Aspartame, sold as NutraSweet or Equal, is an artificial sweetener, present in over 6000 products. It is responsible for a host of health problems, including brain diseases, migraines and psychological ailments.
This video will familiarize you with some of the terrifying side-effects and health problems you could encounter if you consume products containing this chemical. Dr. H. J. Roberts has called aspartame “an ignored epidemic” -- his database contains over 1,300 reports of adverse reactions to aspartame.
Dr. Mercola's Comments:
NutraSweet is sold in over 100 countries, found in over 5000 products, and is consumed by over 250 million people. It’s found in most diet sodas and a good portion of chewing gum.
How safe is it?
Consider this: There have been more reports to the FDA for aspartame reactions than for all other food additives combined.
Aspartame is a Danger to Your Brain
Early safety studies of aspartame identified potential neurotoxic side effects. In one study, out of seven monkeys fed aspartame mixed with milk, one monkey died and five of the remaining had grand mal seizures. Other have shown that aspartic acid, one of the main ingredients in aspartame, causes damage to the brains of infant mice.
In an analysis of 166 articles about aspartame published in medical journals, 91 percent of the independent studies -- 84 out of a total of 92 -- found at least one adverse health effect in its outcome. In contrast, all 74 of the studies that were conducted by individuals with strong financial ties to the success of aspartame concluded that aspartame posed no health risks.
Those industry-funded studies were highly flawed; among many other problems, the subjects were given pure aspartame administered as capsules or in cold water. No consumer will ever ingest aspartame in this form.
Excitotoxicity
Aspartame has three components: phenylalanine, aspartic acid, and methanol (wood alcohol). Those who defend the chemical argue that phenylalanine and aspartic acid are a harmless and natural part of your diet. Phenylalanine and aspartic acid are indeed amino acids that are normally supplied by the foods you eat. However, they can only be considered natural and harmless when they are consumed in combination with other amino acids, fats, and carbohydrates in the form of real food.
When phenylalanine and aspartic acid are consumed as free amino acids, they enter your central nervous system in abnormally high concentrations, causing excessive firing of brain neurons and potential cell death. This concept has been termed “excitotoxicity” by Dr. Russell Blaylock, a prominent neurosurgeon.
Blindness and Cancer
Potentially even more worrisome is the 10 percent of aspartame that is absorbed into your bloodstream as methanol. The Environmental Protection Agency defines safe consumption of this dangerous substance as no more than 7.8 milligrams per day, which is the amount found in half a can of diet soda. Methanol poisoning can result in fatal kidney damage, blindness, multiple organ system failure and death.
The manufacturers of aspartame again defend the methanol by claiming it is found naturally in many foods. But in nature, methanol is bound to pectin, a form of fiber. As a result of this bond, your body is not exposed to methanol, nor does it break it down. However, your body does absorb the pectin-free methanol in aspartame, and further breaks it down into formaldehyde.
Formaldehyde can accumulate within your cells, and react with other cellular proteins such as enzymes and DNA. Formaldehyde can cause cancer in laboratory animals and likely causes cancer in humans. There is no known threshold level below which there is no threat of cancer.
Over 10,000 Complaints
The FDA has received over 10,000 complaints regarding adverse reactions to aspartame. By the FDA’s own admission, less than 1 percent of those who experience a reaction to a product ever report it. This means that the 10,000 documented accounts probably mean that there are roughly a million people who have experienced reactions to aspartame.
While a variety of symptoms have been reported, almost two-thirds of them fall into the neurological and behavioral category consisting mostly of headaches, mood alterations, and hallucinations. The remaining third is mostly gastrointestinal symptoms.
Are You Having a Reaction?
If you think you may be having a reaction to aspartame, you might want to consider doing an elimination/challenge with it. First eliminate it (and all other artificial sweeteners) from your diet completely for a period of one to two weeks. After this period, reintroduce it in a significant quantity. For example, use it in your beverage in the morning, and eat at least two aspartame containing products the remainder of the day. Avoid other artificial sweeteners on this day.
Do this for a period of one to three days. Notice how your body is feeling, particularly if it feels different than when you were artificial sweetener free. Nearly two-thirds of aspartame reactors experienced symptomatic improvement within two days after avoiding aspartame. With continued abstinence, their complaints generally disappeared.
