• It is currently the third most popular artificial sweetener in the United states right behind Aspartame which goes by the name NutraSweet or Equal. (pharmacistben.com)
  • In 1973, aspartame entered the market as an artificial sweetener and is now known by various brand names such as Equal, NutraSweet, and Sugar Twin. (wikikenko.com)
  • According to their guidelines, it is recommended not to consume more than 75 packets per day of Equal or NutraSweet (aspartame), 23 packets per day of Splenda (sucralose), Sweet One (acesulfame potassium), or Newtame (neotame), and 45 packets per day of Sweet'N Low or Sweet Twin (saccharin). (wikikenko.com)
  • In this unbound or 'free' form, the body breaks aspartame down rapidly into the toxic by-products formic acid (an irritant found in red ant venom), and DKP (aspartylphenylalanine diketopiperine), an agent linked to gene mutations. (turningpointnutrition.ca)
  • The formaldehyde converts to formic acid, the same as ant sting poison. (healthnewsyoucanuse.com)
  • Toxic formic acid is used as an activator to strip epoxy and urethane coatings. (healthnewsyoucanuse.com)
  • Aspartame is an artificial non-saccharide sweetener 200 times sweeter than sucrose and is commonly used as a sugar substitute in foods and beverages. (wikipedia.org)
  • The sweetness of aspartame lasts longer than that of sucrose, so it is often blended with other artificial sweeteners such as acesulfame potassium to produce an overall taste more like that of sugar. (wikipedia.org)
  • Aspartame, which is now being called "AminoSweet" is probably the most controversial of the artificial sweeteners. (pharmacistben.com)
  • A rise in the percent of the population who are obese coincides with an increase in the widespread use of non-caloric artificial sweeteners, such as aspartame (e.g. (doctorschierling.com)
  • The findings, first released last July, prompted a flurry of criticism from the Calorie Control Council, a trade group for makers of artificial sweeteners that has spent the last 25 years trying to quell fears about aspartame. (oawhealth.com)
  • However, unlike some other artificial sweeteners that are excreted from the body unchanged, aspartame undergoes metabolism and contributes around 4 calories per gram. (wikikenko.com)
  • Several studies have explored the potential health effects of artificial sweeteners, including aspartame. (wikikenko.com)
  • Aspartame, the Artificial Sweetener, to Be Classified as Carcinogenic? (wikikenko.com)
  • As of 2017,[update] reviews of clinical trials showed that using aspartame (or other non-nutritive sweeteners) in place of sugar reduces calorie intake and body weight in adults and children. (wikipedia.org)
  • Independent researchers, particularly inEurope, have found popular sweeteners such as sucralose and aspartame to be harmful to human health. (turningpointnutrition.ca)
  • Among these six sweeteners, neotame and advantame, derived from aspartame, are calorie-free and significantly sweeter. (wikikenko.com)
  • In the United States, the FDA has established an acceptable daily intake level of 50 milligrams per kilogram of body weight for aspartame and states that all six approved sweeteners are safe when used in moderation. (wikikenko.com)
  • To make informed choices, it is essential to read ingredient lists carefully and familiarize ourselves with the names of different sweeteners, such as aspartame and acesulfame potassium, as stated by Dr. Carissa Baker-Smith, a pediatric cardiologist at Nemours Children's Hospital in Delaware. (wikikenko.com)
  • In products that may require a longer shelf life, such as syrups for fountain beverages, aspartame is sometimes blended with a more stable sweetener, such as saccharin. (wikipedia.org)
  • Dr.Helen Ratajczak's data, from the Department of Education, clearly showed in her studies that the beginning of the autism epidemic coincided with the approval of aspartame in carbonated beverages. (janethull.com)
  • Aspartame was approved for dry goods in 1981 and for carbonated beverages in 1983. (livingwaterhealthsolutions.com)
  • Shortly after Commissioner Arthur Hull Hayes, Jr., approved the use of aspartame in carbonated beverages, he left for a position with G.D. Searle's public relations firm. (healthnewsyoucanuse.com)
