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Definition and Common Uses. Aspartame is approved as an artificial sweetener by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The sweetener does provide some calories when you add it to your food or beverage, but you are likely to use much less of it because it is 200 times sweeter than sugar.
Safety and Approval Aspartame is a low-calorie sweetener that has been safely used in a variety of foods and beverages for over 30 years. More than 200 scientific studies support the.After reviewing scientific studies, the HHS Food and Drug Administration (FDA) determined in 1981 that aspartame was safe for use in foods. In 1987, the General Accounting Office investigated the process surrounding FDA’s approval of aspartame and confirmed the.Aspartame is one of many artificial sweeteners on the market.
This sweetener is mainly used for giving low-calorie, sugar-free foods and drinks a sweet taste. Aspartame was approved for use in food back in 1981 by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and it has been a controversial food additive since that time (1, 2).Find patient medical information for Aspartame (Bulk) on WebMD including its uses, side effects and safety, interactions, pictures, warnings and user ratings.Aspartame Safety Concerns Although is approved for use in over 100 countries and is considered safe by various regulatory bodies, including the FDA, there are some concerns over the safety of this sugar substitute. Recent studies suggest that aspartame can cause certain cancers, such as brain cancer, leukemia, and lymphoma.
Aspartame is a widely used, low-calorie, artificial sweetener and one of the most popular sugar substitutes in low-calorie food and drinks, including diet sodas. It is also a component of some.Aspartame is commonly used as a tabletop sweetener, as a sweetener in prepared foods and beverages, and in recipes that don’t require too much heating (since heat breaks down aspartame). It can also be found as a flavoring in some medicines.
Does aspartame cause cancer?While aspartame remains a popular artificial sweetener, it continues to be controversial. Many opponents claim it causes side effects and health problems. Yet the FDA has approved its use.
Used as a sugar substitute and often marketed as Nutrasweet and Equal, aspartame is an excitotoxin that destroys the brain and body. Its use has been a controversial subject since the 1980s when the CEO of Searle, Donald Rumsfeld, pushed for it’s approval to be sold on the market.Aspartame is a low-calorie sweetener used in foods and beverages in more than 90 countries around the world.
It is about 200 times sweeter than sugar. The calories in foods can be substantially reduced, and in many products be almost eliminated, by using aspartame in place of sugar.Aspartame; Names Pronunciation / ˈ æ s p ər t eɪ m / or / ə ˈ s p ɑːr t eɪ m / IUPAC name.
From the WebMD Archives Dec. 11, 2013 The European Food Safety Authority says the artificial sweetener aspartame is safe at the levels currently used in food and drinks.Aspartates are used to increase absorption of the minerals they are combined with and to enhance athletic performance.
Some forms are used to reduce brain damage caused by cirrhosis of the liver (hepatic encephalopathy) when given intravenously by a healthcare professional.FDA officials describe aspartame as “one of the most thoroughly tested and studied food additives the agency has ever approved” and its safety as “clear cut.” The weight of existing scientific evidence indicates that aspartame is safe as a non-nutritive sweetener.
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290 comments
Im pretty sure there has been significant research into the links between artificial sweeteners and diabetes. And im certain you guys have reported on this yourselves. Yeah its not toxic, but its hardly good for you:/
Your much better off to eat sugar in moderation than to use the artificial sweeteners! There is multiple studies to support this.
Will you record a video concerning acesulfame K and suclarose? These are widely used in soda now as well as in protein powders. Please, you’re doing a wonderful job and the internet seems to have so many opposite opinions:/
Aspartame is bacteria poop and is owned by the biggest pesticide company on the planet. Guess who the pests are these days? Breakfast, lunch and dinner brought to you by the makers of Agent Orange.
No, it is anything but safe… it only exists to generate gluttonous profits, and the developers don’t care how much damage it does to consumer’s bodies. Criminal corporate behavior if you ask me.
looks like I’m safe but, been drinking sugar free sodas for a long time, my teeth still fine��
Oil companies adding lead to gasoline until the 70’s is an example of companies slowly poisoning their consumers.
In April 2017, I bought some Lucozade from my usual shop and it tasted ‘off’. I didn’t finish the bottle and I had a dreadful headache that took overnight to clear. Analgesics didn’t help, I knew it was a “toxin” headache rather than a “tension” headache due to the location of the pain (left temple). A tension headache for me appears on my right temple.
Seriously, get to know what’s wrong with you and you can treat yourself quickly.
A few days later, I bought another bottle of it and it tasted ‘off’ also.
I put it down to something I had eaten that had altered my sensation of taste. I even queried my medications. I had been prescribed something for a chest infection.
A week later, I bought a Lucozade from a different shop and it tasted normal.
And two weeks after that in May, I bought a bottle from the first shop and again it was off.
So I Googled why Lucozade tastes funny.
It turns out that the company that makes Lucozade introduced a new recipe for Lucozade at the beginning of April 2017 which reduced the sugar content and replaced it with Aspartame.
Existing stocks were still in circulation and this was the ‘normal’ bottle I had bought.
Now, I admit to having liked Lucozade. Being something I only ever took as a child when I was ill, I had bought bottles just to drink because I liked the taste, even when my family asked “Are you feeling sick?”
I’m intolerant to Aspartame, despite what scientists say. I have to be very careful to only drink water as I don’t know what I will be served if I ask for a cordial. Basically I avoid sugar-free drinks. Most of them contain Aspartame.
So, despite what the scientists say, some artificial sweeteners do affect people and affect them quite severely.
Lucozade advertised the change … on their website. There was no “New Recipe” flash on the bottles, they all still read “Original”.
If you suffer from headaches and you don’t know why, consider taking a food and drink intolerance test. Ask your doctor for advice.
I also found out that I shouldn’t eat eggs, iceberg lettuce, chocolate, pork, ham or gammon, to name a few.
If I decide to try something new, I check the ingredients first. If it has an artificial sweetener, I put it back on the shelf.
Now I know why Jimmy Fallon can’t pronounce controversy. So yeah, today I found out something.
So it’s the same shit with salad, you mostly see fat people eating it but it’s not the problem for their heavy weight.
if the purpose of sodium nitrite is for the sodium cation, why weren’t other sodium salts (like sodium chloride) used in place of sodium nitrite? I mean nitrite anions are unstable under normal conditions and would readily convert to nitrate
those asshols need to stop pushing this shit on us, I miss my gum.
I don’t eat aspartame for the same reason I don’t eat other poop. Aspartame is the poop of modified e-coli bacteria fed with what amounts to chemical waste. That’s reason enough to not consume it.
i find that after eating something that’s “sugar-free” it leaves a taste in my mouth like i’ve been chewing on plastic. aspartame, sucralose, stevia extract, it doesn’t matter plastic aftertaste
Funny that aspartame and sucralose are banned in Europe. Hmm.
Oh my god I wonder who’s putting the money in this channels pocket to defend aspartame������♂️
if you eat those artificial ”foods” you make yourself a guinea pig. nobody knows what these chemical substantiates do your body after 20 40 or 60 years.
the same reason Johnson and Johnson is giving cancer to its consumers who use its talcum powder.
It’s got to be safer than high fructose corn syrup,. I think people just hear that it’s 0 calories and figure that it’s not possible for anything to be zero calories, it has to go somewhere, so it must be going straight into tumors.
Wonder what the cost of aspartame is compared to whatever Pepsi used to replace it.
A serving of non-fat milk provides about six to nine times more phenylalanine and 13 times more aspartic acid than the same amount of beverage sweetened with aspartame. A serving of tomato juice provides about four to six times more methanol than the same amount of aspartame-sweetened beverage. The amount of phenylalanine contained in a diet soda is so low that moderate consumption by phenylketonurics would not be harmful. The government requires the warning label so that phenylketonurics can include it when figuring their daily intake of phenylalanine.
i’ll take anything other than sugar, i refuse to feed bacteria their favourite food sugar.
They forget mention that the aspartame fucks with the chemicals in your brain and that’s what make you want to eat more. So that’s the big Link!!!
I ❤ aspartame!! Especially my Pepsi Zero and Diet Dr. Pepper!
Seeing as it’s in a large number of foods and snacks, that means you are getting a high dose of it. How has no one figured that out?
I won’t drink that crap only because it has a bad after taste, that crap is nasty.
Anyone can go to PubMed which is the data base for NIH’s library. You often can only read the abstract (summary) of a study but it is starting place. By the way 48 people is not a decent case study. Not by a long shot.
