Re: Written Answers - Health: Aspartame (10 May 2011)

[Guest guest]

I was looking through the book written by Dr Pierre Ducon

the other day *The Ducon Diet* and on Page 65 he writes

" This is the moment to talk about the controversy

surrounding aspartame. To put it bluntly, it is said to be carcinogenic and I

can understand why this is worrying. In my opinion, there is no need for all

this controversy.. Aspartame has been used as a sweetener by billions of

individuals in every country in the world for 25 years without ever having

given rise to any complaints or side effects and certainly not any human

cancers. As far as I am concerned, and even more important, as far ahs the European

and world authorities are concerned, I see no reason at all to deprive people

on a diet who particularly like sweet taste. Denying them sweet tastes is

certainly not going to make the longing for sweet things disappear. Forbidding

them sweet tastes only creates frustration which sooner or later exerts

revenge. "

On Page 71 he goes on " Sugar is not allowed, but aspartame,

the best known and most widely used sweetener in the world, is perfectly acceptable

and can be used without restriction, even by pregnant women, which proves just

how harmless it is. "

For more information visit www.ducondiet.co.uk

Luv - Sheila

Some of us are that sad that I subscribe to HoC minutes and

the following has just been made;

Written Answers - Health:

Aspartame (10 May 2011)

Mr Brine: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his

Department plans to commission research to investigate a potential relationship

between levels of aspartame consumption and adverse health reactions in

children.

Anne Milton: We are advised by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) that

aspartame has been extensively tested and reviewed for safety by independent

experts at national, European and international level and found to be safe at

current levels of use. Despite this, some people consider they react badly to

consuming the sweetener. The FSA has therefore commissioned a pilot study

focusing on people who have self-reported bad reactions to the sweetener in

order to understand why this is the case. Participants in the study will be at

least 18 but the results should be applicable to people of any age.

[Guest guest]

Hmmm...but haven't the rates of cancer gone up over 25 year period? (think they

are starting to come down slightly in the UK?)

Here's a counter argument

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/04/09/victoria-innessbro\

wns-aspartame-experiment.aspx

Personally i'd rather not ingest anything made from chemicals if I don't have to

:-) Honey is a natural sweetner, that's good enough for me..

sarah

>

> I was looking through the book written by Dr Pierre Ducon the other day

> *The Ducon Diet* and on Page 65 he writes

>

> " This is the moment to talk about the controversy surrounding aspartame. To

> put it bluntly, it is said to be carcinogenic and I can understand why this

> is worrying. In my opinion, there is no need for all this controversy..

> Aspartame has been used as a sweetener by billions of individuals in every

> country in the world for 25 years without ever having given rise to any

> complaints or side effects and certainly not any human cancers. As far as I

> am concerned, and even more important, as far ahs the European and world

> authorities are concerned, I see no reason at all to deprive people on a

> diet who particularly like sweet taste. Denying them sweet tastes is

> certainly not going to make the longing for sweet things disappear.

> Forbidding them sweet tastes only creates frustration which sooner or later

> exerts revenge. "

>

> On Page 71 he goes on " Sugar is not allowed, but aspartame, the best known

> and most widely used sweetener in the world, is perfectly acceptable and can

> be used without restriction, even by pregnant women, which proves just how

> harmless it is. "

>

> For more information visit www.ducondiet.co.uk

>

> Luv - Sheila

>

>

>

> Some of us are that sad that I subscribe to HoC minutes and the following

> has just been made;

>

> Written Answers - Health:

> <http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm110510/text/11

> 0510w0005.htm#11051093005074> Aspartame (10 May 2011)

>

> Mr Brine: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department

> plans to commission research to investigate a potential relationship between

> levels of aspartame consumption and adverse health reactions in children.

