Aspartame Makers Tell A Whopper
Oncology and Environmental Sciences Cancer Research Centre in Bolonga,
Italy, just released their three year study confirming the link between
aspartame and lymphomas and leukemias.
The report by Morando Soffritti "Aspartame induces lymphomas and leukemias
in rats" is in the European Journal of Oncology for July, 2005. Dr.
Soffritti and his team carefully set the conditions whereby
genetically-uniform test rats were treated equally with the exception of
being divided into groups given varying levels of the toxic chemical sweetener.
Rats are deemed appropriate subjects for testing aspartame on humans
because both humans and rats metabolize the methyl ester in aspartame into
methyl alcohol, then formaldehyde then formic acid - all deadly poisons.
The carcinogenicity of substances in rats and mice is a consistent
predictor of cancer risk in humans exposed to those substances.
The study commenced with 8 week old rats and continued until the last one
died at 159 weeks. Their physical status and behavior were examined three
times daily and detailed records of their growth were kept. Every two weeks
each of the 3,600 rats were "clinically examined for gross changes." As
each rat died, a complete autopsy was performed. Organs, tissues and bones
were preserved for further study.
"In our experimental conditions, it has been demonstrated that APM
[aspartame] causes a dose-related statistically significant increase in
lymphomas and leukemias in females at dose levels very near those to which
humans can be exposed," the authors wrote in their conclusion. The number
of cancers that developed in rats given zero aspartame was zero.
Increases of lymphomas and leukemias at the lowest exposure level was 62
percent and "an increase in the incidence of these types of neoplasias was
also observed in males exposed to the highest dose," as stated in the study.
Neurosurgeon Russell Blaylock, MD, one of the world's leading authorities
on aspartame neurotoxicity, extensively reviewed the Soffritti report.
"This study confirmed the previous study by Dr. Trocho and co-workers
(1998), which also found the formaldehyde breakdown product of aspartame to
be damaging to cellular DNA and that this damage was cumulative. The type
of damage was a duplicate of that associated with cancers. These two
studies strongly indicate that drinking a single diet cola sweetened with
aspartame every day could significantly increase one's risk of developing a
lymphoma or leukemia," Blaylock said.
"This study should terrify mothers and all those consuming aspartame
sweetened products," he continued. "This was a carefully done study which
clearly demonstrated a statistically significant increase in several types
of lymphomas and leukemias in rats. Both of these malignancies have
increased significantly in this country since the widespread use of aspartame."
"They also found an increased incidence of malignant brain tumors, even
though it was not statistically significant. This does not mean there is no
association to brain tumors, since ONLY the animals exposed to aspartame
developed the tumors. With children and pregnant women drinking the largest
amount of diet colas, this puts their children at the greatest risk of
developing one of these horrible diseases. Their found that even lower
doses of aspartame could cause these malignancies, yet, the higher the
dose, the more cancers that were seen," said Blaylock.
"Since aspartame can increase obesity and may even cause the metabolic
syndrome that affects 48 million Americans, there is no reason to ever
consume this product. At the least, it should be immediately banned from
all schools," said Blaylock.
Aspartame was approved for use in dry goods in 1981 under extremely
controversial circumstances. The artificial sweetener is currently found in
more than 6,000 products-soft drinks, chewing gum, candy, desserts, table
sweeteners and even pharmaceutical drugs and is responsible for more than
80 percent of consumer complaints filed with the FDA each year. The FDA
itself has published a list of 92 potentially adverse reactions to
aspartame that includes weight gain, blindness, chronic headaches, insanity
and death.
Soffritti et al conducted this study because they wanted to determine
whether or not the ADI for aspartame (50 and 40 milligrams per kilogram of
body weight per day in the U.S. and Europe respectively) was an appropriate
limit. Their report concludes with these words: "Results of our study call
for urgent reexamination of permissible exposure level of aspartame in both
food and beverages, especially to protect children."
Here comes the Whopper. Makers and sellers of aspartame tried to rebut this
impeccable European research saying: "With billions of man-years of safe
use, there is no indication of an association between aspartame and cancer
in humans."
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