Unconvincing pointless video. Shouldve said that the only danger comes from high levels and negative effects on the gut bacteria. Combining art sweeteners with prebiotic starches is the future
Aspartame can break down into a small amount of formaldehyde which is a Neurotoxin chemical compound
Aspartame is created using a genetically modified bacteria it’s an amino acid compound
I dont care what other people do that’s their choice. I dont eat or drink anything humans added sugar to. Not even milk. Naturally occurring sugar is fine.
What about the connection between aspartame and blood sugar? I know three people who were told by their doctors to stop drinking diet coke because they were “pre-diabetic.” Some authors think that aspartame spikes blood sugar to a degree that may be damaging over time. Thanks for the info! Seriously interested.
“why would companies poison their consumers?”, the same reason tobacco/cigarette companies do so.
“Why are people afraid?”, “Artificial” is the keyword.
carbonated water is just as bad for my teeth as Diet Coke no different…the only difference is that Diet Coke as the added aspartame caffeine colourings sodium etc…
SAD BEWARE: The Big $$ Pharmas are putting ASS-Par-Tame in CHILDREN’S MULTI VITAMINS This means it is mixed with Zinc, Iron and about 20 plus other vitamins & minerals then ingested by an innocent child.Talk about a toxic cocktail.Big companies conveniently in DENIAL because Aspartame increases their bottom line profits PERIOD!!
Great video. Thanks for the summary of actual studies and not just opinion.
This article is backed up and sounds more reasonable than the narrator in this video. https://www.healthy-holistic-living.com/aspartame-turns-formaldehyde-methanol-body/
Aspartame is an artificial sweetener that is something like 200 times sweeter than plain white sugar. Most sugar-free gums contain acidic flavorings and preservatives, which can cause dental erosion. These types of gums also contain artificial sweeteners. Aspartame and sucralose are two most common sweeteners in sugar-free gums. Aspartame metabolizes in your body into formaldehyde and wood alcohol. Your liver and kidneys cannot eliminate formaldehyde from your body through a normal waste filtration process. You should select the right type of gum while selecting a sugar-free gum.
Chewing gum is helpful for cleaning your teeth of debris and neutralizing acids released by bacteria in plaque. It also increases the flow of saliva. However, you should select the right type of chewing gum to get all the benefits.
Great video, are you considering doing one on GMO’s? I feel like the fear mongering behind that one is similar to the fear mongering behind aspartame.
After decades of exhaustive testing I have concluded that consuming aspartame gives me the worst headaches I’ve ever had. There is also circumstantial evidence that (on two occasions) it knocked me out. Fortunately I don’t like the taste of it even from the first sip so I’ve become great at avoiding it.
Aspartame’s name itself sounds like something in paint thinner not human food products
My daughter tells me aspartame will kill me, all the while smoking half a pack of cigarettes & chugging down coffee with espresso shots like its water!! lol ������
Ultimately, aspartame, even as small a dose as is in a 20 oz soda, causes my ears to bleed within a few days. This is enough evidence for me.
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Im still here
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There is a lot of talk about the use of Aspartame. Who are we to listen to?
lead paint dust smells sweet, so why not use it as an air freshener.
this is the biggest bullshit paid by the chemical companies trying to make you think these toxic chemicals don’t kill you. be smarter!
This comments section is INFURIATING! It’s more cancerous than the comments sections of toxic fanbases.
You probably shouldn’t have gotten an expert’s opinion. That’s not going to convince anyone that is skeptical of artificial sweeteners. You should have just presented what was found in the studies that have tested the sweeteners.
Spurious nonsense “this spike shows I have created Sodium Cyclamate”, so what are all the other spikes? “Why would people think it’s a good idea for major food producing companies to poison their consumers? that’s not good business.” oh yes, like cigarettes, Thalidomide, Parabens, Formaldehyde, excess salt, E numbers, MRM (mechanically recovered meats), growth hormones in meat, asbestos, margarine, PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate), PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride), Diesel engines, antiperspirants, Cocaine and Heroine (both used therapeutically at one stage), Methadone (more harmful than the opiates it replaces), Opium, sun beds, the list goes on and on and on. “The evidence suggests artificial sweeteners don’t do any harm…” yes the SHORT-TERM evidence, there is no long-term evidence, yet.
The really worrying thing is that people take this 3 1/3 minute clip as information when it is, in fact, a partial, poorly evidenced, poorly sourced and reductionist piece of work that anyone with any scientific rigour would laugh at “evidence, that’s not evidence” and yet we have a “scientist” taking part in it, further undermining and discrediting HIS OWN FIELD.
I worry for humanity when people are satisfied by this kind of sham “argument”, this is, in fact, nothing more than an opinion with no balancing arguments, evidence or proof. “oh look, I made a chemical (that could be anything) and a scientist agrees with me” shame on you BBC, you used to be better.
Oh, and for the record, I am not arguing these things are bad for you, merely that you should educate yourself far more before giving your children, or yourself, doses of man-made chemicals with no clear long-term consequences.
Stevia is one of the best but also costly made from stevia leaves.
Heat and cold stable and no off taste.
ANYTHING made in a lab is bad for life. This natural planet has EVERYTHING we need for good health and long life.
Science has done so much damage to this natural planet because money rules your day and we All KNOW Money isn’t natural either, so wrong to a living finite planet.
you forgot to mention that Aspartame literally KILLS the sex drive.
This video was likely created by the FDA and their collaberatives for the purpose of again deceiving the average gullible person who believes that if a major news network proclaims something as “the truth”, it must be true. Just when did they perform these “studies”, and by what reputable neutral organization? So all of the hundreds of studies that originally came to the FDA with negative and adverse physiological effects; as well as subsequent studies by numerous health and science institutes in the 80’s and 90’s were all just nonsense? Do your research folks on the history of this food additive as well as numerous other neurotoxins and you won’t fall for the propaganda solicited via videos like this!
This video is a crock of steaming sh*t. I was diabetic for over 28 years. Back in the 70’s and early 80’s, diet or “sugar free” sodas contained saccharin as well as the very limited products of sugar free candies etc. Then saccharin was dubbed a “cancer causing agent” and took a black eye. All of a sudden, nutrasweet aka aspartame is thrust into those diet sodas and other products only to have people start suffering instant migraine headaches, depression, diarrhea and a litany of other side effects.In my own personal case, aspartame caused headaches, severe depression, stomach issues and a few other maladies.My money is on the idea that this video was conveniently made by someone in the aspartame production business and they needed to toot their product’s horn so they don’t lose any more money in sales.
Also diet soda contains far more than aspartame to be worried about…
…and ACE-K. Gut might be msot effected by sweetners but id be more concerned about high levels of acid in diet sodas ppl consume.
yeah if you like taking lab meds, the pharmaceutical industry loves your kind! LOL I’m 61, work with God and eat only real food that grows either from the ground or on trees and have no need for pharma poisons and I never believe ANYTHING science or the tv says, and I feel like I’m 15 years old, May your brains, hearts, and souls wake up while you still have them.
1st) To the folks still saying aspartame is harmful, c’mon, yes there ARE harmful chemical additives out there, that doesn’t mean you have to unfairly lump aspartame along with it even when the science says otherwise. 2nd, I am also aware of and agree with the argument that it can be harmful not in itself but the products it is found in can easily be over consumed. (Sound familiar? This can identically be said about HFCS, which is simply a sugar, but the problem is not it, it’s the products it is found in)
Aspartame has a negative health effect to me, it gives mr migraines!
Im pritty skiny and i drink diet soday, i just wanted to know wat was really up cuz people keept saying id get fat
I dont really know if its that safe, so I avoid it completely, plus it has a horrible taste.
Can you please do a video about pineapple interfering with antibiotics and other medicines people have to take negatively. Is this just a rumour or has it been proven? I’ve heard that from more than one friend or relative. THANKS.
If you already have cancer, it is the sugar that you want to stay away from.
what? why do you make a video about arteficial sweeteners and mention only one? Why didn’t you talk about all the other artificial and natural sugar alternatives such as stevia or xucker etc etc
The narrator talks too fast. Too much. A style typical of last two generations, especially current.
Eat, sh*t, fall backwards into it…and STFU, you loser dillrod. Consider septic tank cleaning as an alternate choice of your employment.
Even if you don’t believe in the research of aspartame safety, the fact remains sugar, our regular sucrose-fructose, wreaks havoc on our bodies and it’s not disputed except by the sugar lobby. So controlling your urge for sweet foods is always an option if you doubt aspartame research.
