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What is all of this I have been hearing about aspartame?

Did you know it has toxic long-term effects? Aspartame has the same symptoms as Methanol poisoning! Did you know it is often a hidden ingredient in many pharmaceutical drugs?

This came across my e-mail and I listened to the whole 1:29:54 of it. http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/02/06/sweet-misery-a-poisoned-world-you-can-finally-view-free-online.aspx

Very eye opening. A short synopsis of what I got from it follows:
A drug company was trying to find an ulcer drug when the chemist splashed some on his hand and licked it (brave chemist, one of the first rules I learned in chemistry class what not to put anything in your mouth) and it tasted sweet. This led to the idea that it may be a good diet substitute for sugar.

Testing was done for Aspartame but it was botched, several times. In one experiment the feed for the mice were mixed up and the test group and the control group were both fed the aspartame and both came down with brain tumors – test results recorded was that Aspartame was no different than the control group. (Brain tumors in any animal are not a normal condition). Another botched test was when the Aspartame was not finely ground up before being mixed with the feed. The animals just ate around it, kind of like trying to trick a cat with a pill in the food. These animals did not experience any side effects so this test was used.

It is also very fishy when the testing is done solely by a company that has a financial interest in the outcome. When is the FDA going to wake up and actually do their job? Many of the FDA workers involved in getting this “drug” approved for consumption are now working in the Soda and Drink industry.

Some of the side effects of Aspartame.
Seizures – Outside testing using monkeys had many with Grand Mal Seizures and one died.
Brain Tumors – The animals used for testing developed brain tumors. In the ‘official’ test many of these animals were preserved and looked at a year later after their tissue had turned to mush so nothing was seen, others had the tumors physically cut out before presenting for proof of acceptance. (How many people do you know who have developed brain cancer? I know quit a few).

Other problems that the Center for Disease Control investigations found cardiac arrest, seizures, liver problems, mood alterations, deaths. However the Center for Disease Control is so embarrassed (that they are unwilling to stand up to the commercial companies and the FDA) they only list a ‘summary’ on their website not the full 147 page report which can be found at www.dorway.com.

FDA has developed the attitude of approving things now and letting the people prove it is bad latter.

On a more personal aside, my husband use to drink diet cokes a lot. He quit when he linked the diet drink with his eye and leg muscle twitches, tinnitus and several other problems including the inability to loose weight (you don’t see a thin person drinking a diet drink).
I realized this morning that the “Slim Fast” I like for breakfast has aspartame so this is the last batch of that I will buy.