i dont understand why the fda has not taken this poison off the shelf.It is so bad for u.

Yeah I don't understand either. They have tried banning it here in Hawaii several times (making it against the the law) ... even cleared off the shelves a few times (of diet sodas, etc) & turned away all shipping boats, but every time it happened it was always overturned! The last one was in 2009 or 2010 something like that.... I'd like to see another attempt. This stuff is poison!

I think the reason is that there is no peer reviewed scientific research proving any of the claims.

Still waiting for somebody to do an actual scientifically conducted study.

Thank you for posting this. It is so important that we examine what we are putting into our bodies. I try to eat as "clean" as possible. I know after I was diagnosed with Celiac I have done alot of nutritional studying. I grow alot of my own food. I've noticed that all of my grown foods does not make me feel sick. However, sometimes even the store bought organic food makes me sick. I also buy locally from a organic farm. His food has never made me sick. We need to educate ourselves as much as possible. I am glad that I can feel better because of the foods that I eat. At least that is one thing I can do for myself.

I am sure the companies making aspartame have a large lobbying group. Also, many of the studies related to food are done in Europe. Because of that, the US is always questioning the validity of the study. And now the big question out there is concerning genetically manufactured products. The wheat we are eating has been changed completely. It is a short stalk with large head for more grains but the ground it is grown in has to be saturated with nitrogen for it to even grow. Which may explain why celiac disease is on the rise. Just food for thought....

This is one of the best articles I've read on the subject. The literature, when reviewed by other scientists, doesn't support the conclusions.

http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/aspartame-truth-vs-fiction/

I got a free sample of a sugar substitute in my mail box one day and it had a warning on it that it contained -/Aspartame, also a friend who has Epilepsy got a great article on the web on how it an trigger late onset Epilepsy.

Keep up the warnings,you never know who you maybe helping.

Have a great weekend, J

I have heard all negative things about aspartame and I agree, why don't they pull it from our foods? It's in so many things. I do drink diet Pepsi, my only bad habit, but apparently it's a whopper! You know it has to be pretty bad if it's this hard to quit drinking! I'm going to give it up but it's not going to be easy. GB

rdms, you are right on!

That's what I" thinking, rdms... those soda companies have big time money.... they are paying to keep what they have.

I wholeheartedly agree that this chemical should be taken out of our foods/drinks and off the shelves for good. I read all labels because I've had to throw away quite a few products after I realized they contained aspartame.

I've been surprised to find it in: bread, toaster strudels, crackers, children's cold medicine, even my daughter's vitamins (boy, did THAT one piss me off!). What's worse is they're even trying to be deceptive by they're putting it under different names (just like MSG being called yeast extract).

It's getting harder to tell what has it and what doesn't. So, what I do is consider if the product is supposed to be sweet. If it is, and some sort of natural sugar name isn't apparent or the sugar grams seem to be too low, I assume it has some sort of artificial sweetener in it.

My father in law (whom I love dearly) only believed in drinking diet. He once saw my daughter drinking a soda. He said, "Do you know how much sugar is in that??" I said, "I would rather give her spoonfuls of sugar than the chemicals they put in your diet soda." It was only like 6 months later that he told me how bad he heard aspartame is for people and that he stopped buying anything with it in there.

Money talks. When someone rich or famous starts talking, something might be done. That said, I have never used any of these products. I'd sooner just be a couple pounds heavier than risk the poisoning. I was raised in the Rust Belt and born before CLean Air/Water acts. I was born into enough toxins.

I continue to be baffled by the attitude that if it doesn't immediately kill you that a substance is "okay". Arsenic takes time to harm or kill you, too, but hey, the FDA and others seem to grasp the problem with that. Why not with this crapola?

Right, LeoX3?

The way I see it if it's a chemical, sweetener, a preservative or something with "hydrogenated--" in it, you know our bodies weren't meant to digest it. Those chemicals get deposited in your muscles, organs and your brain... you may not wake up with a stroke the next morning but it's no wonder a few years down the road (could be 5, 10, or even 15) someone might get symptoms like MS or lupus, etc.

Funny how everyone advertises that so much sugar will lead to diabetes (which it will) but then they tell you to eat poison in stead! Like that's a better solution. I make sure I eat natural sugar but at low doses. I also substitute a lot of sugar with raw HONEY. Honey is good for you, why can't people be encouraged to eat that instead of chemicals? WHy can't Coca cola and Pepsi make sodas with honey?? I bet it would be a big hit.