Did OUR government have “anything” to do with this “STUDY”?
If they did, you can bet it’s a joke and they have already taken billions of dollars from the “make believe sugar” companies.
Wouldn’t it be easier to draw back the amount of natural sugar we consume,it’s safer and let’s be honest, the stuff aint crack so back off, or keep eating your ‘chemicals’. Diabetics are the only people I worry about with synthetic sweeteners.
Aspartame has a significant negative effect on brain cells and may be contributing to the on going Alzheimer’s epidemic, read what Dr. Blaylock has to say about it and the corrupt collusion of aspartames manufacture with the FDA! Once you see what is really going on here you will never touch that crap! This video is a lying propaganda piece put out in an attempt to boost sales of aspartame contaminated food stuffs. ASPARTAME IS POISON!!!!!!
Still don’t trust artificial sweeteners, i’ll stick with sugar. Moderation is key.
it’s scary but i trust you more than all those scientists that yell from each their corner. thank you Simon. i will from now on enjoy my coke zero at peace ; )
2:19 That’s a pretty stupid comment, by that logic one would conclude that smoking is harmless, because “why would people think it’s a good idea for a mayor cigarette producing company to poison their consumers? That’s not good business…”
there are new studies suggesting otherwise.
its like the pharma industry, FDA saying cannabis has no medical use
lobbying is a powerful tool, look into scientific studies not backed by big pharma/company/governmental bodies
You should do a video like this on radiation. It’s unbelievable how misinformed people are about radiation.
Doesn’t Donald Rumsfeld control aspartame, yeah that guy that ripped off America for 2.3 trillion dollars the day before 9/11/2001…. from what I understand this chemical is a by-product of nuclear waste… LOL so he has plenty of money to have glossy ads made to sell you out!!! if it isn’t naturally found on a tree or growing in the dirt, don’t do it… Or, go right ahead, someone will love your money.
As the consumption of Aspartame has increased so has the cancer rate. Aspartame isn’t found naturally so why try and best God? What we do know is people who consume aspartame die of cancer in large numbers. It’s also linked to obesity. The way you deal with sugar is to regulate your diet. Try and resist commercial advertising that psychologically tricks you into thinking you need something that is a cocktail of toxic poisons that’s ‘safe’ in small doses. When people are selling you something for personal financial gain it’s in your interest to ask do I want this cocktail of poisons in my system? What we do know is combining three poisons to make an unknown chemical kills rats with hundreds of tumours and it’s likely you will be taking an unnecessary risk because you are busy and your life is pretty pointless and you’re going to die anyway. Hell drink the cool aid you know you want to?
To reduce obesity, the government is banning sugar and HFCS. Get use to Aspartame. Milk and juice need to go, too.
Lol::: Danger warning. This is sponsored by a chemical company! Sounds just like the old tobacco lobby. Take notice how they quickly flash their name up in the advertisement and format it to look like the “American Cancer Society”. Scary stuff. Fast food and soda makers have a lot to lose. Having a background in marketing…. This smoke screen in itself should raise red flags. Be careful.
I have told many people that if aspartame caused cancer, I would have had it since 1986. LOL and I do come close to the insane 17 12oz cola/day mark….
IT is my understanding that almost all artificial sweeteners can precipitate metabolic syndrome by tricking the body to release insulin that is not needed and thus insulin sensitivity is degraded???
Some people are allergic to aspartame. I am one of them. I found out in 1979 from my doctor, when I complained about feeling “hypoglycemic” and having heart palpitations. Imagine my surprise when, after a bit more discussion, we connected it to the diet sodas I’d taken to drinking every afternoon. I stopped drinking them, and all my symptoms went away. To this day, I’m very sensitive to it; I’ve unknowingly had some, and I can tell the difference from how my body feels. My reactions vary based on how much aspartame is in the food/drink.
No studies found to make it “unhealthy”
Then you consider the fact that those studies were likely funded by the companies indirectly.
Research on aspartame and how it got passed the FDA (hint: bribes and fake panels )
No, perhaps not. But they all, without exception, taste bloody horrible. Sugar, every time, for me.
Hey what you should look at i what it does to the brain.Very helpful.
well i know that aspartame causes my heart to miss beats and makes my index finger lock up!!! try getting a doctor to believe you!! but i know for a fact that happens
About a generation ago, I knew a food technician who worked at a company called General Foods. They told me, and I quote, “aspartame is chemicals mixed in a vat” and “there is nothing natural about it”. For whatever it’s worth.
I’m not a scientist, but the feeling I have in my gut is telling me that this video is 99% bullshit…
Why do you ‘need’ so much sweetener? And if aspartame is so safe, why won’t the US Navy allow its pilots to use it?
This guy is full of crap…. Aspartame is a KILLER!!!!!!!!!!! Look how “Smug” he is….
Just love all the “know-it-all” comments from both sides. I’ll trust true statistical data that has not been “doctored” and mistrust government and big business scientists. From the same folks who want to ban child inoculation and determined that diesel particulate matter is carcinogenic.
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Fun fact you can get cancer without smoking fun fact guess what cancer cells consume sugar
Nice plug for aspartame, but that’s all it is. I’m one of those people that get nauseous from the stuff. And no, it’s not all in my head.
I use strychnine and cyanide in my soda.
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Who funded these studies? The manufacturers of the sweeteners perhaps?
Unsubscribed. Title should be called “how X is made”. Then you asked 1 guy. How about you discuss some research papers from both the positive and negative sides of sweeteners.
You could almost expect the sort of comments you’d attract on this video. Here’s a fun fact: What’s the most dangerous chemical in Diet Coke? It’s water. Water is also a solvent, and can be described as Dihydrogen Monoxide. Don’t be confused about the term ‘man made’. It simply means we haven’t found it occuring on Earth before. Cheese is also man made unless you think cheese forms naturally?
Why do people have phobia to sweetener free tasting food and drink?
Just clicked on the link to this video from another website. I wanted to see what the Aspartame people were saying about their own product. As if didn’t know what they were going to say. LOL. Anyway, this video was a “SPONSORED LINK,” IN OTHER WORDS, THIS YOUTUBE VIDEO IS, IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, NOTHING MORE THAN A COMMERCIAL FOR ASPARTAME. ’nuff said.
Chemical Sweeteners apparently cause inflammation in the brain. Like cigarettes cause cancer. Stick to natural food.
We now otherwise artificial is bad causes more cancer than you ever wanted to have
i have 6 sweeteners and 1.5 tea spoons of sugar in my tea, have maybe 2-4 cups of tea a day. I was always a little worried, but seems I should rely more on facts and evidence then silly irrational niggles in my head^^
Sweeteners on their own just taste rank, the 1.5 sugars overpowers the sweetener taste and gives it that extra bit of sweetness. It took me many months of testing to get the perfect amounts right, oh and it also completely depends on the size of your cup on how much you can add. Making a cuppa is a complex procedure.
still diet coke/pepsi isnt helping with weight loss. It activates the metabolism in a way that the body goes into fat storing mode.
there is an article, study artificial consumption and gut microbes. consumption will change microbes composition
That was the most insanely oversimplified interpretation of an NMR spectra I have ever seen, and I tutored highschool organic chem.
Who cares, it tastes like poison. Reason enough not to put it in your mouth.
I do not trust any study conducted by entities who have large amounts of money at stake. I would rather play it safe-no aspartame for me.
Studies which were claimed by coca cola themselves? yeah i wont drink it anyways
the evidence don’t suggest anything their is multiple studies saying that these sweetness r bad and their others saying it is bad the results r inconclusive, and most of the studies r done on an animals not on humans so evidence is weak
I just think it tastes revolting. Also the last time I had some it wrecked my gut microbiome and I got really sick. This was just drinking a glass of something sweetened with it.
No. Not so. Check the facts. Pepsi dropped aspartame. See Natural News articles. Aspartame has formaldehyde. This is poison, bottom line. Toxic for the brain.
Vaccines are ‘safe’ too!
Just read the ‘fact sheet’ which is SUBSTITUTED for the INSERT which lists
the ACTUAL threats to your health. Then correlate that with the rise in Autism.
Then dig a little deeper at WHAT EXACTLY is in the vaccines and WHY,
just like WHY aspartame?
There is a very good reason and it’s not the one you’re willing to accept.
Just like WHY tv?
Which provides a good CONTEXT and THAT….CONTEXT is ALWAYS what
is OMITTED by people that TRUST TV and the system you are deferring to here.
Why mention tv in this CONTEXT?
