Over the last 30 years, NutraSweet and Aspartame have been marketed as a safe sweetener as an alternative to regular sugar, so that people with high blood sugar and diabetes can consume and enjoy the sugar free products; however, not without its side effects. They are now in over 5000 products, going from diet pop to yogurt to children’s vitamins. The history of this product has been twisted throughout the past three decades. Artificial sweeteners should be banned from the market due to major health risks and also the political involvement in concealing the information from us from the beginning.
In December of 1965, while James Schlatter was recrystalling aspartame from ethanol, the mixture spilled onto the outside of the flask. Some of the powder got onto his fingers. Later, when he licked his fingers to pick up a piece of paper, he noticed a very strong sweet taste. He realized that the sweet taste might have been the aspartame. In the beginning 70’s, the experiments done on monkeys, with this aspartame has caused one death and 5 having mal seizures. The actual results were hidden from the FDA when GD Searle submitted its initial application. In 1971, Dr. John W. Olney informed G.D. Searle that aspartic acid caused holes in the brains of mice. It also caused tumors in the liver and thyroids and testes in rats. G.D. Searle did not inform the FDA of this study until after aspartame’s approval. GD Searle denies the knowledge and involvement with the experiments and the results. A number of false statements were made by G.D. Searle including that the animals were unavailable for purchase for autopsy after the termination of the study. The FDA Commissioner from 1972 to 1976, Alexander Schmidt, M.D. felt that “superficially, it seemed like, if there would ever be a safe kind of product that would be it. The idea that two naturally-occurring amino acids could harm someone in relatively small amounts.” So, for a single dose to harm someone that easily, it makes consumers question, what would happen to someone that consumes it on a daily basis. Let’s look at the symptoms of aspartame, mal seizures, brain tumors, eye bleed, holes in the brain (just like MSG), neurological problems, MS, there are a long list of symptoms. They have a list of over 92 symptoms, based on over 10 000 complaints from consumers, and also, 167 reasons to avoid it. The FDA used to mail the list of symptoms freely, but now you can’t get it without a congressman or Freedom of Information Act request. Because aspartame is a neurotoxin, some doctors’ thinks aspartame may contribute ADD, hyperactivity, mental retardation, and various other neurological problems in children. Aspartame also contains phenylalanine. The law requires a warning for people who cannot metabolize phenylalanine, because it can flood the brain, lowering the seizure threshold and depleting serotonin.
What about weight loss, which that’s what people think that would happen by consuming aspartame, because of the “low calorie or sugar-free” products, well, let’s just say that, it s does the exact opposite. Published in Behavioral Neuroscience, this new report offers strong evidence that animals fed with artificially sweetened foods actually consumed more calories and gained more weight than animals eating foods flavored with glucose, a natural, high-calorie sweetener. The problem is not just Aspartame; it’s also Splenda, which is just as bad. It also destroys beneficial intestinal bacteria and may interfere with the absorption of prescription drugs. So, looking at all this.
What do the lobbyists who help keep it legal have to gain? Lots of money, what does the FDA have to gain? Guess, what do the pro-aspartame Web sites have to gain? Take another educated guess. In the 1980, it was ruled by law to not market Aspartame. The government went and did a political Triage to manipulate the process. Ronald Regan suspended the FDA Authority Commissioner and also fired that commissioner, and hired a new one a month later. The old commissioner was prevented from taking any action on this matter, which takes very high political authority to do such an action.
So, from now on, I would suggest reading the labels and educating yourself, because, now they have changed the name and claimed it to be natural, it is now called AminoSweet. They will change the name as many times as it is needed to fool people in taking their products. Stay in the loop, and look at what’s going on with an open mind, anything is possible when money is involved.
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