Aspartame is a toxic nerve pioson that in tests, caused brain tumours in rats, Why was it passed by the FDA?

Senior brain surgeons are claiming that Aspartame is probably responsible for a huge increase in brain tumours and diseases. Why then, was it passed by the FDA as fit for human consumption?

I have heard that the guy in the Regan Administration that allowed Aspartame to be used in food, went on to become the CEO of Serle, the company that makes, you guessed it, Aspartame.

Again I should be dead and buried - I've taken aspartame for about 15 years now and I'm still here. One thing they forgot to mention (I read about those experiments) the rats were given such a massive dose that no human being could possibly ingest in not one but two lifetimes. I mean you would have to eat the stuff with a shovel. That's why the rats developed those tumors. The amount given to those rats was way over-the-top out of proportion.

And by the way I've never had headaches or any other kind of side effects.

Funny isn't it people keep complaining about how much deadly stuff is in our food and how much pollution there is in the air and about global warming and the ozone layer yet our life expectancy has never been so high.

Claiming is a long way from proving. To date, there is no PROOF that aspartame is bad for people.

Because you would have to eat a mountain of it to cause any damage,there are only traces in food stuff.

I dont get the headaches since terminating my sugar substitute containing Aspartame!!!

Is'nt that the stuff they put in alternative sweeteners, such as Canderel and Sweetex?

The Gods alone know. I would not touch it with a bargepole. I use sugar to caramelise onions, and I use honey as a sweetener as often as possible. Aspartame, Monosodiumglutamate (MSG) and even saccharin do not even squeak through the letterbox of my kitchen.

... and why are the 'experts' so puzzled about the astronomic increase in asthma and allergies in our kids?

....and why are yellow colourings, illegal in human food, allowed to be given to chickens to yellow-up their egg yolks?

What is the accountability of the food standards people? Who pays them? Politicians have to declare any gifts or favours they receive; I think it's about time that the same applied to the people who screen what goes into our food, and all those other nameless committees whose decisions affect our lives.

I read an article in a womans magazine whilst at my dentists waiting room. It relayed the story of a woman who became ill with an undiagnosed illness and eventually wheelchair bound. After extensive tests, the specialists involved with her case could find no answers. Her best friend....a Christian...suggested that her drinking two bottles of diet coke a day was not healthy for her as it contained....yes...you guessed it...aspartame. The Christian lady had heard that it could be damaging and passed the message on. Within two weeks of stopping the diet coke...the wheelchair bound lady was back to normal health.
Why was it passed by the FDA? It is obviously not fit for human consumption. Well highlighted Heralda!
Best wishes, Mike.

I knew it was too good to be true! From now on NO ASPARTAME! (I can hear the response to that one--but that's the best part o' me!)