…..because we DON’T LIVE IN A DISNEY MOVIE.
Which is the FALSE IDEA you approach ALL ISSUES, like this one WITH.
And you were PROGRAMMED by tv to do EXACTLY THAT
(and here you are doing it, all these years later…imagine that!)
And my entire family treats me like a criminal for drinking diet coke
I fucking knew. Don’t overdo the artifiacial sweeteners and your health won’t be affected.
Aspartame is just an amino acid dimer (Asp-Phe), making it highly unlikely to cause harm. However, some single amino acids and short peptide chains do act as neurotransmitters in the body, so the fact that some people get side effects like headaches is not surprising to me. It is toxic in patients with phenylketonuria.
Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is just a salt of the amino acid glutamic acid. It confers umami flavor. It is also found in soy sauce and fish sauce used in Asian cooking. Ingestion causes side effects in some people, including my mother.
Sorry but this only suggests that yes it doesn’t cause cancer but it leaves a big question mark over what other health concerns does it raise. It’s like me saying iv got a bag full of coins but there are absolutely NO 20p coins… Well what is there then…
To the affects on the majority of people I can make no claims about Aspartame. Personally, I avoid it as it triggers my migraines, maybe my biology is just weird in that. Thankfully, since it is put on labels I am able to avoid it.
Guys the FDA is re-considering this…. I study chemistry and science. This supposed “Cancer or Despression” called material is a lie. It is safe for you… just people trying to get attention cause someone was allergic to a material in here
Aspartame still sets off my IBS where a study says so or not. #0 minutes after having it in a soda or gum I am running for the bath room.
Check out Sodium cyclamate on Wikipedia. Scroll down to find a list of products in which it is used.
I tried to cut sugar for a while as suggested by some friends and certain internet websites…. “sugar is hell”.. “poison”.. “Cancer”… “it’s not natural”.. Ok, let’s try. Results? After 3 months my belly was covered with pimples… I woke up in the middle of night sweating.. I was super anxious and nervous… Sometimes couldn’t even walk… My diet was the same as always and I still took a teaspoon of Sugar per day… It was until I searched the symptoms online that I was able to recognize low Sugar symptoms…. Now, I know some people are perfectly fine with no sugar, but you should try to keep in mind that we are not the same!! If something is good for you it doesn’t mean it will be automatically ok for others… So Please Keep this in mind when you want to Tell other people what to eat.. Vegetarians and Vegans included.
They probably don’t give you cancer, or any diseases. They do however, have the ability to dissolve your teeth like a berocca in water.
They’re fine so long as you’re not allergic, as it is “food” you can have an allergy to it. Simple answer, though if it’s not bad why was there a mass removal over it being bad? That one has me a tad confused though I’m allergic to it so I guess it really wouldn’t matter.
The argument of “a company wouldn’t want to poison their customers” is essentially the same argument that people used for decades to support the lies that smoking was safe.
I don’t think artificial sweeteners are dangerous in normal amounts, but that argument makes me doubt that particular guy and his knowledge of the whole thing.
I can’t remember if it’s NutraSweet or aspartame that is made from the by the wast product of e coli the shit
“Doesn’t cause cancer” is not the answer that placates me. As we know aspartame when consumed frequently has some undesirable byproducts.
The menthol in aspartame when interacting with the phenylalanine through weak bonds (disruping pectin bond):can lead to the formation of formaldehyde which can cause seizures.
You Fucken Liar..how much did they pay you to speak all these lies?
@0.24 did she pronounce ‘barium’ right? Or have I being pronouncing it incorrectly?
The amount of tinfoilhats here is kinda funny. If you still insist on denying stuff down to the chemical and biological level, then that’s your choice. If you don’t deny this, but still insist on keeping the tinfoilhat on, then stop eating meat, since there is a shitload of phenylalanine in it, and it obviously causes “cancer”.
Theres more methanol in fruit than any goddamn soda can get you. Stop eating that too.
And the aspartic acid? It’s an amino acid, dumbass.
Stop living, its dangerous, the government is obviously trying to get your ass.
I’ve been told it doesnt leave your body ever by my dad… I feel like I’ve been lied to
Worse video ever….aspartame Is consider deadly in many country.
Second here take places the difference philosophy between USA and EU…
In usa untill You dont prove it can harm you you can seel it.
In the eu before you should prove it than you can sell it!!
Even nicotine wad consider not harmful untill the 60ths…..
Keep going like this!!!!
aspartame is bitter and nasty. I hate its taste. sucralose is also bitter and nasty. Neither tastes appealing. I stopped drinking seagrams gingee ale because I found out they put sucralose in it. Why must everything have aspartame and sucralose in them. they are bitter and nasty. bitter makes me sick because I have a bad case of gerd. so, yes, aapartame is not healthy, atleast for me.
It is a very big business, not just here in the USA but world wide, Aspartame is made from the excrements from the bacteria found in feces, the waste that our body produces becomes infected with bacteria after it leaves our body, we then take the excrements from the bacteria and return it to our digestive systems. In the name of science how can this be good for us, we practice/preach good eating habits here in the good ol USA and will get ill from food born bacteria/virus from the food produced here because mistakes made in the food industry, and the FDA/EPA, this does happen from time to time, but to make Aspartame and call it safe to digest is another. NOTE WORTHY: The EPA is responcible for two very large accidents of pollution in the mid west USA, one big mess in pitcher OK, and most recent in Colorado that will last decades to come, the EPA is no saint for it has a list too long to recite. Need I say more…..
Aways look at who did the study! Try and eat food that has not been tampered with and changed. Don’t be a Guinea pig your health is to important for your happiness.
The stuff is highly addictive, cancerous, and causes headache withdrawl.
I can’t and won’t use anything with aspartame because it cause bad headaches for me as well. My mother once told me it was “all in my head’ and tried tricking me by telling me the tea she mad once had regular sugar in it. I didn’t doubt her, drank less than half a glass and got the headache. I turned to look at her and she said “well, I thought I’d give it a try”. “sigh” MOM!
haha, Had a friend that was overweight and would pile it on at a buffet and then have a diet soda with it”
Chemists saying artificial chemicals aren’t bad for you. Well that’s me convinced
As someone who studied science, anything which says it causes cancer, obesity and stroke is so broad and not specific. Therefore, you should always do your own research and do not believe everything you read online. Fake news are there to make money, gather views etc.
Need to be new research on diet sodas. It’s TRUE it does spike insulin when you drink it. I’m going to do an experiment by drinking diet soda while doing keto intermittent fasting and long term fasting knowing its going to kick me out ketosis for about a couple hours. I need some pleasure like diet A&W rootbeer or diet Dr Pepper. Strawberry Sparkling water is not bad. No sweeteners or calories.
you should research studies that are NOT part of a corporate profit agenda. Research peer reviewed published science and you will see that aspartame is a neurotoxin and is directly linked to heart disease, strokes, cancer, and obesity. You must realize that banks and corporations control the studies that the majority see and that they care only about profit, furthermore the unhealthier people are the more profit they make. They control food and health profiting from both. Do more digging and dont be fooled by Big Brother. This video is misinformation.
Not all that relevant to me, as I don’t have any particular craving for sweetness, and usually drink water, or tea (no milk, no sugar) to deal with thirst. I can’t remember the last time I drank a can of anything other than beer.
What about research linking aspartame to birth defects? Or the insulin spike we get after consuming asparame, which can lead to type 2 diabetes, one of the biggest killers? Or using your critical analysis skills to explore whether the studies are independent or industry-funded? I’m sure aspartame’s less bad for you than full-fat coke, but I’m still steering well clear of both. http://nutritionfacts.org/?fwp_search=aspartame&fwp_content_type=video
or or we could learn to balance sugar in the diet and not have to play placebo
Why talking crap about the people who pay you? That’s not good bizness.
This “expert” Allan Boobis is also implied in many conflicts of interest as he works for the International Life Science Institute (ILSI) founded by many food giants.
Among them: Coca Cola, Monsanto, Mc Donalds, Danone, Heinz, Mars, Nestlé, Pepsi, Etc…
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Life_Sciences_Institute
I k pw I’ve had trouble with artificial sweeteners and products with phenylalanine. It’s good to know others have adverse reactions to it as well.
The problem I have is aspartame tastes horrible to me. Never tried cyclamate as a panic in the U.S. got that banned decades ago.
Sweetness I use the most are sucralose in my whey protein and occasionally aspartame’s + ace k in my diet soda
I can’t find anyone else commenting the expert’s last name Boobis
I don’t like the aftertaste. I try not to eat too much sugar and avoid artificial sweeteners were possible.
