Fatal studies should have blocked NutraSweet approval
When the G.D. Searle Co. sought FDA approval for NutraSweet they submitted doctored, fraudulent “studies,” so corrupt that the Department of Justice appointed two prosecutors to Investigate Searle. Searle’s lawyers hired the prosecutors and the case died with the statute of limitations.
Listen in on aspartame hearings in 1976 between Senator Ted Kennedy and FDA Commissioner Alexander Schmidt at the Senate Subcommittee on Labor and Public Health:
Commissioner Schmidt: ”Today I would like to report to you the final results of the Food and Drug Administration’s detailed investigation …

By Tanya A. Crosby
December 21, 2008
As of last week, it seems companies producing zero-calorie products will have zero excuse to continue using synthetic sweeteners aspartame, saccharin and Splenda.
Following political pressure from industry giants Coca-Cola and Pepsi, The FDA gave a long-awaited nod to two stevia-based sweeteners developed by PepsiCo and the Coca-Cola Company. According to an article in the New York Times, the FDA now says they have “no objection to rebiana having GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) status” as a general-purpose sweetener for food and beverages. It’s a huge …

Courtesy of the Feingold Association of the United States

There’s so much we don’t know about sweeteners, but the Association does have the accumulated experience of many thousands of families. Combining experience with what we do know, here’s a suggested guideline for choosing sweeteners:
Acceptable choices
The following are healthy choices:

Sugar – granulated, confectioner’s, or brown
Cane sugar crystals
Turbinado and various raw sugars
Honey, Molasses, Pure maple syrup
Rice syrup and similar syrups
Stevia (an herbal no-calorie sweetener found in the supplements section of your supermarket or …

By Paris Reidhead
Got (Aspartame in Your) Milk???
Dairy’s two biggest trade associations have jointly written the Food and Drug Administration requesting that “non-nutritive sweeteners” be included in federal standards of identity for 17 different dairy products, including fluid milk. What’s the logic behind this request to alter federal standards by National Milk Producers Federation and the International Dairy Foods Assn?
NMPF explains that Senator Tom Harkin’s (D-IA) staff on the Senate Agriculture Committee wants to limit the calories in the milk portion of the School Lunch Program. Since flavored (sweetened) milk …

According to a new press release by the ASPCA, Xylitol is extremely toxic to our canine companions – even in small quantities.
The good news is that, in growing numbers, we’re becoming more conscientious about our health and looking for alternatives to the likes of aspartame and Splenda. The bad news is that, instead of turning toward more organic options, we’re turning toward other low-cal options, like Xylitol.
Now, Xylitol poisoning in dogs is on the rise.
The worst of the news is for our canine family members, because now that Xylitol …

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Even soy can be damaging to your body when eaten in great abundance.
Vegetarians faced with the challenge of finding protein in other food sources are cautioned against too much daily intake of soy, because it’s found in so many vegetarian products. However, soy is a great nutritional source in smaller doses — unlike aspartame, which isn’t healthful at all. So what makes anyone think that, with the vast majority of our dietary products now containing aspartame, that aspartame can’t possibly be unsafe?
Dr. Gross protests the increase of Aspartame’s ADI
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