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Dark History Of Aspartame

Dark History Of Aspartame
By: D. H. Williams
8th June 2008
Dark History Of Aspartame

+ Song - Stoopid Juice by CC Williams
Song - Stoopid Juice

Brain cancer in a can or as one singer song writer calls it, Stoopid juice.

Drinking a lot of diet soft drinks lately? Not feeling so well, experiencing headaches, migraines, dizziness, unsteadiness, confusion or memory loss. Concerned about brain tumors, brain lesions and lymphoma? If so you may want to check your favorite soft drink for aspartame, an artificial, non-saccharide sweetener. Marketed under the trade names; Equal, NutraSweel, Tropicana Slim and Canderel it is used as an ingredient in approximately 6,000 consumer goods. Most commonly used in soft drinks it is also in chewable vitamin supplements and sugar-free chewing gums.

In 1995, FDA Epidemiology Branch Chief Thomas Wilcox reported that aspartame complaints represented 75% of all reports of adverse reactions to substances in the food supply from 1981 to 1995. Concerns about aspartame frequently revolve around symptoms and health conditions that are allegedly caused by the sweetener. A total of 92 different symptoms and health conditions were reported by physicians and consumers.

A brief history of this substance begins with a 1980 FDA Board of Inquiry confirming that aspartame “might induce brain tumors.” The FDA actually banned aspartame based on this finding but fortunately for Monsanto which purchased the patent in 1985, then Searle Chairman Donald Rumsfeld ( Yes the former Sec. Def.) vowed to “call in his markers,” to get it approved. The FDA panel upheld the ban in a 3 - 2 decision, but FDA commissioner, Arthur Hayes Hull, Jr. appointed a sixth person to the panel creating a deadlock, Hull then stepped in to break the tie in favor of approval. Hull was later rewarded by Monsanto with a contract to perform duties as chief public relations. Hull has never spoken publicly about aspartame.

Still thirsting for that diet drink?

You may want to listen to this original song by CC Williams, Stoopid Juice here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0CCulRHssg

Link to this article: http://www.dailynewscaster.com/2008/06/08/dark-history-of-aspartame