Some of you on this list have gotten emails about the NutraSweet
Company
trying to disclaim the World Environmental
Conference. Most of their
propaganda is what is stated in this
brochure they use. We got sick of
time and time again having to
answer this and explain the true facts so
Mark Gold who is
wonderful at this rebutted th eir baloney with
references
. Its on
www.dorway.com and
his web site which is
www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/When
people don't understand they are lying because they tend to believe
the
FDA and industry we send them this and it also helps them
to
understand the seriousness of this toxin.
One of the reasons we
have the government documents on the original
studies,
congressional records, protest of the National Soft Drink
Association,
damning investigation by CDC, etc., is so if Monsanto lies we
can take
them to
www.dorway.com and let them read
the government documents
themselves. Then they understand its
indust ry lies.
Hope this helps and answers some of the
questions. I have so many
thousands of emails I thought I would
just put this on the list and it
would help e
verybody.
Regards,
Betty
And thank you again, Mark
>
>
>
>
What you should know about Aspartame
>
>August
1992
>
>Favorably Reviewed by:
>
>American Academy
of Family Physicians Foundation (Does anyone
>know anything about
them?)
>
>The "Official" myth as related by the
International Food
>Information Council Foundation, 1992
>
>The original 1995 article can be viewed at:
>
http://ificinfo.health.org/brochure/aspartam.htm.
>
>_Q_ Question _A_ IFIC Answer _R_
Rebuttal
>
>_Q_What is aspartame made
of?
>
>_A_Aspartame is made by joining two protein components,
aspartic
> acid and phenylalanine, and a small amount of
methanol.
> Aspartic acid and phenylalanine are building blocks
of protein
> and are found naturally in all protein-containing
foods,
> including meats, grains and dairy products. Methanol is
found
> naturally in the body and in many foods such as fruit
and
> vegetable juices.
>
>_R_Incomplete and
inaccurate information. Real-world aspartame-
>containing products
contain more than just methanol, aspartic
>acid, and phenylalanine.
These products also contain breakdown
>products of aspartame such as
beta-aspartame (Lawrence 1987,
>Stamp 1989b) and
aspartylphenylalanine didetopiperazine (DKP)
>(Tsang 1985).
>
>Because the amino acids are not bound in proteins, they are
>absorbed quickly and spike the plasma aspartic acid and
>phenylalanine to high levels. Even the industry researchers
>admit that these amino acids are metabolized differently than
>those found in foods (Stegink 1987a, Stegink 1987b). Methanol
>is found in *available form* in much greater quantities in
>aspartame than in real foods (Monte 1984). Methanol taken
>orally is extremely toxic to humans. Even though a small amount
>is found in the body, as little as a can of diet soda can spike
>the plasma methanol levels significantly (Davoli 1986).
>
>This is the beginning of IFIC's nonsensical information
about
>aspartame. One has to realize that IFIC is the public
relations
>organization for Monsanto/NutraSweet and many other junk
food
>companies. I suppose in a strange sort of way that it is
>appropriate that they use "junk science" to defend certain
>dangerous junk foods.
>
> Davoli, E., et al.,
1986. "Serum Methanol Concentrations in
> Rats and in Men
After a Single Dose of Aspartame," Food
> and Chemical
Toxicology, Volume 24, No. 3, page 187-189.
>
> Lawrence,
J.F., J.R. Iyengar, 1987. "Liquid Chromatographic
>
Determination of Beta-Aspartame in Diet Soft Drinks,
> Beverage
Powders and Pudding Mixes," Journal of
> Chromatography,
Volume 404, page 261-266.
>
> Monte, Woodrow C., 1984.
"Aspartame: Methanol and the Public
> Health," Journal
of Applied Nutrition, Volume 36, No. 1,
> page
42-54.
>
> Stamp, Jeffrey A., Theodore P. Labuza,
1989a. "An Ion-Pair
> High Performance Liquid
Chromatographic Method for the
> Determination of Aspartame and
its Decomposition
> Products," Journal of Food Science,
Volume 54, No. 4, pg.
> 1043-1046.
>
>
Stegink, Lewis D., et al. 1987a. "Plasma Amino Acid
>
Concentrations in Normal Adults Administered Aspartame in
>
Capsules or Solution: Lack of Bioequivalence,"
>
Metabolism, Volume 36, No. 5, page 507-512.