  • WHEN Dr. Morando Soffritti, a cancer researcher in Bologna, Italy, saw the results of his team's seven-year study on aspartame, he knew he was about to be injected into a bitter controversy over this sweetener, one of the most contentiously debated substances ever added to foods and beverages. (oawhealth.com)
  • The American Beverage Association published a comprehensive report on aspartame, highlighting its use in various beverages and foods. (wikikenko.com)
  • Aspartame is sold under the brand names Nutra-Sweet and Equal and is found in such popular products as Diet Coke, Diet Pepsi, Diet Snapple and Sugar Free Kool-Aid. (oawhealth.com)
  • In addition, some studies indicate sugar substitutes like aspartame, sucralose and saccharin, which are commonly found in diet drinks, can throw off your body's natural metabolic processes. (doctorschierling.com)
  • Lance Collins, chief executive of Fuze Beverage in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., said that safety concerns about aspartame were a "major contributing factor" in his decision to use sucralose in his tea and juice drinks. (oawhealth.com)
  • Collins documented the disturbing discovery of " significant " multiple neural tube ( and other ) birth defects in rabbit pups whose mothers were fed aspartame during the course of several different toxicity studies. (janethull.com)
  • Aspartame consumption is associated with the production of high levels of formaldehyde and according to the EPA, formaldehyde causes cancer in animals and likely cause cancer in humans as well. (pharmacistben.com)
  • Aspartame was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1974, and then again in 1981, after approval was revoked in 1980. (wikipedia.org)
  • Aspartame was not approved until 1981, and then only in dry foods. (healthnewsyoucanuse.com)
  • Unfortunately, the harmful health effects caused by the aspartame chemical sweetener are being released 50 years after they were known by the FDA and Big Pharma. (janethull.com)
  • Aspartame is proven to be harmful during pregnancy. (janethull.com)
  • The Controversy: Is Aspartame Harmful? (wikikenko.com)
  • The safety of aspartame has been studied since its discovery, and it is a rigorously tested food ingredient. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) and the European Commission's Scientific Committee on Food (later becoming EFSA) have determined this value is 40 mg/kg of body weight per day for aspartame, while the FDA has set its ADI for aspartame at 50 mg/kg per day - an amount equated to consuming 75 packets of commercial aspartame sweetener per day to be within a safe upper limit. (wikipedia.org)
  • Aspartame may be linked to increasing brain cancer rates. (greenmedinfo.com)
  • According to Dr. Blaylock "the original studies done by the G.D. Searle company "…found lymphomas as well as primary brain tumors and tumors of multiple organs" at the time of the approval by the United states government Donald Rumsfeld was the chairman of the Searle corporation. (pharmacistben.com)
  • He uncovered an FDA memo dated September 11, 1978 describing birth defects and serious developmental brain damage in the offspring of laboratory rabbits whose mothers were fed aspartame during pregnancy . (janethull.com)
  • The excess aspartate and glutamate in the blood plasma shortly after ingesting aspartame or products with free glutamic acid (glutamate precursor) leads to a high level of those neurotransmitters in certain areas of the brain. (livingwaterhealthsolutions.com)
  • Components of aspartame go straight to the brain, causing damage that creates headaches, mental confusion, seizures, and faulty balance. (healthnewsyoucanuse.com)
  • There is substantial circumstantial evidence that dietary excitotoxins, including aspartame, can aggravate these destructive changes in the Parkinson's brain. (criticalunity.org)
  • There is an alteration of serotonin and dopamine concentrations in the brain by phenylalanine and aspartame. (criticalunity.org)
  • Soft drinks do not suddenly lose their sweetness when they sit on the shelf - they increase creation of Diketopiperazine (DKP) after being stored more than 6 months. (turningpointnutrition.ca)
  • Descriptive analyses of solutions containing aspartame report a sweet aftertaste as well as bitter and off-flavor aftertastes. (wikipedia.org)
  • It's also is free of aftertaste which makes it ideal for drinks and candies and manufactured food products. (pharmacistben.com)