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One person’s opinion? His logic that a food company would not intentionally make a product is a joke. Just read the ingredients on most of the stuff in the grocery store
No audio normalization whatsoever:/… Check your audio levels for christ’ sake. You got over 750 000 subscribers and can’t even make properly sounding video ;/
Drinking too much soda gives me stomach cramps and makes my side ache when I do cardio, but only when I drink like 500-1000ml
The bad eating habits are because of the soda… unlike a peppermint tea, the diet soda won’t help suppress appetite but rather create a craving… it basically temporarily disables the brakes for the signal to stop eating until you crash… that’s why they continue eating… so yes aspartame is contributing to weight gain. Maybe not directly but guilty by association.
Well..he is careful to say clearly “There is no well conducted study on the sweeteners we are using today causes cancer”, that doesn’t mean if one were to be conducted it will be found to be safe or a link will be found. The question then becomes why hasn’t a well conducted study been done before allowing products for consumption and who stands to win/lose if one were to be conducted. Also i am not sure if the argument about “why would people think its a good idea for a major food producing company to poison their consumers, that’s not good business” is valid one can counter that with several examples over the years..more recent examples would be aerated soft drinks that are loaded with toxic levels of sugar, fast foods, etc.
Omfg…did science just debunk the scores of moronic millennial health-trend-follower’s unfounded and unsupported fears of aspartame??!!! Wtf is this world coming too?! If aspartame isn’t the boggy-man responsible for my weight gain and ugly health habits, then goddammit I must find another FDA approved “chemical” with a scary name to project those insecurities and fears onto!
an you substantiate where the myth comes from then, please, as thats why we all clicked, it common knowledge, and the saying no, categorical, please thank you in advance
Anything Man made does not belong inside of you, period. You can gloss it up & make baseless defences for this Poison. Great Vid for Beginners with blinkers.
aspartame is poison. It makes me and my daughter deathly sick
Now that you know the truth about aspartame check out this video and find out if It is Possible for a Person’s Muscles and Other Connective Soft Tissues to Turn to Bone:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTxYXBi2Tpw
Not the information I was hoping for. What about people with type two diabetes? Do artificial sweeteners raise insulin levels despite there being no sugar for the insulin receptors to bond onto?
Thank you for the clear up. Defiantly was a lot of BS around this whole sweetener. Only down fall to soda is just its bad for your teeth and can cost a lot of money if you drink it everyday. Never hurts to cut back on it or drink water between each soda to rinse out your mouth. You shouldn’t consume it so much because of the caffeine and sodium. It dehydrates you, and being dehydrated does a lot of damage to your body. So just keep that in mind.
A list of conditions Mimicked By Aspartame Toxicity: OF COURSE THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS WITH ASPARTAME!!!!
Multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, Fibromyalgia, Arthritis, Multiple chemical sensitivity, Chronic fatigue syndrome, Attention deficit disorder, Panic disorder depression and other psychological disorders, Lupus, Diabetes and diabetic complications, Birth defects, Lymphoma, Lyme disease, Hypothyroidism…
Wh do you think the big soda companies are going back to sugar!!! THEY ARE LOSING SALES!
The funny thing is when Cheney became the company pres. He took the company that was falling apart because they could not sell this poison. Full well knowing it was harmful. Using his influence, he got it approved and has been profiting off of dead people ever since. I wouldn’t believe a chemical is safe to use by the same people pushing it and low and behold most of the suckersthat imbibe the stuff have health problems over a long term usage.
Short version. Use real sugar and stop downing so much sh!t from people making money off of your ignorance.
Edit: Methanol is very toxic. Notice part of what you would be imbibing is methanol? Get a clue people.
Please read Dr. Monte’s book ” while science sleeps a sweetener kills”. You obviously chose to ignore it. He has done real research, not tainted by industry’s greed, which does show harm from chronic exposure to methanol whether from Aspartame or other sources. Elvie Fornshell
I did have a friend who had as saccharine addiction. I mean that literally. She carried a jar of saccharine powder around with her. she would put spoonfuls of it of her diet soda (which, back then, was already made with saccharine (and more spoonfuls of it on her food. She had stomach problems but refused to admit any connection, and she would get mad if anybody mentioned her saccharine consumption. So yea, one can overdo anything.
I’m deathly allergic to aspartame. Got some when I was 5 and ended up flatlined for 3 min. Even getting it on my skin causes me to swell.
I drank a 24 can case of Diet Pepsi a week for about 10 years. I had major health issues from this. When I’d run out of Diet pop of any kind, I’d get very moody and short tempered. There’s something very negative with aspartame. It also kept weight on me, but after I quit drinking pop/soda that contained aspartame the weight melted off. The same thing happened with my sister in-law, once she stopped drinking diet pop/soda she lost a tremendous amount of weight. I’m not saying that aspartame causes weight gain, but for people who have issues (like I had) this chemical has an effect when it comes to losing weight.
I wish the government would step in and take out MSG from all products everything I eats has it in it and I get migraine headaches it’s in everything and they go out of their way to hide that MSG is in these products breaking down the ingredients into the simplest form to trick people into eating it you can make dirt taste good with MSG
That was a womanand her sister was in a wheelchair she was drinking diet coke all the time when their sister took the diet coke away from her sister a few weeks later she started to be able to walk again and she quit drinking diet coke it had done something to her muscles I know it gives me a migraine headache like MSG
Aspartame isn’t man made, it comes from the shit of e coli bacteria. enjoy your coke zero everyone. artificial sweeteners are worse for you than real sugar, the younger you are the worse it is. simple.
I wasted two fucking months in my high school health class studying all the bad things in the world caused by aspartame
Whether they are safe or not, I can’t stand the taste so I won’t be using it either way. Not even natural alternate sweeteners like Stevia. Does not taste right in my tea.
So Aspartame poisoning doesn’t exist then does it not?!
I know of people who have been admitted to hospital for the very aforementioned poisoning. Yes, they over consumed diet drinks, to an excessive amount, that contain it but I would argue this should not be possible. The fact that it is possible to be poisoned by it would lead me to say it’s not good for you so out of my diet it has been for years!
I AM ALLERGIC TO IT. IF YOU NEED ME FOR A STUDY PLEASE CONTACT ME. MCDONALDS GAVE ME A WRONG ORDER BY MISTAKE AND THEY PUT EQUAL IN MY COFFEE. AS SOON AS I STARTED DRIVING I THREW UP AND MY VISION WAS IMPAIRED VIEWING BLURRED LIGHTNING BOLTS IN MY EYES.
Aspartame is manufactured from a base of Phosgene and I personally know people who became dizzy after drinking it. The majority of people do not have a problem with it but there are legitimate studies that shows 1 in 10,000 people have a severe and permanent reaction. I wont use it.
People eat far to much of the sweeteners and whoever was behind the decision to add them into the cheap brands know this!!
An increase in aspartic acid could, in theory, increase tension headaches. At 40% of the breakdown of aspartame, it’s reasonable to think that the increase in aspartic acid could, in practice, increase the intensity or be the cause of a tension headache thereby increasing(hypothetically) depression, which is going to be rare in small testing groups.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/1977102/
If I’m wrong, then I accept it. If I’m right, a lot more people could be suffering than previously thought, and should stay away from aspartame, not because of the formaldehyde(since there’s more in an apple then a serving of aspartame) but for the increased D-Aspartic Acid, which functions as a neurotransmitter.
Hey there is more recent evidence that the artificial sweeteners kill gut bacteria, leading to a range of health issues.
caffeine can kill you far easier then drinking a dozen Diet drinks a day, yet we don’t seem to care. many energy drinks contain far more caffeine then coffee or even espresso and more people have died from consuming large amounts of Caffeine via Energy drinks or even caffeine powders then people have gotten sick from drinking Diet sodas.