>
> Stegink,
Lewis D., et al., 1987b. "Plasma Amino Acid
>
Concentrations in Normal Adults Ingesting Aspartame and
>
Monosodium L-Glutamate as Part of a Soup/Beverage Meal,"
>
Metabolism, Volumn 36, No. 11, page 1073-1079.
>
> Tsang,
Wing-Sum, et al., 1985. "Determination of Aspartame
> and
Its Breakdown Products in Soft Drinks by Reverse-
> Phase
Chromatography with UV Detection," Journal
> Agriculture
and Food Chemistry, Vol. 33, No. 4, page 734-
>
738.
>
>_Q_ How is aspartame handled by the
body?
>
>_A_Aspartame is digested just like any other protein.
Upon
> digestion, aspartame breaks down into it basic components
and
> is absorbed into the blood. Neither aspartame nor
its
> components accumulate in the body over
time.
>
>_R_This is an outright falsehood. Even the industry
researchers
>admit that it is not handled like any other
protein. Chapter
>two in the industry's own book on aspartame proves
this
>"information" wrong.
>
>I have to admit,
though, saying that it is handled like any
>other protein makes good
PR, but it would be laughed out of
>any reputable scientific journal.
>
>Saying that aspartame's components don't accumulate in the
>body is based on a few poorly conducted animal tests and
>wishful thinking. Formic acid (a toxic metabolite of methanol)
>likely can accumulate in the organs (Liesivuori 1991). No one
>knows if DKP or a metabolite of DKP accumulates in the body
>over time. Proper tests have not been conducted. Aspartic acid
>may accumulate for a significant amount of time like another
>excitotoxic amino acid, glutamic acid (Toth 1981). Much of the
>damage caused by aspartic acid and glutamic acid ingested
>orally is clearly laid out by Dr. Russell Blaylock, Professor
>of Neurosurgery, in his well-referenced book, "Excitotoxins:
>The Taste That Kills." Either way, gradual damage can be
>caused by aspartame breakdown products even when they do not
>accumulate. A chemical does not have to accumulate to cause
>damage.
>
> Liesivuori, Jyrki, Heikki Savolainen,
1991. "Methanol and
> Formic Acid Toxicity: Biochemical
Mechanisms,"
> Pharmacology & Toxicology, Volume 69,
page 157-163.
>
> Toth, E., Abel Lajtha, 1981.
"Elevation of Cerebral Levels
> on on essential Amino Acids
In Vivo by Administration of
> Large Doses," Neurochemistry
Research, Volume 6, page
> 1309-1317.
>
>_Q_Can
aspartame be used in cooking or baking?
>
>_A_Aspartame's
components separate when heated over time,
> resulting in a loss
of sweetness. Therefore, aspartame is not
> recommended for use
in recipes requiring lengthy heating or
> baking. It may,
however, be added at the end of the cooking
> cycle in some
recipes. If a food containing aspartame is
> inadvertently
heated, it would still be safe, but would simply
> not provide
the desired sweetness.
>
>_R_Any heating, even at the end of
cooking will cause DKP and
>free phenylalanine to quickly form.
Significant amounts of DKP
>are formed when aspartame is stored
in liquid form at room
>temperature. Heating will speed that process
considerably. See
>Tsang (1985) discussed above.
>
>_Q_Is aspartame safe?
>
>_A_As a governmental
agency charged with safeguarding the American
> food supply, the
FDA has concluded that aspartame is safe for
> the general
public, including diabetics, pregnant and nursing
> women, and
children.Persons with a rare hereditary disease
> known as
phenylketonuria (PKU) must control their phenylalanine
> intake
from all sources, including aspartame. These persons are
>
diagnosed at birth by a blood test performed on all babies.
>
Products sweetened with aspartame carry a statement on the
>
label that they contain phenylalanine.
>
>_R_The FDA
Commissioner made that decision even though FDA
>Investigators and
Toxicologists were warning him about the
>dangers of aspartame. The
Public Board of Inquiry made up of
>scientists, including the
President of the American Association
>of Neuropathologists, voted
unanimously against approval of
>aspartame. The FDA Commissioner's
original team of scientific
>experts was against approval of
aspartame because the brain
>tumor data was so "worrisome."
>
>Of course, soon after the FDA Commissioner approved
aspartame
>for carbonated beverages, he took a consulting position
with
>the PR firm for G.D. Searle (maker of aspartame at the time)
>at $1,000/day.
