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Aspartame (Nutrasweet): Is It Safe?

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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.

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.

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

I read this book many years ago, long before they had to start putting all the warning labels on every product now containing Aspartame.

Donald Rumsfeld, left government to become CEO of Searle and his job was to put Aspartame in just about every food and drink on the planet.

Now, Searle is no longer the company that is listed on NutraSweet and Equal packets, but now the company on those products is listed as MONSANTO. Yes that IS the same company responsible for producing "agent orange"

The reason there are so many new illnesses and diseases that we never had before the early 80s when Aspartame was first put into all our drinks and food, is because of Aspartame.

As this book is several years old, it does not mention the dangers of Acesulfame-K or Sucralose, the NEW stuff they are putting in food and drinks as people are becoming aware of the dangers of Aspartame and trying to avoid it!

Even the name Sucralose (brand name is Splenda) is deceptively close in spelling to "sucrose" which is just natural sugar. This way, when you read through the ingredients at the store, you might confuse Sucralose for Sucrose. Clever, huh?

Even regular products that are NOT labeled as "sugar free" now contain one or all of these chemicals! Look at REGULAR SUGAR gum and see how Aspartame, Sucralose and Ace-K are in them now!

It is getting ridiculous.

If you want a SAFE NATURAL alternative to sugar, then try STEVIA