Donald Rumsfeld push that through the FDA and stop the head of the FDA to question it
I don’t care if it’s bad for me… I just don’t like the taste…
B.S. It will kill you after a few years if your body cannot make the switch from natural sugars,…
To me it doesn’t matter if it’s actually bad health wise, I’m basically allergic to that nasty shit. The second it touches my tongue I get super sick, even if I don’t swallow it, it’s too late, I feel so nauseus, and the “sweet” taste (more like the taste of rotting meat and metal) it makes sticks to the inside of my mouth for hours and nothing washes it out, it’s like torture for my mouth and stomach. Nasty, disgusting shit, I can’t believe people think that’s a tolerable substitute for sugar, are their tastebuds dead? Or did they forget what food is supposed to taste like? If I even smell that shit I feel like vomiting, same with dextrose and sucralose. I also avoid sugar alcohols, they’re natural but they will FUCK YOU UP, if you want rocket fuel diarrhea maltitol and xylitol are great sugar substitutes, but if you want your asshole to live those sugar alcohols are not okay.. when I can’t have sugar I just don’t eat it, I’m an adult and I can live without getting every vice I want, sometimes you have to buckle down and say “I can’t eat this sugar right now, I need to eat some better food”. I don’t need to eat cake, I can have a sandwich, I’m not messing up my digestive tract for hours just to taste some sweet flavor on my tongue for 30 seconds, it’s insane what people will eat just for a few minutes of endorphin release. I’d rather eat something meh and feel good, than eat something orgasmic and then be in pain for hours. That’s not an appropriate trade-off for me.
But if not cancers (which depending on research is still not completely proven, despite the “categorical” statement), what about weight gain and diabetes?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQarsq-1ykE
Glad to see in the comments that I’m not the only one that gets migraines from aspartame. I want to know why some of us have that reaction to it. It’s not like a normal allergic reaction where we need medical attention or we’ll die. It just hurts really bad for a while like a hangover. I ordered a Sierra Mist one time and took a small sip. A few minutes later I was hurting so bad I had to lay down and close my eyes. I asked if it was diet Sierra Mist and turns out it was. Only the diet version has aspartame. That was only from a sip and I had no way of knowing beforehand that it was diet. It sucks that I can’t even chew most types of gum without that happening too. Only bubble gums tend to use real sugar. We need a video about the science of migraines. I don’t think my doctor even understands them.
1991:
The US National Institutes of Health publishes Adverse Effects of Aspartame… a bibliography of 167 studies documenting adverse effects associated with aspartame
this isnllt news. ITS A CHEMICAL.. NOT NATURAL.. You have to be an idiot to think it would have been good for you. JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE fake in your dam’n food..
Uh, thanks for the local news fluff piece that offered no actual insight or information. I guess.
I love Diet Pepsi, but cannot readily accept the additive is “safe”. Thanks for the clarification.
It is for me with the headaches I get when I consume it. It feels like someone is having a nuclear exchange in my brain.
And that’s whether I eat or drink it in something.
I got nodules in my breasts and doctor said it was the aspartame. I reduced my intake of diet soda by half (was 2liters a day) and they went away after about a year. Now I drink soda with. Sucralose when possible.
Automated NMR tube loader….
Jesus how lazy are chemists now….
So for my understanding aspartame is not dangerous to drink 3 packs of Crystals Light
Some people are allergic to Sex but I’m not going to let that influence me.. No way Jose….
IT SEEMS LIKE YOU GOT ALL OF YOUR “STUDIES” PAID BY THE ASPARTAME INDUSTRY…
Thanks Simon! This has finally put this question to rest for me. As a person with multiple sclerosis, I can strike this off the list as one of the things which caused it. Now can you please do videos on power lines, northern lights, microwaves, subterranean alien facilities, cell phones, bacon, lightning, coffee, fluoride and the about 100 other random things people have seriously tried to tell me caused it? Thanks pal ��
Complaining that the small levels of Aspartame in diet coke are a health risk..
while drinking coke…
I have diabetic neuropathy in my feet, and whenever I consume Aspartame, the pain in my feet becomes unbearably worse, so I avoid it like the plague. I still don’t know why this happens. Has anyone else experienced the same issue? It is frustrating for me because the flavor of Aspartame seems way better than Splenda, but Splenda doesn’t cause my neuropathy to feel worse.
I don’t normally consume artificial sweeteners but by accident I had a diet soda with Aspartame in it. It gave me a migraine, which I had never had before. At the time I didn’t make the connection but after some research, I found that this was a common response to Aspartame. This was about 20 years ago. Since then, I have accidentally consumed Aspartame and found myself with a migraine. For me, Aspartame is poison.
Some people are extremely sensitive to Aspartame. My wife develops sores on her tongue after one swallow and if she ingests more she will have dementia like symptoms and migraines.
“Bad” is a funny word to use here. It may not be poison, that is, it may not directly harm you, but you didn’t even scratch the surface on it’s effects on your body. That is, does it make you crave more sugar? Does it affect your insulin levels? Does it cause other reactions that might be harmful? This video is lacking depth not what I expect from BBC Earth Lab.
The History Channel
Aspartame sweet Misery
Watch it 45mins very scary.
Worst of all it’s in our kids bubble gum.
Most of the claims about the “dangers” of aspartame stem from the Nancy Markle hoax email.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/aspartame-causes-cancer-was-classic-fake-news-180961880/
I only eat organic, gluten free, non-antibiotic fed, free range aspartame.
If you’re sensitive to it, it’s bad for you. Half a can of diet soda caused confusion so bad that one person whom I know could not remember where her desk was in the office. High dose? I don’t consider HALF A CAN to be a high dose! Thinking that this episode must be due to something else, she later again had about half a can same result.
Proof enough for me, I won’t go near the stuff.
aspartame is a great sweetener and it’s absolutely harmless…
I am allergic to aspartame, it gives me violent migraines within hours of consuming it. I am forced to avoid some soft drinks because they contain this chemical.
Watch “Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World. This piece has to be corporately sponsored. It is a lie.
That was seriously disingenuous drivel and far below your usual standards. Aspartame has other effects that you’re clearly ignoring, similar to HFCS. While not directly toxic, they lead to other problems, e.g. over eating.
Several doctors have told me not to drink diet pop/soda ever because of the artificial sweetener. There’s a reason why medical doctors tell people this. It’s not healthy. There’s the saying All Things In Moderation. I use natural (and sometimes organic) stevia in my teas and other things. Works for me!
Whether or not it’s bad for you, it tastes awful and I don’t want it in my food.
Anytime you eat something sweet your body gets ready to receive a carbohydrate. Then when it does not it does mes with your hypothalamus and endocrine system especially on a regular basis.
How about the history about how it was approved, a perfect example of conflict of interest, the big boys taking care of each other and themselves at the risk of the public.
3:05 What evidence? He said there was no evidence. So you wish to skew the lack of evidence in favor of consumption of poisons.
Insulin response to aspartame is nearly that of sugar so why even drink it?
I could take any more of that ‘man’s voice after 30 seconds.
There is a common myth that aspartame contains no calories, but that’s because it’s 200 times as sweet as sugar for the same amount of gram, if you add the same gram there is no difference in calories, but oh boy that’s gonna be sweet.
Why is it called artificial sweetener when all of the ingredients are all natural and occur in nature?
you do realise this page is a puppet to the big corporations so that you (the mass population) are brainwashed into thinking its all fine?
Of course once the person with PKU reaches a certain age, usually considered to be over 21 they no longer need to stick to the special diet. Sussex University is about a thirty minute drive from where I now live. You always have to consider that all research is funded by a body or company and they only sponsor research by people they know will give them their required outcome. I do not know how much Aspertame I take in but I drink about four litres of Pepsi Max per day but it can be six litres on many days. There is not a single thing in this world that under the right conditions will not kill you. We make a choice every day about what chemicals we take in and most we consume under normal conditions are harmless to us.
YOU FORGOT TO MENTION THAT ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS INCREASE HUNGER AND MAKE THE DRINKER EAT MORE! THAT IS WHY THESE PEOPLE ARE BIG!!
I am curious which manufacturing company and/or owned organization of this toxic substance bought and paid for this line of bull. Back in the mid 70’s there were numerous products and studies in development under contract at an educational facility I believe in MN. It became known that this chemical could not be used on its own standing in a product as a sweetener and thus was cut by the use, addition of the likes of fructose and etc. Additionally it was understood that aspartame was, is carcinogenic being sensitive to changes in temperature. It’s all a matter of chemistry. You take lets say an unstable chemical, blend it with a stable base chemical to obtain a blended substance and deposit in into unknown and an untold number of different bio physiological vessels (humans) ingesting who knows what number, and measure of chemical compounds via food and prescription subjecting it to untold temperature variations and you arrive at? The real world is not perfect and static though a lab environment is created to be.I would bet contrary to (Dr.) Donald Trump’s (hahaha) statement regarding vaccinations being the base cause and uptick in encountered human maladies’ that it is and can be traced directly back to the introduction and use of aspartame. I am not omniscient. However, I have not become aware of any other single chemical structure introduced into the entire population base simultaneously via so many products, channels that you can derive a parallel uptick throughout the population base in time sequence which has become afflicted with so many maladies. The one common denominator that links all of us to such a pervasive invasion of bio physiological change is via our food chain.I’d be the same people that created this propaganda video presentation would argue to convince you that penguins fly.Always follow the money………
The detractors are the same ones that would rip a GMO product out of a starving child’s hand because they are worried about his gut health.