>
>_Q_How much aspartame may people
consume?
>
>_A_The FDA uses the concept of an Acceptable Daily
Intake (ADI)
> for many food additives, including aspartame. The
ADI
> represents an intake level that if maintained each
day
> throughout a person's lifetime would be considered safe by
a
> wide margin. The ADI for aspartame has been set at
50
> milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg) of body
weight.
>
>_R_Yet all *independent* experiments using much less
than the
>FDA's ADI show aspartame causes problems in humans. It's
sad
>how the FDA only considers the industry experiments and ignores
>the independent experiments.
>
>_Q_How much aspartame
are people actually consuming today ?
>
>_A_The FDA monitors the
amount of aspartame that Americans consume
> through ongoing
dietary surveys. The average daily intake of
> Americans who
consume aspartame has remained fairly constant
> since July
1984, averaging less than 2 percent of the FDA
> guideline for
acceptable consumption. The most frequent
> consumers of
aspartame are consuming only 4 percent to 7
> percent of the
ADI.
>
>_R_I have shown these figures to be a mathematical
impossibility.
>f one wants to believe in IFIC nonsense,
I guess that can make
>up any figures and print them. Industry's own
studies have shown
>that children can consume far more than the FDA's
ADI on an on-
>going basis and even overweight adults can consume more
than half
>of the FDA's ADI on an ongoing basis (Frey 1976, Porikos
1984).
>Some of the industry's survey's claim to show aspartame use
>falling in certain age groups and staying the same in other age
>groups even though aspartame sales and consumption have skyrocketed
>since 1985. Using USDA figures of hugh aspartame consumption
>increases, it is easy to see that these figures are more IFIC
>nonsense.
>
> Frey, Gunther H., 1976. "Use
of Aspartame By Apparently
> Healthy Children and
Adolescents," Journal of Toxicology
> and Environmental
Health, Volume 2, page 401-415.
>
> Porikos, Katherine P.,
Theodore B. Van Italie, 1984.
> "Efficacy of Low-Calorie
Sweeteners in Reducing Food
> Intake: Studies with
Aspartame" IN Stegink, L., Filer L.,
> 1984.
"Aspartame: Physiology and Biochemistry," Marcel
>
Dekker, Inc., N.Y., page 273-286.
>
> USDA 1988.
"1988 United States Department of Agriculture
> Situation
and Outlook Report; Sugar and Sweeteners."
> Washington,
DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, pp. 51.
>
>_Q_How was
aspartame tested before it was approved for use in
foods?
>
>_A_Aspartame is one of the most thoroughly studied
ingredients in
> the food supply. It was tested in more than 100
scientific
> studies prior to its approval by the FDA in 1981.
These tests
> were conducted in animals and humans, including
normal adults
> and children, lactating women and persons with
diabetes,
> obesity and special genetic conditions. Aspartame
was tested in
> amounts many times higher than individuals could
consume in the
> diet. Today scientists continue to conduct new
studies on this
> sweetener as they do many other ingredients
used in the food
> supply. The FDA also monitors and evaluates
all research on
> this and other food
ingredients.
>
>_R_This is typical PR nonsense. See enclosure #1
for a more
>accurate history of aspartame.
>
>_Q_Have
other regulatory bodies reviewed aspartame's safety?
>
>_A_Yes.
Aspartame has been approved for use by more than 90
> nations
worldwide. It is used widely in major industrialized
> countries
such as the United Kingdom, Germany and Japan.
> Aspartame has
been reviewed and found safe by the Joint Expert
> Committee on
Food Additives (JECFA) of the United Nations Food
> and
Agricultural Organization and World Health Organization. It
>
also has been reviewed and approved for use by the Scientific
>
Committee for Food of the European Community.
>
>_R_None of the
"regulatory" bodies have done any research on
>
aspartame. They are simply given a bunch of industry tests and
> PR and they assume it much be safe. Also, it is
not widely used
> in Japan. Japan uses stevia and other safer
sweeteners.
>
>_Q_Have independent physicians and dietitians
reviewed the safety
> of aspartame?
>
>_A_Yes. The
American Medical Association's Council on Scientific
> Affairs
reviewed research on aspartame and found the sweetener
> to be
safe. The American Dietetic Association also has
> concluded
that moderate use of aspartame is acceptable as part
> of a
healthy diet.