  • A 2017 review of metabolic effects by consuming aspartame found that it did not affect blood glucose, insulin, total cholesterol, triglycerides, calorie intake, or body weight. (wikipedia.org)
  • The second (and more complicated) theory has to do with how aspartame affects insulin production. (doctorschierling.com)
  • Aspartame binds to tastebuds in our stomach, which send signals to the pancreas telling it to release insulin,' explains physician and biochemist Cate Shanahan, author of Deep Nutrition: Why Your Genes Need Traditional Food. (doctorschierling.com)
  • Aspartame has been deemed safe for human consumption by over 100 regulatory agencies in their respective countries, including the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), UK Food Standards Agency, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Health Canada, and Food Standards Australia New Zealand. (wikipedia.org)
  • No regulatory agency has yet acted on Dr. Soffritti's findings, although Roger Williams, a member of Parliament, called for a ban on aspartame in Britain last December. (oawhealth.com)
  • New regulatory action on aspartame would also jeopardize the billions of dollars worth of products sold with it. (oawhealth.com)
  • Like many other peptides, aspartame may hydrolyze (break down) into its constituent amino acids under conditions of elevated temperature or high pH. (wikipedia.org)
  • Although aspartame has known health risks for certain individuals, such as those with the rare genetic disorder phenylketonuria (PKU), certain rare liver disorders, or pregnant women with high levels of phenylalanine in their blood, the FDA requires any food product containing it to carry a warning label. (wikikenko.com)
  • Women preparing for pregnancy are suggested to reduce aspartame consumption and avoid oxidative stressors of the ovaries. (greenmedinfo.com)
  • 10/4/2016 - An ICP-MS analysis of Plato brand dog treats in my laboratory, CWC Labs, found alarmingly high levels of toxic mercury in salmon flavored products. (naturalnews.com)
  • Formaldehyde, an embalming preservative for laboratory specimens, is no longer used because it has been shown to be a powerful carcinogen. (turningpointnutrition.ca)
  • The discovery of aspartame was not intentional but rather a result of a laboratory accident. (wikikenko.com)
  • 12 imp fl oz) can of diet soda contains 0.18 grams (0.0063 oz) of aspartame, and, for a 75-kilogram (165 lb) adult, it takes approximately 21 cans of diet soda daily to consume the 3.7 grams (0.13 oz) of aspartame that would surpass the FDA's 50 mg/kg of body weight ADI of aspartame from diet soda alone. (wikipedia.org)
  • In a report released on 10 December 2013, the EFSA said that, after an extensive examination of evidence, it ruled out the "potential risk of aspartame causing damage to genes and inducing cancer" and deemed the amount found in diet sodas safe to consume. (wikipedia.org)
  • 6,7,8 The exact mechanism of protection is unknown and the vaccine has not been evaluated for the potential to cause cancer or be toxic to the genes. (wfdev.net)
  • This was the time when cola machines with diet drinks were introduced into every public school, library, and mall in the USA. (janethull.com)
  • For example, three large studies published between 2007 and 2009 found that people who drank diet sodas regularly were more likely to develop type 2 diabetes and had between 30 and 55 percent higher risk of metabolic syndrome (a constellation of health problems that could increase the risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and stroke) than those who didn't. (doctorschierling.com)
  • This makes aspartame undesirable as a baking sweetener and prone to degradation in products hosting a high pH, as required for a long shelf life. (wikipedia.org)
  • The primary source for exposure to aspartame in the US is diet soft drinks, though it can be consumed in other products, such as pharmaceutical preparations, fruit drinks, and chewing gum among others in smaller quantities. (wikipedia.org)
  • 9/30/2016 - A women's advocacy group fighting to eliminate toxic chemicals from consumer products and the environment has published a new report highlighting the dangers associated with many feminine hygiene and personal care products. (naturalnews.com)
