Artificial sweeteners especially
aspartame has gotten a bad rap over the years, most likely due to
studies showing they cause cancer. But not to worry Ajinomoto the
company that makes
Aspartame has changed the name to
AminoSweet. It has the same toxic ingredients but a nice new sounding
name. And if you or your child happens to be allergic to Aspartame, well
don’t take it personally it’s just business.
Despite the evidence gained over the
years showing that aspartame is a dangerous toxin, it has remained on
the global market . In continues to gain approval for use in new types
of food despite evidence showing that it causes neurological brain
damage, cancerous tumors, and endocrine disruption, among other things.
Most consumers are oblivious to the fact
that Aspartame was invented as a drug but upon discovery of its’ sweet
taste was magically transformed from a drug to a food additive. HFA
wants to warn our readers to beware of a wolf dressed up in sheep’s
clothing or in this case Aspartame dressed up as Aminosweet.
Over 25 years ago, aspartame was first
introduced into the European food supply. Today, it is an everyday
component of most diet beverages, sugar-free desserts, and chewing gums
in countries worldwide. But the tides have been turning as the general
public is waking up to the truth about artificial sweeteners like
aspartame and the harm they cause to health. The latest aspartame
marketing scheme is a desperate effort to indoctrinate the public into
accepting the chemical sweetener as natural and safe, despite evidence
to the contrary.
Aspartame was an accidental discovery by
James Schlatter, a chemist who had been trying to produce an anti-ulcer
pharmaceutical drug for G.D. Searle & Company back in 1965. Upon
mixing aspartic acid and phenylalanine, two naturally-occurring amino
acids, he discovered that the new compound had a sweet taste. The
company merely changed its FDA approval application from drug to food
additive and, voila, aspartame was born.
G.D. Searle & Company first patented
aspartame in 1970. An internal memo released in the same year urged
company executives to work on getting the FDA into the “habit of saying
yes” and of encouraging a “subconscious spirit of participation” in
getting the chemical approved.
G.D. Searle & Company submitted its
first petition to the FDA in 1973 and fought for years to gain FDA
approval, submitting its own safety studies that many believed were
inadequate and deceptive. Despite numerous objections, including one
from its own scientists, the company was able to convince the FDA to
approve aspartame for commercial use in a few products in 1974, igniting
a blaze of controversy.
In 1976, then FDA Commissioner Alexander
Schmidt wrote a letter to Sen. Ted Kennedy expressing concern over the
“questionable integrity of the basic safety data submitted for aspartame
safety”. FDA Chief Counsel Richard Merrill believed that a grand jury
should investigate G.D. Searle & Company for lying about the safety
of aspartame in its reports and for concealing evidence proving the
chemical is unsafe for consumption.
The details of aspartame’s history are
lengthy, but the point remains that the carcinogen was illegitimately
approved as a food additive through heavy-handed prodding by a powerful
corporation with its own interests in mind. Practically all drugs and
food additives are approved by the FDA not because science shows they
are safe but because companies essentially lobby the FDA with monetary
payoffs and complete the agency’s multi-million dollar approval process.
Update: As many comments are being posted
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