When it comes to food I guess we believe what we're told without questioning. Many of us, in our quest to lead healthier lives have switched to artificial sweeteners...
Not so many years ago artificial sweeteners like Aspartame and Saccharin were deemed unsafe for human consumption but now they're common place. It is claimed Aspartame sugar substitutes cause worrying symptoms from memory loss to brain tumours. But despite US FDA approval as a 'safe' food additive, aspartame is one of the most dangerous substances ever to be foisted upon an unsuspecting public."
This was a typical warning on labels of Saccharin containers
"USE OF THIS PRODUCT MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH. THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS SACCHARIN WHICH HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO CAUSE CANCER IN LABORATORY ANIMALS."
The aim of this blog isn't to scare you but make you AWARE ! There's hundreds of web pages dedicated to this subject, here's just a few:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_substitute#Controversy_over_perceived_benefits
http://www.sweetpoison.com/aspartame-sweeteners.html
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1467035542753985943&hl=en
While the above artificial sweeteners were declared "safe", the Miracle Fruit Plant, sometimes known as Miracle Berry, which is a natural sweetener was controversially declared "unsafe" for human consumption.
An attempt was made in the 1970s to commercialize the ability of the fruit to turn non-sweet foods into sweet foods without a calorific penalty, but ended in failure in controversial circumstances with accusations that the project was sabotaged and the research burgled by the sugar industry to prevent loss of business caused by a drop in the need for sugar. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_fruit
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