Aspartame

[npon]

Aspartame is the most controversial food additive in history. The most recent evidence, linking it to leukaemia and lymphoma, has added substantial fuel to the ongoing protests of doctors, scientists and consumer groups who allege that this artificial sweetener should never have been released onto the market and that allowing it to remain in the

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[bhr_drone]

And as much as I agree with aspartame being bad for you I really wish these site would use facts. Aspartame is only (hahahaha) 180 times sweeter than normal sugar, as opposed to the second site you provided which say it's over two hundred times sweeter. If only these people presented real facts rather than off the top of the head statements I'd actually side with them.

[onlyinletters]

i don't know if you remember when i was having insane allergies and breaking out in hives, but i eventually found out it was because of aspartame (which unfortunately also goes by a bunch of other names). my doctor told me to stop drinking soda, eating gum, etc. it helped.

[chelseysunshine]

I would let my splenda-addict mom know about all this... but I'd rather watch her suffer MUUAHAHAHAHAHHA!