If Aspartame is so safe why does it wreak havoc on my blood sugar?
You repeatedly used the expression “times more.” 2 times more is 3 times as much; 3 times more is 4 times as much. 1 time = 100%; 2 times more = 200% more = 3 times as much. Did you really mean “as much”? Please be clear, and never use expressions like “times more,” “times faster,” “times heavier,” etc.
So I’m ok with adding 4 spoons of artificial sweetener to my tea?
Charcoal,saltpeter and sulphur are not that harmful in small amounts. Put them together and boom. I will pass on this neuro toxin.
This video is misinformation. More propaganda saying aspartame is safe. I can’t believe they are still using the “juice has methanol” argument that was debunked long ago. Why not mention the 30 controlled studies that show it causes brain tumors? If its just hype, why don’t people complain about saccharin since it used to have a cancer warning label? If you really think aspartame is safe, then why don’t you give it to your own kids? Is it because when you give it to chickens they die?
I don’t believe ANYTHING connected to ANY governmental research. It all leads back to making safe things that the greedy people create. I’ll stick with my Stevia and other organic foods thank you very much.
Because “they” always say there’s nothing to worry about. Then you find out you’ve been eating radioactive asbestos lead cakes.
There’s something wrong about seeing Simon in a hoody now that he usually looks like hes resting his feet on a pile of freshly skinned fox furs from THE HUNT.
Is that what they use in sugar free gum,the kind that has the laxative effect warnings?
But if you take certain types of migraine/seizure meds it turns this sweetener into the most vile thing you can think of.
Since small doses of aspartame give me a headache, I’m sure it isn’t good for me. It also has an unpleasant aftertaste. I don’t have phenylketonuria, but it definitely makes me ill, so I avoid it. I know people who get no such effects, and I would guess it’s not as bad for them. I am skeptical that it is good for anyone. That the CEO of Searle who got it approved was Donald Rumsfeld also gives me pause.
Is it “bad” for you? I dunno. I do know, however, that my sister gets brutal migraines when she drinks it. I also know that it can make diabetes worse in some people. I can’t drink anything with aspartame, so I stay away from it.
Great video. I would like for you to reference what studies you are using in future videos. You stated “studies show” a few times in the video and didn’t always name the resercher(s). This will help viewers fine-tune their research so they can know exactly what is and is not.
In the long run this type of man made sweeteners will cause some type of disease ( cancer perhaps, or a new never before seen disease)…because is unnatural…
Aspartame is very bad
One true fact about aspartame that is not talked about Is it increases the risk Of getting diabetes
So here’s something interesting. This is from pubmed, that’s about as credible as you can get http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27298583 basically says that aspartame slows apoptosis, which is what’s responsible for the abnormal cell growth in cancer, correct? I’d love for somebody who’s better versed in this to explain this to me.
No mention of Donald Rumsfeld’s role in the Fda’s approval of NutraSweet? No mention of aspartame as a neurotoxin?
My doctor eats junk food, drinks diet soda, and smokes. He looks young for his age and slim. Can you please do a video on tobacco and its benefits?
Never again will I have to drive all the way to Whole Foods just for gum!
Aspartame was originally banned by the FDA. Rumsfeld had a monetary investment and over rode the FDA
This is only available by prescription in Japan. In some European countries it is completely banned….This was never tested they way it was suppose to back in the 80’s.
For your information,
I prefer sugar-free, artificial sweeteners…
MADE BY MAN!!!
I think the problem with these studies is that they only do it for a limited time and with people who are otherwise healthy or do not consume diet sodas on a regular basis. It’s hard to correlate problems over a long period of time because of so many other factors.
just cause there is no evidence/studies suggesting that it produces cancer doesnt mean it doesnt. thats ignorance smh
It is amazing how few sheep… I mean people do their own fact checking. These lazy drones would rather follow the herd. Medical Entertainment (guest speakers. TV doctors, authors selling fear, etc etc) lies about aspartame for speaker fees, ratings and book sales.
Why not see what scientists without an axe to grind think. FDA approved in 1981 Aspartame is one of the most exhaustively studied substances in the human food supply, with more than 100 studies supporting its safety. No smoking gun has been found regarding the harm it can do except “people with a rare hereditary disease known as phenylketonuria (PKU) have a difficult time metabolizing phenylalanine, a component of aspartame, and should control their intake of phenylalanine from all sources, including aspartame. ” The US FDA has established an Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) of 50mg/kg or 110mg/lb of body weight per day. I don’t believe many people are exceeding this. That is 237 cans of coke zero each day for a 125lb woman or 332 cans for a 180lb man.
The case against aspartame is not based on any credible research. Coincidence is NOT causation is an important scientific premise. The case against aspartame relies on the belief that coincidence is causation. Enough said… medical entertainment is a multi billion dollar industry… always looking for new spins on health scare.
So funny watching older videos of Simon. It’s like watching Babby Simon
There are studies starting to back up the linkage between artificial sweeteners and diabetes.
Check here:
https://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/pdf/nature13793.pdf
(I found this research from The Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/sep/17/artificial-sweeteners-diabetes-saccharin-blood-sugar)
The fda is lying out their ass when the say ace k and sucralose are healthy. Remember when they said high fructose corn syrup was healthy? Then they admitted they fucked up
From the Huffington Post:
So how does Donald Rumsfeld fit in to all this? A little history:
In 1985, Monsanto purchased G.D. Searle, the chemical company that held the patent to aspartame, the active ingredient in NutraSweet. Monsanto was apparently untroubled by aspartame’s clouded past, including the report of a 1980 FDA Board of Inquiry, comprised of three independent scientists, which confirmed that it “might induce brain tumors.” The FDA had previously banned aspartame based on this finding, only to have then-Searle Chairman Donald Rumsfeld vow to “call in his markers,” to get it approved. Here’s how it happened:
Ronald Reagan was sworn in as president January 21, 1981. Rumsfeld, while still CEO at Searle, was part of Reagan’s transition team. This team hand-picked Dr. Arthur Hull Hayes, Jr., to be the new FDA commissioner. Dr. Hayes, a pharmacologist, had no previous experience with food additives before being appointed director of the FDA. On January 21, 1981, the day after Ronald Reagan’s inauguration, Reagan issued an executive order eliminating the FDA commissioners’ authority to take action and Searle re-applied to the FDA for approval to use aspartame in food sweetener. Hayes, Reagan’s new FDA commissioner, appointed a 5-person Scientific Commission to review the board of inquiry’s decision. It soon became clear that the panel would uphold the ban by a 3-2 decision. So Hayes installed a sixth member on the commission, and the vote became deadlocked. He then personally broke the tie in aspartame’s favor.
One of Hayes’ first official acts as FDA chief was to approve the use of aspartame as an artificial sweetener in dry goods on July 18, 1981. In order to accomplish this feat, Hayes had to overlook the scuttled grand jury investigation of Searle, overcome the Bressler Report, ignore the PBOI’s recommendations and pretend aspartame did not chronically sicken and kill thousands of lab animals. Hayes left his post at the FDA in November, 1983, amid accusations that he was accepting corporate gifts for political favors. Just before leaving office in scandal, Hayes approved the use of aspartame in beverages. After Hayes left the FDA under allegations of impropriety, he served briefly as Provost at New York Medical College, and then took a position as a high-paid senior medical advisor with Burson-Marsteller, the chief public relations firm for both Monsanto and GD Searle. Since that time he has never spoken publicly about aspartame. FYI, here’s Rachel Maddow on Burson-Marsteller: “When Evil needs public relations, Evil has Burson-Marsteller on speed dial.” Evil, thy name is chemical food additives.
Here’s the kicker: When Searle was absorbed by Monsanto in 1985, Donald Rumsfeld reportedly received a $12 million bonus, pretty big money in those days. Also, while at Searle, Rumsfeld was awarded Outstanding CEO in the Pharmaceutical Industry from the Wall Street Transcript (1980) and Financial World (1981)! Imagine that…
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In my research for this piece, I compiled facts and quotes from some various sources in order to best elucidate this issue. I have done my best to include all of them here so you can check out all the evidence for yourself. Much thanks and respect to those trying to alert the public to this dangerous substance.
