On Oct. 24,
NBC news
put out an article attempting to refute a recent study, conducted
jointly with Harvard Medical School and published in the American
Journal of Clinical Nutrition, that found that drinking as little as one
diet soda sweetened with Aspartame per day could cause an increased
risk of leukemia and lymphoma in adults. Claiming
the study
was “weak science,” NBC news failed to mention the fact that this
latest study is the most thorough on aspartame to date, involving more
than 2 million years of human life data spanning 22 years from more than
77,000 women and 48,000 men.
The NBC story also claims “Few reporters read that journal,” in
reference to American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, even though it was
selected by the Special Libraries Association as one of the
top 100 most influential journals in Biology and Medicine over the last 100 years. Aspartame (otherwise known by its brand names NutraSweet and Equal or
alternate monicker Acesulfame Potassium) is one of the most widely used
artificial sweeteners on the market today. Found in thousands of foods
and beverages including chewing gum, candies, diet soft drinks,
desserts, yogurt, condiments, and even vitamins and pharmaceuticals,
aspartame is not limited only to “sugar-free” diet products. As shown in
the report below, it is virtually impossible to find commerically
available gum that does not contain aspartame these days.
The average grocery store is rife with aspartame-filled products, so
it would likely surprise the average consumer to find that it took the
USZ Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over 20 years to approve
aspartame’s use. What is aspartame exactly, and if its so healthy and safe, why did it take so long for the FDA to approve it? Aspartame is the excrement of genetically modified E. coli bacteria.
It is comprised of 40 percent aspartic acid, 50 percent phenylalanine,
and 10 percent methanol. Aspartic acid acts as a neurotransmitter, and
too much can actually over-excite the cells (known as an “excitotoxin”),
thus stimulating them to death. Keep in mind the blood brain barrier
cannot prevent this in many, as it does not fully protect all areas of
the brain, especially in people already suffering from other chronic
diseases and disorders, and is not fully developed in children.
While
phenylalanine is an amino acid already present in the brain, excess
levels can cause serotonin to decrease over time, which can lead to
chemical imbalances that cause depression and other mood and emotional
disorders. Methanol is an industrial solvent, is used as fuel and
antifreeze, and is a main ingredient in many paints and varnish
removers.
The EPA warns
that methanol ingestion may result in neurological damage (specifically
“permanent motor dysfunction”) and visual disturbances leading to
blurred or dimmed vision and eventually blindness. While Searle Pharmaceuticals attempted to get aspartame approved in
the late 1970s, due to multiple studies provided on the negative effects
of the chemical in lab animals including the fact that it actually
ate holes in their brains, the FDA set up a public board of inquiry in 1980.
Based on scientific evidence,
the board found that aspartame might cause cancer and concluded the sweetener could not be put on the market until further testing was done.
It got pushed through anyway
after Ronald Reagan fired the FDA commissioner, replacing him with
someone who would rubber stamp aspartame for his friend and Searle CEO
Donald Rumsfeld. Searle made billions, Monsanto purchased Searle in
1985, and Rumsfeld later became the Secretary of Defense. Although millions of people consume aspartame every single day, it was never tested on humans prior to its approval. The truth is many scientific studies have empirically shown the
detrimental effects of aspartame over the years. While NBC can attempt
to discount this latest study linking aspartame to cancer, can the
mainstream media really spin the hundreds of studies that have shown
aspartame is toxic and harmful to our health? The table below gives a
smattering of aspartame studies published in scientific and medical
journals listed on the National Institutes of Health website
just this past year:
Moreover, why would the media continue to shill for an artificial sweetener? As best-selling author and osteopathic physician
Dr. Joseph Mercola points out:
“Can you imagine the liability the food and beverage
industries, not to mention virtually every public health agency in the
USZ, would face were there convincing evidence that aspartame is
carcinogenic? They simply cannot afford such evidence to be accepted.”
The mainstream media isn’t the only information source continually
refuting the dangers of aspartame. The Aspartame Information Center at
Aspartame.org
claims that scientific studies on everything from aspartame-induced
brain tumors to seizures to weight gain are merely “myths.” It shouldn’t
surprise many to find that Aspartame.org and its information center are
run by the
Calorie Control Council, an international association representing, “manufacturers and suppliers of low- and reduced-calorie foods.”
Dr. Mercola notes that aspartame actually accounts for over 75 percent of adverse food additive reactions reported to the FDA, including:
“Headaches/migraines, dizziness, seizures, nausea,
numbness, muscle spasms, weight gain, rashes, depression, fatigue,
irritability, tachycardia, insomnia, vision problems, hearing loss,
heart palpitations, breathing difficulties, anxiety attacks, slurred
speech, loss of taste, tinnitus, vertigo, memory loss, and joint pain.”
In fact, the USZ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) even lists aspartame as a “
chemical with substantial evidence of developmental neurotoxicity” on its database of developmental neurotoxicants.
If You Like Aspartame, You’ll Love Neotame
In the late ’90s, Monsanto geared up to unleash a new sweetener on the masses: neotame.
Scientists based this new artificial sweetener on aspartame, but by
“enhancing” the dipeptide base, they were able to create a chemical 40
times sweeter than aspartame.
Neotame
is everything that aspartame is, plus 3-dimethylbutyl. A member of the
sec-Hexyl acetate family, 3-dimethylbutyl is listed by the EPA and the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a hazardous
chemical. The
CDC warns one should seek immediate medical attention for if swallowed as it targets the central nervous and respiratory systems.
Dr. H. J. Roberts, M.D.,
who presented material to show “Aspartame Disease” is a global epidemic
at the First International Conference on Emerging Diseases, has
testified that neotame was approved without any long-term independent
studies purely for profit because
aspartame’s patent expired. Despite the fact that all of the studies on neotame were short-term
and entirely Monsanto- or corporate-interest funded, the FDA approved
neotame in 2002. In a nation where genetically modified food labeling initiatives
fail, defrauded by the very companies willing to spend millions to
defeat them, what does “safe” food even mean anymore? Guess it all
depends on who you ask.
“Monsanto should not have to vouchsafe the safety of
biotech food. Our interest is in selling as much of it as possible.
Assuring its safety is the FDA’s job.” — Phil Angell, Monsanto’s
director of corporate communications, quoted in The New York Times, Oct. 25, 1998
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Hungary has taken a stand against Monsanto and GMO corn by destroying around 1000 acres of GMO corn - said Hungary deputy state secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development - Lajos Bognar. 
