Aspartame Makers Tell A Whopper, Says Mission Possible
A three year Italian study on Aspartame in rats revealed a connection between the artifical sweetner and leukemia,lymphoma and malignant brain tumors. It conclusively proved that aspartame is a carcinogen, say the study's authors. A neurosurgeon calls to get it out of the schools. These claims rebut those of Aspartame manufacturers.
ATLANTA (PRWEB)July 22, 2005 -- The European Ramazzini Foundation of Oncology
and Environmental Sciences Cancer Research Centre in Bolonga, Italy, just
released their three year study confirming the link between aspartame and
lymphomas and leukemias.
The report by Morando Soffritti "Aspartame
induces lymphomas and leukemias in rats" is in the European Journal of Oncology
for July, 2005. Dr. Soffritti and his team carefully set the conditions whereby
genetically-uniform test rats were treated equally with the exception of being
divided into groups given varying levels of the toxic chemical sweetener.
Rats are deemed appropriate subjects for testing aspartame on humans
because both humans and rats metabolize the methyl ester in aspartame into
methyl alcohol, then formaldehyde then formic acid - all deadly poisons. The
carcinogenicity of substances in rats and mice is a consistent predictor of
cancer risk in humans exposed to those substances.
The study commenced
with 8 week old rats and continued until the last one died at 159 weeks. Their
physical status and behavior were examined three times daily and detailed
records of their growth were kept. Every two weeks each of the 3,600 rats were
"clinically examined for gross changes." As each rat died, a complete autopsy
was performed. Organs, tissues and bones were preserved for further study.
"In our experimental conditions, it has been demonstrated that APM
[aspartame causes a dose-related statistically significant increase in lymphomas
and leukemias in females at dose levels very near those to which humans can be
exposed," the authors wrote in their conclusion. The number of cancers that
developed in rats given zero aspartame was zero.
Increases of lymphomas
and leukemias at the lowest exposure level was 62 percent and "an increase in
the incidence of these types of neoplasias was also observed in males exposed to
the highest dose," as stated in the study.
Neurosurgeon Russell
Blaylock, MD, one of the world's leading authorities on aspartame neurotoxicity,
extensively reviewed the Soffritti report. "This study confirmed the previous
study by Dr. Trocho and co-workers (1998), which also found the formaldehyde
breakdown product of aspartame to be damaging to cellular DNA and that this
damage was cumulative. The type of damage was a duplicate of that associated
with cancers. These two studies strongly indicate that drinking a single diet
cola sweetened with aspartame every day could significantly increase one's risk
of developing a lymphoma or leukemia," Blaylock said.
"This study should
terrify mothers and all those consuming aspartame sweetened products," he
continued. "This was a carefully done study which clearly demonstrated a
statistically significant increase in several types of lymphomas and leukemias
in rats. Both of these malignancies have increased significantly in this country
since the widespread use of aspartame."
"They also found an increased
incidence of malignant brain tumors, even though it was not statistically
significant. This does not mean there is no association to brain tumors, since
ONLY the animals exposed to aspartame developed the tumors. With children and
pregnant women drinking the largest amount of diet colas, this puts their
children at the greatest risk of developing one of these horrible diseases.
Their found that even lower doses of aspartame could cause these malignancies,
yet, the higher the dose, the more cancers that were seen," said
Blaylock.
"Since aspartame can increase obesity and may even cause the
metabolic syndrome that affects 48 million Americans, there is no reason to ever
consume this product. At the least, it should be immediately banned from all
schools," said Blaylock.
Aspartame was approved for use in dry goods in
1981 under extremely controversial circumstances. The artificial sweetener is
currently found in more than 6,000 products-soft drinks, chewing gum, candy,
desserts, table sweeteners and even pharmaceutical drugs and is responsible for
more than 80 percent of consumer complaints filed with the FDA each year. The
FDA itself has published a list of 92 potentially adverse reactions to aspartame
that includes weight gain, blindness, chronic headaches, insanity and death.
Soffritti et al conducted this study because they wanted to determine
whether or not the ADI for aspartame (50 and 40 milligrams per kilogram of body
weight per day in the U.S. and Europe respectively) was an appropriate limit.
Their report concludes with these words: "Results of our study call for urgent
reexamination of permissible exposure level of aspartame in both food and
beverages, especially to protect children."
Here comes the Whopper.
Makers and sellers of aspartame tried to rebut this impeccable European research
saying: "With billions of man-years of safe use, there is no indication of an
association between aspartame and cancer in humans."
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