>

> Anne Milton: We are advised by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) that

> aspartame has been extensively tested and reviewed for safety by independent

> experts at national, European and international level and found to be safe

> at current levels of use. Despite this, some people consider they react

> badly to consuming the sweetener. The FSA has therefore commissioned a pilot

> study focusing on people who have self-reported bad reactions to the

> sweetener in order to understand why this is the case. Participants in the

> study will be at least 18 but the results should be applicable to people of

> any age.

>

[Guest guest]

Aspartame (Nutrasweet) – along with it’s partner-in-crime monosodium glutamate – is no doubt responsible for many health problems, with endocrine problems having been reported.

See, for example -

http://aspartame.mercola.com/

http://www.sweetpoison.com/aspartame-side-effects.html

To remove MSG completely from the diet is not easy as there are made hidden sources –

see http://www.truthinlabeling.org/hiddensources.html

also http://www.msgmyth.com/

Please see also “Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills†by Dr Blaylock which looks at MSG, aspartame, and similar products -

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Excitotoxins--L-Blaylock/dp/0929173252/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8 & qid=1305188505 & sr=8-1

BW.

Hazel.

www.oneagleswings.me.uk http://oneagleswingsme.blogspot.com/

From: youngwill58

Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 3:40 PM

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Subject: Written Answers - Health: Aspartame (10 May 2011)

Some of us are that sad that I subscribe to HoC minutes and the following has just been made;

Written Answers - Health: Aspartame (10 May 2011) Mr Brine: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department plans to commission research to investigate a potential relationship between levels of aspartame consumption and adverse health reactions in children.

Anne Milton: We are advised by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) that aspartame has been extensively tested and reviewed for safety by independent experts at national, European and international level and found to be safe at current levels of use. Despite this, some people consider they react badly to consuming the sweetener. The FSA has therefore commissioned a pilot study focusing on people who have self-reported bad reactions to the sweetener in order to understand why this is the case. Participants in the study will be at least 18 but the results should be applicable to people of any age.

But the Secretary of State for Health needs to be asked why just children?

Address the adults, of working age, and they'd be free to come of off benefits, thus lowering the health budget deficit. Cynicism also tells me that that is why they've increased the retirement age. If the nation is exhausted at 60 many aren't going to reach 68 and the exchequer will have reaped 50+ years of NI contributions and then not required to spend any of it.

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[Guest guest]

Yes, I am aware of this Hazel, just wished that those people who

deny there is a problem would back it up with scientific evidence - but they

never do unfortunately.

Luv - Sheil

Aspartame (Nutrasweet) – along with it’s partner-in-crime

monosodium glutamate – is no doubt responsible for many health problems, with

endocrine problems having been reported.

See, for example -

http://aspartame.mercola.com/

http://www.sweetpoison.com/aspartame-side-effects.html

To remove MSG completely from the diet is not easy as there are

made hidden sources –

see http://www.truthinlabeling.org/hiddensources.html

also http://www.msgmyth.com/

Please see also “Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills†by Dr

Blaylock which looks at MSG, aspartame, and similar products -

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Excitotoxins--L-Blaylock/dp/0929173252/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8 & qid=1305188505 & sr=8-1

BW.

Hazel.

www.oneagleswings.me.uk

http://oneagleswingsme.blogspot.com/

From: youngwill58

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[Guest guest]

> To put it bluntly, it is said to be carcinogenic and I can understand why this

is worrying. . . . .

I can see why this guy thinks there is no problem if he was looking for evidence

it is carcinogenic. From what I have read, Aspartame is supposed to be a

neurotoxin, not a carcinogen.

http://www.ehow.com/list_5814182_damaging-sugar-substitutes.html

> Denying them sweet tastes is certainly not going to make the longing for sweet

things disappear. . . . .

That is not correct either. It is by avoiding strong, sweet tastes that the

taste buds begin to recover their sensitivity. Other foods begin to have more

flavour and the craving for sweet things diminishes.

Another factor in craving sweet things is supposed to be the balance of bugs in

the gut. The healthier the gut flora, the more we fancy eating healthy foods

and the less we crave unhealthy ones.

Miriam