I've looked into fake sweeteners for quite some time and it confounds me why some of the beverage products are still on the market when toxic substances like aspartame are contained in them.I've also looked at the argument that aspartame does or does not assist in the development of various cancers. A final decision has been to not eat or drink anything with aspartame just to be safe. In fact, ditching soft drinks (regular and diet) years ago was the best decision I ever made in terms of coming to a cancer-free lifestyle.
Think about this:
Do you like that Equal of NutraSweet? Have you tried all-natural sweeteners like stevia or agave nectar instead? We all need to eat something sweet, but there are much better alternatives to sweeteners than aspartame.
The problem is that the brands aspartame is sold under are so large and are found virtually anywhere -- making them much more likely to be consumed. For those concerned with cancer prevention (all of us, I think), it's not really a wise choice, ever. Feel free to disagree, as always.
1. Aspartame is harmless. All the nonsense about it causing cancer, blindness, Gulf War Syndrome, etc. is just that. Visit the popular urban legend debunking site, Snopes.com, for a thorough trashing of these (and other) modern-day myths.
(Chemically speaking, aspartame is just two amino acids "holding hands"!)
Posted at 1:12AM on May 12th 2008 by Psychobenzaprine