>
>_R_The American Medical Association's Council
on "Scientific"
>Affairs reviewed aspartame many years ago
(AMA 1985). They did
>not really perform a thorough review, but
simply rehashed
>statements that the FDA Commissioner made in the
Federal Register
>when he ignored the Public Board of Inquiry ruling
and his own
>scientific team of experts. See enclosure #1.
>
>The American Dietetic Association receives tons of money
from
>Monsanto and admitted that NutraSweet helps write their
"fact"
>sheets (ADA 1993).
>
> ADA 1993.
"ADAF Receives Grant to Support NCND," ADA
>Courier, Volume
32, January, 1993.
>
> AMA 1985. "Aspartame: Review
of Safety Issues," Journal of
>the American Medical Association,
Volume 254, No. 3, page
>400-402.
>
>_Q_Can persons with
diabetes consume aspartame?
>
>_A_Yes. The American Diabetes
Association has stated that
> aspartame is acceptable as a sugar
substitute and can be
> included in a diabetic meal
plan.
>
>_R_There is no properly conducted research that shows
that
>medium- or long-term administration of aspartame is safe for
>diabetics. There are some poorly-designed, industry studies
>which were relatively short-term. Considering that fact that
>significant numbers of diabetics have reported severe health
>problems from aspartame in the relatively short time that it
>has been on the market, and considering that fact that proper
>tests have not been conducted, and considering the fact that
>the American Diabetes Association gets significant amounts of
>money from Monsanto, one should not take their wishful thinking
>too seriously.
>
>_Q_Is aspartame safe for people with
epilepsy?
>
>_A_Yes. The Epilepsy Institute, an organization
devoted to people
> suffering from seizure-related problems, has
concluded that
> aspartame is not related to seizures among
epileptic patients.
>
>_R_The Epilepsy Institute is not the
Epilepsy Foundation, but
>a Monsanto-funded epilepsy center in
NewYork. There have been
>no properly conducted tests on aspartame
and seizures. All
>independent research has shown problems with
aspartame (Camfield
>1992, Elsas 1988, Walton 1986, Walton
1988). Seizures are one
>of the most common adverse reactions
linked to aspartame usage.
>
> Camfield, PR, et al.,
1992. "Aspartame exacerbates EEG spike-
> wave discharge in
children with generalized absence
> epilepsy: a double-blind
controlled study." Neurology,
> Volume 42, page
1000-1003.
>
> Elsas, Louis J., James F. Trotter, 1988.
"Changes in
> Physiological Concentrations of Blood
Phenylalanine
> Produces Changes in Sensitive Parameters of
Human Brain
> Function," Presented at "Dietary
Phenylalanine and Brain
> Function." Proceedings of the
First International Meeting
> on Dietary Phenylalanine and Brain
Function, Washington,
> D.C., May 8-10, 1987. Center for Brain
Sciences and
> Metabolism Charitable Trust, P.O. Box 64, Kendall
Square,
> Cambridge, MA 02142. Reprinted in "Dietary
Phenyalalnine
> and Brain Function," c1988, Birkhauser,
Boston, MA USA,
> page 187-195.
>
> Walton,
Ralph G., 1986. "Seizure and Mania After High Intake
> of
Aspartame," Psychosomatics, Volume 27, page
218-220.
>
> Walton, Ralph G., 1988. "The Possible
Role of Aspartame in
> Seizure Induction," Presented
at "Dietary Phenylalanine
> and Brain Function."
Proceedings of the First
> International Meeting on Dietary
Phenylalanine and Brain
> Function, Washington, D.C., May 8-10,
1987. Center for
> Brain Sciences and Metabolism Charitable
Trust, P.O. Box
> 64, Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02142.
Reprinted in
> "Dietary Phenyalalnine and Brain
Function," c1988,
> Birkhauser, Boston, MA USA, page
159-162.
>
>_Q_Has aspartame been found to affect children's
behavior?
>
>_A_No. Studies have shown that aspartame
consumption does not
> affect the behavior of children,
including those diagnosed as
> hyperactive or with attention
deficit disorder.
>
>_R_Scientists who believe that children's
behavior might be
>affected by aspartame and who saw case histories
of erratic
>behavior from children on aspartame believed that it was
the
>medium- to long-term use of aspartame that often led to these
>changes. Some scientists believed that it was the constant
>spiking of plasma phenylalanine levels which led to brain
>chemistry changes.
