Ah......so you don't like Aspartame. No problem......
We have had Members here before and now who don't like it and it has been discussed at length, interminably in fact.
BTW, You don't have to shout and No, I am not having any trouble finding the ingredients........ just trouble finding anywhere that lists Leucine as one of the ingredients which is what you stated earlier.
I will help you out here as you seem to be unable to give me the information I asked, which I have had for some time. Here is a link to the ingredients :
http://sci-toys.com/ingredients/aspartame.html
Aspartame is made from two amino acids and methanol. When it is digested, it breaks down into these three parts. Amino acids are the normal breakdown products of proteins.
So.....let's look at it from another point of view shall we ?
Aspartame.......
There is much as I said before about Aspartame, including many scare stories, which are put about on the net. Much of it is old news like your links from 2001/2002 etc and usually comes from the States. They seem to be paranoid there about it. If you read most of them you wouldn't 'touch ANYTHING' with a bargepole !
However, as with everything there are two sides to the story. Here is link to a previous article about sweeteners,
Artificial sweeteners not linked to cancer: Study which of course includes Aspartame. I have no 'axe to grind', this is just putting another view, an even handed approach.
http://www.foodnavigator.com/Science-Nu ... ncer-Study
Some extracts from the article:
Although all the sweeteners used in the EU have been approved and are deemed safe by the food safety authorities, internet forums, newspaper reports and some scientific literature continue to garner suspicion.
and
In response to the ERF’s reports the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) panel on Food Additives and Nutrient Sources said there is no indication that aspartame causes cancer following its assessment of a study that linked regular intake of the sweetener with increased risk of certain cancers.
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While the results are promising for sweetener users, it is noted that the study was only based in Italy, and therefore generalisation to other populations is not possible. Additionally, the study was limited to only three types of cancer. Indeed, the earlier findings of the ERF study reported increased risk of leukaemia, lymphomas and breast cancer, none of which were considered by Bosetti and her co-workers.
and
On the other hand, a US study sponsored by the National Cancer Institute involving 285,079 men and 188,905 women, ages 50 to 69, found no statistically significant link between aspartame consumption and leukaemia, lymphomas or brain tumours (Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2006, Vol. 15, pp. 1654-1659).
and
Furthermore, a review published in 2007 in Critical Reviews in Toxicology (Vol. 37, pp. 629-727) concluded that suggestions of adverse effects had 'no credible scientific basis'. The review was conduced by a panel of eight experts over an 11 month period. It considered over 500 studies, articles and reports conducted over the last 25 years - including work that was not published, but that was submitted to government bodies as part of the regulatory approvals process.
I drink things which contain many things which some consider to be dangerous, however I take a more balanced view and don't listen to scare stories. There are plenty of organisations on the net who beieve them and try to 'spread the word' .........well, I've heard it all before and frankly I respect their views......it just isn't the only one.......
Here is something more recent.......April 2010
A team of national experts drawn from EU member states has concluded that there is no new evidence on aspartame that would require EFSA to reassess its opinion that the sweetener is safe, although additional studies could add to knowledge of the sweetener and its metabolites.
and this
Although some studies have suggested possible adverse effects, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has scrutinised the methodology and findings of safety studies and has repeatedly reaffirmed its positive safety opinion. The acceptable daily intake (ADI) is 40 mg/kg bw/day, and a 2002 opinion from the Scientific Committee on Food held that this level is unlikely to be exceeded.
and this
They emphasized that using anecdotal data has great limitations and there is therefore a need for caution when interpreting them, but the said the information gathered could help guide the design of any investigative studies on sensitivity and possible underlying mechanisms.
Now if you want to believe all that Mercola et al push out........ :wink:
Almost forgot.......another link from 2010 :
http://www.thefamilygp.com/Is-aspartame-safe.htm
In other words, dozens of studies have failed to find a relationship between the consumption of aspartame and long term health risks. While many people have reported adverse reactions to aspartame, most commonly headache, this has not been proven in research involving double blind trials looking at short term effects.
Despite this, it is possible that some people may have an unusual reaction and therefore might want to avoid consuming aspartame.
There is, in fact, one medically proven warning relating to the consumption of aspartame. It relates to one of the breakdown products of aspartame, an amino acid called phenylalanine.
Patients diagnosed with the rare hereditary disease Phenylketonuria should avoid aspartame as they have difficulty in metabolising phenylalanine, which accumulates and causes health problems.
