Category: Health Problems
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“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.”
Aspartame is approved for use in food as a nutritive sweetener. Aspartame brand names include Nutrasweet®, Equal®, and Sugar Twin®. It does contain calories, but because it is about 200 times sweeter than table sugar, consumers are likely to use much less of it. FDA approved aspartame in 1981 (46 FR 38283) for uses, under certain conditions, as a tabletop sweetener,…
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Long-Term Aspartame Administration Leads to Fibrosis, Inflammasome Activation, and Gluconeogenesis Impairment in the Liver of Mice
Simple Summary Aspartame is an artificial sweetener used in foods and beverages worldwide to prevent increasing obesity and diabetes mellitus, acting as a tool to help the control of caloric intake. However, its chronic intake is controversial since it has been linked to some adverse effects including oxidative stress, inflammation, and liver damage through mechanisms…
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Landrigan PJ, Straif K. Aspartame and cancer – new evidence for causation. Environ Health. 2021;20(1):42. Published 2021 Apr 12. doi:10.1186/s12940-021-00725-y
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8042911/ Abstract Background Aspartame is one of the world’s most widely used artificial sweeteners and is an ingredient in more than 5000 food products globally. A particularly important use is in low-calorie beverages consumed by children and pregnant women. The Ramazzini Institute (RI) reported in 2006 and 2007 that aspartame causes dose-related increases in malignant…
