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Should You Be Worried About Aspartame? Here's What The Research Says
Science Alert ^ | May 07, 2025 | Staff

Posted on 05/07/2025 7:38:07 AM PDT by Red Badger

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1 posted on 05/07/2025 7:38:07 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

On the few times I accidentally take a sip, I taste metal and get a headache. No thanks.


2 posted on 05/07/2025 7:42:03 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Red Badger

Cyclamates are the safest artificial sweetener. So they banned them.

Just like J&J had the safest (or only real) Covid vaccine, so they banned it.


3 posted on 05/07/2025 7:44:28 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: Red Badger

Tried it once and had ringing in the ears for hours on end.

I carefully read labels to avoid aspartame.

Apparently it turns into formaldehyde in the brain.


4 posted on 05/07/2025 7:45:00 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: Red Badger

It’s on the no drink list for epilepsy.


5 posted on 05/07/2025 7:48:50 AM PDT by luckystarmom
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To: Bon of Babble

I guess I’m lucky. My brain was already full of formaldehyde............


6 posted on 05/07/2025 7:48:51 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: PAR35

Well said.


7 posted on 05/07/2025 7:49:33 AM PDT by alamogal
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To: Red Badger

All of the sugar alternatives give me tummy troubles. No thanks. It’s easier to cut back on sugar than to use the other kinds, for me anyway.


8 posted on 05/07/2025 7:50:23 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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Sugar turns out to be an ambiguous concept. Does “sugar include high fructose corn syrup, or is the term restricted to cane sugar? I can defiantly tell the difference between a high fructose coke cola and the Mexican version made with cane sugar. The latter is much, much better to my taste. However, I sat through a video where someone analyzed the sugar in both and came to the conclusion that the cane sugar in a Mexican coke quickly became chemically indistinguishable from the domestic, high fructose coke soon after bottling.


9 posted on 05/07/2025 8:00:27 AM PDT by PUGACHEV
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To: Red Badger

Who knows? Medicine is corrupt and only cares about money and left-wing politics. The tree-hugger supplement vegan crowd all sorts of nutjob claims.


10 posted on 05/07/2025 8:02:09 AM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie. )
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To: Red Badger

SINCE WHEN ARE THERE “ADDITIVES” TO HONEY????


11 posted on 05/07/2025 8:03:37 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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They make artificial honey now................


12 posted on 05/07/2025 8:04:49 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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As you probably know, the late Donald Rumsfeld was involved in the development and approval process of aspartame.
Rumsfeld was CEO of G.D. Serle & Co., a company that developed and sought FDA approval for the artificial sweetener.

Rumsfeld used his government contacts at the FDA to suppress about potential dangers of aspartame. He was later involved in negotiations to sell Serle to Monsanto in 1985. The FDA ultimately approved it after further review and disagreement with claims of potential brain damage and tumors.

Rumsfeld served as Secretary of Defense first under Ford, later under George W. Bush. I appreciated his leadership under W., but all things considered, I suppose that means what? Nobody is perfect.


13 posted on 05/07/2025 8:06:04 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: Red Badger

may, suggests, possibly, could etc. All conclusive data.

I wonder who financed this crusade against something?


14 posted on 05/07/2025 8:07:03 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Donald John Trump. First man to be Elected to the Presidency THREE times since FDR.)
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To: Bon of Babble
Apparently it turns into formaldehyde in the brain.

So it turns you into a Democrat/Communist? Yikes! -- a fate worse than death!

15 posted on 05/07/2025 8:07:33 AM PDT by glennaro (2025: The year of America's rebirth as a Great (and Free) Republic)
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To: lee martell

A CEO’s only duty is to the shareholders. Make them richer, one way or another..................


16 posted on 05/07/2025 8:08:20 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: ridesthemiles

“SINCE WHEN ARE THERE “ADDITIVES” TO HONEY????”

Since we started importing it from China


17 posted on 05/07/2025 8:11:06 AM PDT by algore
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To: Red Badger

Which is why I buy honey from a local bee keeper. Plus eating the local honey builds up resistance to local pollen.
Which I am allergic to some springtime tree pollen.


18 posted on 05/07/2025 8:12:33 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: Red Badger

Been using it since the 80s
Still a conservative
Still alive.
No headaches
No cancer
No zombie-like reactions whatsoever.

YMMV


19 posted on 05/07/2025 8:19:04 AM PDT by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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By definition, this has always been so.
Although, some CEOs may try to nudge their shareholders and/or customers into a different way of thinking.

Example of later:
Harley Davidson CEO Jochen Zeitz aggressively pushed the WOKE agenda in advertising; advocating liberal policies on Trans Care for kids, Critical Race Theory , Climate Change and other. After a steep decline in sales, with numerous threats to ‘Bud-Lite’ his company, including a video with (ultimate fighting champion) Sean Strickland explaining why he would be selling his Harley, the CEO has announced his ‘sudden’ retirement.


20 posted on 05/07/2025 8:23:04 AM PDT by lee martell
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