Aspartame's Hidden Dangers: http://www.mercola.com/article/aspartame/hidden_dangers.htm
One Woman's Astonishing Experiment With Aspartame: http://www.mercola.com/article/aspartame/dangers.htm
Aspartame: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You: http://www.mercola.com/article/aspartame/dangers.htm
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Aspartame (E951) is an artificial sweetener, used in over 6000 products. The food industry claims that aspartame helps you to lose weight, but why is obesity then becoming an ever increasing problem?
Aspartame is a very sweet chemical, responsible for many health problems including obesity, diabetes, cancer, brain diseases, migraines, ADHD, etc.
Aspartame breaks down into three components:
1. Methanol.
This is the poisonous kind of alcohol. Once in the body, methanol breaks down into formaldehyde, which is a poison.
2. Phenylalanine.
This decreases the amount serotonin in your brain, which leads to mood swings (depressions) and an increased appetite! This is why aspartame is one of the main causes for the current obesity epidemic.
3. Aspartic acid.
This is a neurological toxin comparable to MSG.
The US Department of Health has recorded 92 (!) symptoms following complaints about aspartame. In fact, over 80% of all complaints filed with FDA are aspartame related!
http://www.321recipes.com/symptoms.html
Some of the brand names for aspartame: NutraSweet, Equal, NatraTaste, Canderel, Spoonful, Equal-Measure, etc.
Aspartame is used in any of the following products: Sugarfree, Light, Diet, Zero (Coke, Sprite & Fanta), Coke 007, Pepsi Max, Crystal Clear, Low-Calorie, Crystal Light, No Sugar Added, Sportlife, Stimorol Ice, Stimorol Fusion, Freedent, Mentos, Smint, etc.
If you use any of these products, please watch this investigative report by FOX 5 News.
Don't believe the lies concocted by the food industry and the main stream media any longer. Contrary to what industry-paid 'health experts' claim, aspartame is NOT safe.
In fact, aspartame is a very sweet poison 'designed' to make people sick so the pharmaceutical industry can sell expensive medication to 'treat' the chronic diseases that are caused by it.
Do yourself a big favor and remove this poisonous chemical out of your diet for 60 days and discover how your health will improve dramatically!
Other artificial sweeteners that you should avoid: Acesulfame K (E950), Cyclamate (E952), Isomalt (E953), Saccharin (E954), Sucralose (known as Splenda) (E955), Alitame (E956), Neohesperidine (E959), Neotame (E961), Salt of Aspartame-Acesulfame (E962), Maltitol (E965), Lactitol (E966), Sorbitol (E420), Mannitol (E421), Glycerol (E422).
Natural based sweeteners and thus relatively safe: Xylitol (E967), Thaumatin (E957).
Healthy sugar replacements: Organic raw sugar, maple syrup and honey.
The low calorie, all natural sweetener Stevia, used in Paraguay for centuries: http://www.steviainfo.com
"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge."
Hosea 4:6 (KJV)
"Why do you spend money for what is not bread, and your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in abundance."
Isaiah 55:2 (NKJV)
"With all thy getting, get understanding."
Proverbs 4:7 (KJV)
More information about aspartame:
http://www.aspartamesafety.com
http://www.sweetpoison.com
http://www.321recipes.com/aspartame.html
http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame
http://www.naturalnews.com
Aspartame documentary Sweet Misery: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-566922170441334340
How the public is being manipulated: http://www.healingdaily.com/beliefs.htm
Information about food additives and E-numbers: http://www.foodreactions.org/allergy/additives/index.html
Are you tired of trying to lose weight?
The solution is actually quite simple.
Avoid all artificial sweeteners, flavor enhancers and (partially) hydrogenated oils/fats or trans fats. Read the book 'Fit for Life' by Harvey Diamond. This book will transform your life, in fact you will never have to get on a diet again for the rest of your life!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fit_for_Life
http://www.fitforlifetime.com
Would you like to make a difference?: http://fonteine2.com/make_difference.html
Reversing disease through nutrition: http://www.ravediet.com
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Note: Updated Tuesday 2nd February 2010 6.40pm Sydney Time.
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