Aspartame (Nutrasweet): Is It Safe? [Hardcover]

H. J. Roberts (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1990 | ISBN-10: 0914783378 | ISBN-13: 978-0914783374

'A Concerned Doctor's Views'. For the layperson.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

This is the first book to detail the troubled history of Nutrasweet, a synthetic sweetener used by 100 million Americans. It has been blamed for such symptoms as headache, hyperactivity in children, and increased carbohydrate craving. The Food and Drug Administration continues to approve use of it in more and more products, while many health professionals continue to urge caution and moderation. Roberts sees overuse of Nutrasweet as a major public health threat. He bases his polemic on his clinical observations, review of the literature, correspondence with members of the scientific community, and careful medical histories of "aspartame reactors." While this is not easy reading, it is an important book for consumer health collections.
- Evelyn L. Mott, Palm Beach Cty. P.L., Fla.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From The New Yorker

Table of Contents (abbreviated)
Introduction
Aspartame and its approval
Aspartame consumption and promotion
Professional concern
Data base of reactors to aspartame products and description of the reactions
The FDA statistics
Aspartame in the body
Public health implications (including high-risk groups, and issues of brain tumors and Alzheimer's disease)
Corporate and editorial resistance
Legal ramifications

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 315 pages
• Publisher: Charles Press Pubs(PA) (January 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0914783378
• ISBN-13: 978-0914783374
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,602,720 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST for anyone who uses Aspartame, January 18, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Aspartame (Nutrasweet): Is It Safe? (Hardcover)

Just how safe is the artificial sweetener aspartame (more commonly known as NutraSweet), currently used in many thousands of products and consumed by hundreds of millions of people? Readers may be surprised to learn that a number of common medical problems are actually adverse reactions to products containing aspartame. Author H. J. Roberts, MD, a board-certified internist with impressive credentials, first became suspicious of aspartame when he encountered an increasing number of patients with a wide variety of symptoms, like headaches, mood swings, memory loss, dizziness, depression, insomnia, diarrhea and anxiety, among others. Based in hundreds of case studies, Roberts concluded that these unexplained symptoms were actually reactions to products containing aspartame. The book not only looks at the clinical picture of aspartame, but describes how it received FDA approval without undergoing testing in humans and how the U.S. Senate allowed this well-financed chemical additive to receive government approval.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Anyone with health probs who ingest aspartame should read, December 26, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Aspartame (Nutrasweet): Is It Safe? (Hardcover)

Reading this book informed me about the health problems associated with aspartame. Most people conclude that headaches are the only side effect, but there are many more immediate and longer lasting effects. If you or anyone you love is suffering from unexplanable health problems,read this book and become informed about the real dangers that come with ingesting aspartame.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT! Everything you could possibly want to know., November 18, 1996

By A Customer

This review is from: Aspartame (Nutrasweet): Is It Safe? (Hardcover)

If you are in the least bit concerned with your health and you ingest artifical sweeteners, youhave to read this book. The author clearly knows what he's talking about and makes a very strong case against using Aspartame