  • Ever notice how soft-drink companies quickly collect any unsold products from grocery shelves? (turningpointnutrition.ca)
  • An example is the erratic therapeutic effects when patients with parkinsonism who were controlled on levodopa began to use aspartame products. (criticalunity.org)
  • There are repeated references to clinical deteriation and erratic therapeutic responses when patients with parkinsonism ingest aspartame products. (criticalunity.org)
  • Although I once had a person tell me (with others in the room nodding in confirmation) that she drank 30 cans of Diet Dr. Pepper a day, that's extreme by anyone's standard. (doctorschierling.com)
  • But he added that he was concerned about the large numbers of people who use aspartame, particularly children and pregnant women. (oawhealth.com)
  • Due to this property, even though aspartame produces 4 kcal (17 kJ) of energy per gram when metabolized, about the same as sucrose, the quantity of aspartame needed to produce a sweet taste is so small that its caloric contribution is negligible. (wikipedia.org)
  • This aspartame autism release follows the WHO release in July 2023 that aspartame causes cancer, something researchers also first discovered in the 1970s . (janethull.com)
  • At the same time, Dr. Soffritti's findings have energized a vociferous group of researchers, health advocates and others who say they are convinced that aspartame is a toxin associated with a variety of health troubles, including headaches, dizziness, blindness and seizures. (oawhealth.com)
  • 9/23/2016 - An Environmental Working Group review of government water analysis data reveals that 75% of drinking water in America is contaminated with cancer-causing hexavalent chromium (also known as chromium-6). (naturalnews.com)
  • And Dr. Soffritti's study concluded that aspartame may cause the dreaded "c" word: cancer. (oawhealth.com)
  • Reviews have analyzed studies which have looked at the consumption of aspartame in countries worldwide, including the US, countries in Europe, and Australia, among others. (wikipedia.org)
  • If you want to read the sordid story of the way Donald Rumsfeld gained aspartame's FDA approval after over a decade and a half of denials, HERE it is. (doctorschierling.com)
  • Aspartame is around 180 to 200 times sweeter than sucrose (table sugar). (wikipedia.org)
  • While all of this was going on, a chemist for the drug company Searle was working on a medication for ulcers, which turned out to be a compound 200 times sweeter than sugar - aspartame. (doctorschierling.com)
  • While aspartame is approximately 200 times sweeter than sugar, neotame is up to 13,000 times sweeter, and advantame is about 20,000 times sweeter than sugar. (wikikenko.com)
  • These reviews have found that even the high levels of intake of aspartame, studied across multiple countries and different methods of measuring aspartame consumption, are well below the ADI for safe consumption of aspartame. (wikipedia.org)
  • Reviews have also found that populations that are believed to be especially high consumers of aspartame, such as children and diabetics, are below the ADI for safe consumption, even considering extreme worst-case scenario calculations of consumption. (wikipedia.org)
  • Hexavalent chromium (chromium-6) was just found in 75% of drinking water. (naturalnews.com)
  • Aspartame accounts for over 75 percent of the adverse reactions to food additives reported to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). (livingwaterhealthsolutions.com)
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  • 10/3/2016 - Chemical fertilizers are destroying our supplies of clean water by feeding blooms of toxic algae, scientists and water officials have warned. (naturalnews.com)
  • This serendipitous discovery led to the development of aspartame as a sugar substitute. (wikikenko.com)
  • Aspartame is a non-nutritive sweetener, meaning it contains minimal to no carbohydrates and does not provide energy (calories) like sugar. (wikikenko.com)
  • 10/23/2016 - Drinking water for much of the city of Cleveland is at risk of becoming too dangerous for human consumption, ecologists and environmentalists are warning, as a two-square-mile toxic blob at the bottom of Lake Erie spreads closer to the main water intake pipe that supplies it. (naturalnews.com)