WEBSITES ON ASPARTAME
Much is said on Aspartame.
Scientific verdict cannot be based on few anecdotal reports and what you read
in chain e-mails. Below is the list of websites that are the strongest
opponents of aspartame. However, look what science has to say about all
artificial sweeteners at the most authoritative level:
National Cancer Institute Fact
Sheet: Artificial Sweeteners
American
Cancer Society Statement on Aspartame
British Medical Journal
Editorial on Aspartame Safety (2004)
European
Food Safety Authority: Opinion of the Scientific Panel AFC Related to a New
Long-term Carcinogenicity Study on Aspartame (2006) & Related
Comment by Abegaz EG (2007)
Please also see the NutraSweet website which lists scientific
studies for their product’s safety
If you are in doubt, don’t
use it and if you still need to use a sweetener, you may want to try Splenda which doesn’t have the methanol
connection
Danisco
offers other alternative sweeteners too
Also think about whether there
is anything wrong about sugar itself when used in moderation!
Even better, consider
Fructose, the fruit sugar, with less glycemic index than regular sugar
(sucrose). See Frusiana website
Links for claims against
aspartame
http://www.spice-of-life.com/columns/aspartam.html
http://www.vegsource.com/davis/sweeteners.htm
But see these as well
* * * Nutrasweet’s
response: (
1 ) ( 2 ) (
3 ) (with
scientific references) * * *
* * * Aspartame Information Service *
* *
* * * Multiple
Sclerosis Foundation Announcement on Aspartame * * *
* * * Green Facts on Aspartame
* * *
Verdict
Chain e-mails do not establish
facts. Only the scientific process does
Finally
Aspartame e-mails are not the only
ones making rounds around the world
See a list of 'aspartame-related'
and other hoax chain e-mails at Urban
Legends
And, please don’t ever circulate
e-mails that tells you to do so. Use you own judgment.