and we cannot wash it out, cheese is whitened with a product that is extremely toxic, industrial cheese natural color is in fact grey, it would not sell. She only eat fancy cheese that did not go through that whitening process. She has work with the industry quite a lot, and knows about the processing of food.

Anyhow, I also had a friend who was an expert in micro waves, and nobody ever listened to him (do not microwave your food, it changes the molecular composition of it and yes, Wireless has an impact on your developing cells.

[conk]

The FDA refused to approve Aspartame for 13 years. Coca Cola wrote a letter to the FDA claiming it was a toxin (letter is in the Congressional Record). Funny how Coke changed their position. The most heinous information was culled from the test reports submitted to the FDA. There were pictures of monkeys and mice with horrible tumors and cancers. There was never really a proper approval, it was just shoved down our throat in the middle of the night via collusion between Rumsfeld, the interim FDA head, and Ronald Regan. Aspartame is a ghastly poison, a neuro-toxin, and cancer causing compound.

dorway.com for all you need to know about it.