>
>Industry "researchers"
conducted numerous experiments of very
>short length, often using
encapsulated aspartame (which reduced
>the plasma phenylalanine
spike) and then declared that there
>was no effect on children. They
also averaged the results of
>all the children in each group so that
if a few children were
>sensitive, their results would get lost in
the averages.
>*Independent* blinded studies on children with
behavior
>problems has yet to be conducted. However, when independent
>researchers conducted blinded studies of aspartame they have
>invariably found problems).
>
>_Q_Can aspartame cause
visual damage?
>
>_A_No. Scientists know that only huge
quantities of methanol can
> affect vision. A small amount of
methanol is formed when
> aspartame is digested or when its
components separate. However,
> the amount of methanol one could
possibly consume from
> aspartame is well within safe levels,
and is actually less than
> that found in many fruit and
vegetable juices.
>
>_R_More IFIC nonsense. These
"Scientists" are industry scientists
>who are talking about
acute poisoning of methanol as opposed to
>chronic poisoning. The EPA
admits that the effects of chronic
>low-level administration of
methanol have never been tested in
>long-term experiments (EPA 1994).
A recent, double-blind experiment
>of short-term methanol exposure
showed small, but key changes in
>brain response and energy level
after exposure to methanol equivalent
>of that found in two liters of
diet soda for an adult or 1 liter of
>diet soda for a child (Cook
1991). One would hope that there would
>have been long-term,
independent studies on this issue long before
>aspartame was
approved. A methanol expert and eye specialist, Dr.
>Morgan B.
Raiford, M.D., Ps, Msc Med. Ophthalmology testified before
>U.S.
Congress about one of the many persons he had seen with eye
>damage
from aspartame (Raiford 1987):
>
> "I had the
opportunity, in Atlanta, Ga., to see
> the effects of methyl
alcohol toxicity in 1952-
> 1953 which resulted in visual damage
to the optic
> nerves and retina in over 300 cases and the
deaths
> of over 30 persons.
>
>
"I examined Shannon Roth on July 7, 1986, along
> with
several other patients [65 cases as of July
> 10, 1986 (Roberts
1990a, page 136)]. I observed
> evidence of effects in her eye
and the eyes of the
> other patients that were comparable to
the effects
> observed in the patients who suffered
methyl
> alcohol toxicity in 1952-1953.
>
> "There was damage in the central fibers,
225,000
> of the total 137,000,000 optic nerve
fibers
> (resulting in optic nerve atrophy) in her
case,
> which would be comparable to that observed
from
> patients suffering methyl alcohol toxicity.
The
> extent of damage to these fibers would
explain
> partial to total blindness.
> . . .
.
> "But in the kind of chronic low dose exposure
to
> methyl alcohol experienced by Shannon Roth
(in
> NutraSweet consumption) and other NutraSweet
>
consumers, it is likely that they would experience
> the impact
on the optic nerve differently in each
> eye.
>
> "The important point is that the damage
observed
> in Shannon Roth's eye was identical to the
damage
> I observed repeatedly in the eyes of
individuals
> whose eyes have been damaged by methyl
alcohol
> toxicity."
>
> Cook, M.R., F.J.
Bergman, et al., 1991. "Effects of Metol
> Vapor on Human
Neurobehavioral Measures," Research Report
> No. 42, Health
Effects Institute, 141 Portland Street,
> Suite 7300, Cambridge,
MA 02139, (617) 621-0266, August
> 1991.
>
>
EPA 1994. "Methanol Basics," Fact Sheet OMS-7. EPA
400-F-92-
> 009.
>
> Raiford, Morgan B., 1987.
Letter from Dr. Morgan B. Raiford
> to the Office of Senator
Howard Metzenbaum. The statement
> was put in the record before
the U.S. Senate Committee on
> Labor and Human Resources,
November 3, 1987 regarding
> "NutraSweet Health and Safety
Concerns." Document # Y 4.L
> 11/4:S.HR6.100, page
517-518.
>
> Roberts, H.J., 1990a. "Aspartame
(NutraSweet ):Is It Safe?"
> by H.J. Roberts, M.D. The
Charles Press Publishers,
> Philadelphia, PA, c1990. Excerpt
from page 91.
>
>_Q_Do some people have adverse reactions to
aspartame?
