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Update on Aspartame

Case report of aspartame-associated brain disease

February 24, 2011 |
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Sources Cited

Roberts HJ. Perspective on aspartame-induced pseudotumor cerebri. South Med J. 2009 Aug;102(8):873.

Acknowledgements

Image thanks to Steve Snodgrass.

Transcript

 What about, aspartame? Should we continue to avoid nutrasweet? Yes, probably a good idea, as there continue to be case reports of aspartame-induced brain conditions like pseudotumor cerebri.

To see any graphs, charts, graphics, images, and quotes to which Dr. Greger may be referring watch the above video. This is just an approximation of the audio contributed by veganmontreal.

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Dr. Michael Greger

Doctor's Note

Please feel free to post any ask-the-doctor type questions here in the comments section and I’d be happy to try to answer them. And check out theother videos on sweeteners. Also, there are 1,449 other subjects covered in the rest of my videos--please feel free to explore them as well!

For some context, please check out my associated blog post: Vitamin B12: how much, how often?

  • http://nutritionfacts.org/members/mgreger/ Michael Greger M.D.

    Please feel free to post any ask-the-doctor type questions here in the comments section and I’d be happy to try to answer them. And check out the other videos on sweeteners. Also, there are 1,449 other subjects covered in the rest of my videos–please feel free to explore them as well!

  • http://nutritionfacts.org/members/wickedchicken/ wickedchicken

    There are so many studies, reviews and meta-analyses on pubmed to say aspartame is fine, that I really don’t understand the point of reporting one random study that says it is bad. One can’t just cherry-pick to suit personal views. Legitimate science is about telling the full picture. I have watched/read all your aspartame info, perhaps the next step might be to put it all in a greater context, and explain why in a greater context it is harmful enough that it should be removed from the world food supply [making reference to EFSA and world food safety authorities not banning it, and in fact approving it due to their conclusion of its safety to human health.]

    I don’t think aspartame is great or anything, and I don’t consume many aspartame containing foods/drinks, but I am trying to discover the truth behind it all, and not interested in being mislead due to the few weak studies scandalising it.

  • http://nutritionfacts.org/members/paulb/ PaulB

    Aspartame, that’s my name! Ask me again and I’ll tell ya the same!!

  • http://nutritionfacts.org/members/vegannutritionist/ VeganNutritionist

    Wickedchicken,

    Something to consider. EFSA, FDA, and other food safety agencies also state that meat, dairy, eggs, and thousands of processed food are safe for consumption, despite enormous evidence than such foods lead to heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and a host of other auto-immune diseases. Do you really trust them to tell you what is safe to eat or not? If it is not a whole, plant-based food, then you are damaging your body without consuming the nutrients to protect it.

  • Michael Greger M.D.

    Also be sure to check out my associated blog post Vitamin B12: how much, how often?!

  • jegarst

    Your link for ‘Vitamin B12: how much, how often?!’ doesn’t work

    • http://nutritionfacts.org/ Michael Greger M.D.

      Fixed! Thank you @db17bc337cb7017d5a7961a529ca4d6e:disqus

  • Ronald Chavin

    Vegans consume substantially more methanol every day than people who eat both plants and animals. Methanol breaks down in our bodies into lactic acid, formic acid, and formaldehyde, which are 3 substances that vegans consume substantially more of every day than omnivores. The following studies indicate that aspartame is completely safe:
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7230276
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2802896
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12180494

    It’s not good science to form conclusions based on anecdotal stories. Many small stores that specialized in selling more than 10 different kinds of artificial sweeteners have gone out of business. These stores tell me that people who purchased various artificial sweeteners complained of severe side effects – everything from fibromyalgia (pain) to diarrhea to other bizarre occurrences. Aspartame was NOT one of their best-selling sweeteners (the giant supermarkets had much lower prices for aspartame). The criminal boss doesn’t have enough money to pay his members adequately for the work that he requires them to do. He therefore must pay his members in other ways such as encouraging them to become jealous of somebody and then satisfying that jealousy with malicious actions. Things that only the middle class can afford – such as artificial sweeteners, cellphones, cars, and state-of-the-art appliances – become their targets. Instead of tougher laws against unhealthy foods, we have tougher laws restricting cellphone usage and enforcing car seat belts. Appliances and high-tech gadgets suffer mysterious breakdowns caused by the criminals’ misuse of their tracking radars. Many of these anecdotal reports against aspartame are fabricated by members of the mafia and never really occurred. In other cases, the fibromyalgia (pain) was caused by tracking radar. I think that aspartame is completely safe but I personally use sucralose (Splenda) to avoid giving the criminals an excuse to shoot me with their tracking radars. Very recently, I’ve learned to enjoy my white tea and green rooibos tea without adding any Splenda.

    • Ronald Chavin

      If anybody doubts that the criminals can influence science, simply search the Pubmed database for all scientific studies on the safety of smoking marijuana. Incredibly, about 75% of these PubMed studies will conclude that smoking marijuana is completely harmless to our health. Only 25% of these PubMed studies will tell us the truth, namely, that smoking marijuana is extremely harmful to our health. The criminals derive a large proportion of their total income from marijuana sales.

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