Here’s the timeline of how things went down: http://www.rense.com/general33/legal.htm
On Rumsfeld and Aspartame: http://www.newswithviews.com/NWVexclusive/exclusive15.htm
Dr. John Olney’s letter to the Senate in 1987: http://www.scribd.com/doc/6669992/Dr-John-Olney-Statement-Aspartame-l987
Dr. Joseph Mercola on America’s Deadliest Sweetener: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mercola/americas-deadliest-sweete_b_630549.html
Aspartame (Nutrasweet) Toxicity Info Center: http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/
Check out the wonderful work and research of Dr. Betty Martini at http://www.mpwhi.com and view her latest piece on the link between Aspartame and birth defects at http://www.mpwhi.com/aspartame_causes_birth_defects.htm
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Who’s paying u to spout these lies!?!? ASPARTAME IS SUPER BAD FOR U in small amounts also, period, it causes holes in ur brain…Smarten up plse!!! [ use STEVIA instead do a video on the TRUE study /studies of STEVIA]
I know for a FACT that I am allergic to aspartame!! Every time I ingest the crap I will get a headache like a migraine that does NOT easily go away. I have taken Tylenol, Excedrin migraine and even prescribed pain medication and NOTHING would even phase the pain I was going through. The pain is real and NOT fun to deal with and in fact will almost bring me to tears. I have had restaurants accidentally give me a diet drink and I go home later with severe pain. We even did a study with family to see if drinking for a few months and then stopping their intake would make a difference..results big change in their mental thinking!! HELLO!!! SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT!!!
In my case aspartame repeatably triggers migraine and so I avoid it.
my mum has a condition called multiple sorosis. she thinks sweeteners had something to do with it because when she was a teen she had sweeteners instead of sugar. as a result my sister and I aren’t allowed sweeteners which are in a lot of things.
You did an excellent job on this video, thank you very much.
they are gonna just rename it, they won’t take it away. There’s a depopulation agenda, research agenda 21 and 2030. don’t trust the shills on youtube
Real fan of your videos bro keep up the good work. #no bs talk
I just don’t like the taste. Drinks that use aspartame all taste disgusting to me.
No mention of hydrogen cyanide and other cyanocompounds produced by the chemical breakdown of aspartame. Lying by omission is unethical or shows lack of knowledge. This puff piece for aspartame is disgusting. Slick, but disgusting.
This reminds me of some of the ads in the 60’s and 70’s for cigarettes. “7 out of 10 doctors prefer Lucky Strike Cigarettes”. This video clip is saying only what they want you to hear. And, if you believe them; then you might want to submit your name for the “Darwin Award”.
28 FEBRUARY 1994
Aspartame now accounts for the majority (75 per cent) of all the complaints in the US adverse-reaction monitoring system. The US Department of Health and Human Services compiles a report that brings together all current information on adverse reactions attributed to aspartame. It lists 6,888 complaints, including 649 reported by the CDC and 1,305 reported by the FDA.
Aspartame and STRONG link to multiple sclerosis symptoms people! Aspartame is not a natural ingredient that’s why the human body has trouble processing this CHEMICAL. Stay away from it!
why are you pronouncing everything, wrong, nitrate, and ammio acids,
This video is pretty uneducated. Aspartame has been shown to worsen depression in studies and also put your body in fat storage mode. So those calories you eat along with the aspartame are being stored as fat. Calories in calories out still apply but there is different ways of your body using calories, it is way worse for your health to be excessively storing that fat. Do more research everyone
No information sources of any kind. Don’t claim that something is harmless if you can’t prove it. Unsubscribed.
What about Ace K (Acesulfame potassium)? It’s in every fuckin’ protein powder.
All I know is, as time goes by, I realize I have no idea who the hell to trust….”aspartame is bad!”…..”no its not!”….and back and forth it goes….ugh! But its not just the safety of products, etc…..Its like this for news on just about anything…geopolitics, economy, academics (history)… Everyone is selling something, whether its a product or an agenda, and I dont know which “compelling” narrative to believe. Its maddening. I just want the truth and it seems to be the rarest commodity of all.
There is a link between diet soda and weight gain. It’s proven that soda increases the body’s ghrelin levels which makes you more hungry and thus eat more.
did you get money from soda companies for making this video? People drinking diet soda eat more because they start to crave more because of the 0 calorie artificial sweetness tricking their brain, not because everytime they think that they can eat more & everytime they actually end up eating more without any coincidence.
Its is better to help people, rather than misguide them.
Bad terminology. A substance being harmful is not just described by its toxicity. Artificial sweeteners may not be toxic, but are still harmful. There are many studies which show a clear link between artificial sweeteners and obesity. And as pointed out before, the comment about “poisoning their customers is bad for business” is soooo unscientific. So many companies manufacture products which are bad for their consumers (tobacco, alcohol, weapons, gambling to name some obvious ones but food industry is not really famous for caring about their customer’s health).
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I think this expert guy is biased somehow and the woman was humble enough to not make him look bad, I watched this because I feel very ill when having drinks with aspartame and even had my cousin get sick, he went to the doctors and they found the cause, he drank tons of diet pop and the doc said it was aspartame, literally turns to poison in the body…
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Why is there no mention of gut bacteria?
Scientific America: Artificial Sweeteners May Change Our Gut Bacteria in Dangerous Ways https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/artificial-sweeteners-may-change-our-gut-bacteria-in-dangerous-ways/
Frontiers in Physiology: Gut Microbiome Response to Sucralose and Its Potential Role in Inducing Liver Inflammation in Mice https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5522834/
And even BBC’s Michael Mosley’s interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXjsbAnnPE4
If aspartame is as safe as you say why do I get a migraine from anything with it in it?
how about drinking diet soda with food? does that increase the probability of storing fat??
I’ll listen to the real science not paid by the food industry. Thank you very much!
Sorry dont trust it…think about the amount of studies that were discontinued relating to this. Many studies come to the wrong conclusions nothing is conclusive
I remember, years ago, eating some flavoured crisps (that’s “chips” in American) and noticing there was multilingual ingredient info on the packaging. Next to the Spanish text was some daily maximum intake amount advice for Aspartame that was absent from my UK English text. I figured the Spanish food regulatory body required that warning to be there for a reason, even if other countries (such as my own) were more lax. Been wary of Aspartame ever since.
So no Insulin spikes with Diet Coke? So you can use it as a way to make Intermitten Fasting easier? Lets get some!
They taste like crap and often give me a headache, so I say away. Gimme sugar any day.
but many of these studies are “funded” by the billion dollar supplement industry.
First cane sugar is not bad for you, to much cane sugar is, these artificial sweeteners cause blood sugar spikes and other bad things I completely avoid anything with artificial sweeteners
According to Ellie Whitney and Sharon rolfes in the fifteenth edition of Understanding Nutrition your facts are off and seems like you didn’t credit any sources. There is evidence it causes cancer in high doses in mice. It disgusts me that you would put this information out here for consumers to believe. PEOPLE PLEASE DO PROPER RESEARCH!
Spending 2/3 of a 3 minute video to show some basic chemistry is irrelevant to the title and a 1 minute interview at the end doesn’t convince me either way. Pointless video.
This is my experience.
I used to drink Coke, but I wanted to avoid the calories so I switched to diet, but since there were no calories I drank more, a lot more. Up to 12 cans a day. There was something about the sweetness in soda that made me crave more. I started to get stomach aches after a while from drinking it so I finally stopped, and switched to drinking water. I would guess people who drink a lot of soda are craving the sweetness, and it would be better for them to get there cravings under control.
So the chemical in a diet coke
Is perfectly safe to drink.
Funny that aspartame and sucralose are banned in Europe. Hmm.
It may not be good business to kill your clients… but if you just induce a lifelong illness like diabetes then your partners in the medical field can make their profit by controling the symptoms. Funny isnt it, how diabetes is CONTROLLED, yet noone seems to have a cure for it that doesnt involve simply cutting down sugars and sweeteners… Not that doing that is easy unless you make all of your own food from the most basic ingredients, which in itself is made harder by them often being more expensive than the processed, sugar filled crap everywhere stocks and people are pretty much addicted to. Also, as yerowww666 said, aspartame messes with gut bacteria, and I’ve been told that by a fully qualified biochemist.
I am one of those guys who likes to have a Diet soda once in a while.. All I feel is everything can be consumed, but in moderation, so no harm done.. Go ahead and enjoy whatever you like but in moderation..