>
>_A_There is no scientific evidence that aspartame
is linked to
> adverse reactions in people. The U.S. Centers for
Disease
> Control (CDC) reviewed some 500 consumer complaints
related to
> aspartame in 1984. CDC concluded that there was no
specific
> group of symptoms clearly related to aspartame
consumption. The
> FDA has investigated all complaints since
1984, and has stated
> that there is "no consistent or
unique pattern of symptoms
> reported with respect to aspartame
that can be causally linked
> to its use." Individuals who
have concerns about possible
> adverse reactions to aspartame
should contact their physicians.
>
> I addressed the
inaccurate statements about the CDC
> review
earlier. If you check up on one thing to assess
>
IFIC's "honesty," please look at this. They clearly
state:
>
>"There is no scientific evidence that aspartame
is linked to
>adverse reactions in people."
>
>
This is an outright misstatement! Here are a few double-blind
> studies which show adverse reactions in humans to
aspartame.
>
> Camfield, PR, et al., 1992. "Aspartame
exacerbates EEG spike-
>wave discharge in children with generalized
absence
>epilepsy: a double-blind controlled study."
Neurology,
>Volume 42, page 1000-1003.
>
>
Elsas, Louis J., James F. Trotter, 1988. "Changes
in
>Physiological Concentrations of Blood
Phenylalanine
>Produces Changes in Sensitive Parameters of Human
Brain
>Function," Presented at "Dietary Phenylalanine and
Brain
>Function." Proceedings of the First International
Meeting
>on Dietary Phenylalanine and Brain Function,
Washington,
>D.C., May 8-10, 1987. Center for Brain Sciences
and
>Metabolism Charitable Trust, P.O. Box 64, Kendall
Square,
>Cambridge, MA 02142. Reprinted in "Dietary
Phenyalalnine
>and Brain Function," c1988, Birkhauser, Boston, MA
USA,
>page 187-195.
>
> Koehler, SM, A. Glaros,
1988. "The Effect of Aspartame on
>Migraine Headache,"
Headache, Volume 28, page 10-14.
>
> Kulczycki Jr.,
Anthony, 1995, "Aspartame-induced hives,"
>Journal of
Allergy & Clinical Immunology, February 1995,
>page
639-640.
>
> Spiers, P.A., Donald Schomer, LuAnn
Sabounjian, Harris
>Lieberman, Richard Wurtman, John Duguid, Riley
McCarten,
>Michele Lyden, 1988. "Aspartame and Human
Behavior:
>Cognitive and Behavioral Observations," Presented
at
>"Dietary Phenylalanine and Brain Function."
Proceedings
>of the First International Meeting on
Dietary
>Phenylalanine and Brain Function, Washington, D.C., May
8-
>10, 1987. Center for Brain Sciences and
Metabolism
>Charitable Trust, P.O. Box 64, Kendall Square,
Cambridge,
>MA 02142. Reprinted in "Dietary Phenyalalnine and
Brain
>Function," c1988, Birkhauser, Boston, MA USA, page
169-
>178.
>
> Van Den Eeden, SK, et al., 1994.
"Aspartame Ingestion and
>Headaches," Neurology, Volume 44,
page 1787-1793.
>
> Walton, Ralph G., et al., 1993.
"Adverse Reactions to
>Aspartame: Double-Blind Challenge in
Patients From a
>Vulnerable Population," Biological Psychiatry,
Volume 34,
>page 13-17.
>
>There are other studies which
show adverse reactions to
>aspartame. Independent studies show
adverse reactions to
>aspartame, industry studies never show adverse
reactions
>because of severe flaws built into the design of the
studies.
>Whatever a person believes about the quality of the
studies,
>it is clear that IFIC was being deceptive when stating that
>there was no scientific evidence that aspartame was linked
>to adverse reactions in people.
>
>_Q_Does aspartame
cause allergic reactions?
>
>_A_Studies investigating aspartame
as a potential allergen have
> found no association between
aspartame and allergic reactions.
> In double-blind
placebo-controlled studies with people who
> believed they
developed allergic reactions after consuming
> aspartame,
researchers found aspartame was no more likely than
> placebo to
cause allergic reactions.
>
>_R_The Kulczycki study showed
allergic-like reactions. Kulczycki
>walked off of an industry-funded
aspartame study because the
>researchers were clearly not interested
in conducting the
>research properly.
>
>However, it is
important to note that reactions to aspartame
>are probably not
"allergic" reactions (e.g., IE-mediated), but
>intolerance
or toxicity reactions.
>
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