Re: USDA Certified Organic's Dirty Little Secret: Neotame | Farm Wars

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Does ADA have any food regulatory liason? Ideally it should be an allergy

dietitian of some ilk.

It's embarrassing for consumer activist groups to be all over this before

us!

Michal Hogan, RD, LD, CLT

NUTRITIONRESULTS.COM

Helping patients, doctors and dietitians with the serious business of

helping folks with IBS, fibromyalgia, migraine and other effects of delayed

food hypersensitivities

In a message dated 1/2/2011 3:46:07 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

jackiechase66@... writes:

No labeling required is scary I've seen to many reaction and problems

caused by unknowns. Who tested the safety of this product if there where any

tests. Why does this product have to be hidden?

Jackie Chase RD

Dillingham AK

> I haven't heard any more about this as yet, so can't verify it or offer

> any opinion on the safety of neotame. I don't like the " no labeling

> required, " though. How do we know it is not an allergen for some people?

> Or have an adverse effect for a sub-population, like aspartame for

> people with PKU?

>

> http://farmwars.info/?p=4897#more-4897

>

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[Guest guest]

Does ADA have any food regulatory liason? Ideally it should be an allergy

dietitian of some ilk.

It's embarrassing for consumer activist groups to be all over this before

us!

Michal Hogan, RD, LD, CLT

NUTRITIONRESULTS.COM

Helping patients, doctors and dietitians with the serious business of

helping folks with IBS, fibromyalgia, migraine and other effects of delayed

food hypersensitivities

In a message dated 1/2/2011 3:46:07 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

jackiechase66@... writes:

No labeling required is scary I've seen to many reaction and problems

caused by unknowns. Who tested the safety of this product if there where any

tests. Why does this product have to be hidden?

Jackie Chase RD

Dillingham AK

> I haven't heard any more about this as yet, so can't verify it or offer

> any opinion on the safety of neotame. I don't like the " no labeling

> required, " though. How do we know it is not an allergen for some people?

> Or have an adverse effect for a sub-population, like aspartame for

> people with PKU?

>

> http://farmwars.info/?p=4897#more-4897

>

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[Guest guest]

Does ADA have any food regulatory liason? Ideally it should be an allergy

dietitian of some ilk.

It's embarrassing for consumer activist groups to be all over this before

us!

Michal Hogan, RD, LD, CLT

NUTRITIONRESULTS.COM

Helping patients, doctors and dietitians with the serious business of

helping folks with IBS, fibromyalgia, migraine and other effects of delayed

food hypersensitivities

In a message dated 1/2/2011 3:46:07 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

jackiechase66@... writes:

No labeling required is scary I've seen to many reaction and problems

caused by unknowns. Who tested the safety of this product if there where any

tests. Why does this product have to be hidden?

Jackie Chase RD

Dillingham AK

> I haven't heard any more about this as yet, so can't verify it or offer

> any opinion on the safety of neotame. I don't like the " no labeling

> required, " though. How do we know it is not an allergen for some people?

> Or have an adverse effect for a sub-population, like aspartame for

> people with PKU?

>

> http://farmwars.info/?p=4897#more-4897

>

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No labeling required is scary I've seen to many reaction and problems caused by

unknowns. Who tested the safety of this product if there where any tests. Why

does this product have to be hidden?

Jackie Chase RD

Dillingham AK

> I haven't heard any more about this as yet, so can't verify it or offer

> any opinion on the safety of neotame. I don't like the " no labeling

> required, " though. How do we know it is not an allergen for some people?

> Or have an adverse effect for a sub-population, like aspartame for

> people with PKU?

>

> http://farmwars.info/?p=4897#more-4897

>

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Noted in the federal register. Article from: The Food Institute Report Article

date: February 15, 1999MONSANTO SWEETENER: Monsanto Co. has filed a petition

with FDA proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide

for the safe use of L-Phenylalanine,

N-[N-(3,3-dimethylbutyl)-L-aspartyl]-,1-methyl ester as a general use

sweetener. Monsanto proposes that this additive be identified as neotame.

Written comments on the petitioner's environmental assessment are due by April

10, 1999. For more information, contact: Blondell , (202)418-3106.

-Feb. 8, 1999, 64 FR 6100.

Article from: The Food Institute Report Article date: May 2, 2005 .... Despite

protests, FDA will not consider changing the final rule allowing use of neotame

as a nonnutritive sweetener in food. NutraSweet has been trying to establish a

market for this new product, neotame, which is about 40 times more potent than

aspartame. Neotame received regulatory approval in 2002. Contact Zajac,

Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, .

Based on the above date, I would guess that we've all been eating it for a while

(depending on your use of processed food). In the magnesium deficient (many of

us) the cell membrane doesn't block calcium, glutamate and aspartame from

flooding the brain cells and over-activity can cause cell death and over time

cause Alzheimers/senility. Acute losses of magnesium in sweat has been suggested

as a cause for unexplained stroke/heart attack post exercise.

" At higher [Ca2+]i concentrations, ROS and RNS lead to necrotic cell death,

which is followed by invading inflammatory cells and fibroblasts and consequent

replacement fibrosis. " -from Macro- and micronutrient dyshomeostasis in the

adverse structural remodelling of myodacardium (Cardiovasc Res. 2009 Feb 15;

81(3): 500-508 (Pub Med)

I was horrified, when checking electrolyte drink labels, to see that magnesium

wasn't in the Gatorade or Propel lines. There is some in Powerade though, and

the Glaceau brand SmartWater and Vitamin Waters. The World Health Organization

recommends that everyone using softened water should be informed that they may

need magnesium - the magnesium and calcium are exchanged for sodium by water

softening. Communities with ground water low in magnesium and those recently

switched to softened water have increased rates of acute myocardial infarction.

R Vajda, R.D.

________________________________

To: rd-usa

Sent: Sun, January 2, 2011 5:33:49 PM

Subject: Re: USDA Certified Organic's Dirty Little Secret: Neotame |

Farm Wars

Does ADA have any food regulatory liason? Ideally it should be an allergy

dietitian of some ilk.

It's embarrassing for consumer activist groups to be all over this before

us!

Michal Hogan, RD, LD, CLT

NUTRITIONRESULTS.COM

Helping patients, doctors and dietitians with the serious business of

helping folks with IBS, fibromyalgia, migraine and other effects of delayed

food hypersensitivities

In a message dated 1/2/2011 3:46:07 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

jackiechase66@... writes:

No labeling required is scary I've seen to many reaction and problems

caused by unknowns. Who tested the safety of this product if there where any

tests. Why does this product have to be hidden?

Jackie Chase RD

Dillingham AK

> I haven't heard any more about this as yet, so can't verify it or offer

> any opinion on the safety of neotame. I don't like the " no labeling

> required, " though. How do we know it is not an allergen for some people?

> Or have an adverse effect for a sub-population, like aspartame for

> people with PKU?

>

> http://farmwars.info/?p=4897#more-4897

>

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Noted in the federal register. Article from: The Food Institute Report Article

date: February 15, 1999MONSANTO SWEETENER: Monsanto Co. has filed a petition

with FDA proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide

for the safe use of L-Phenylalanine,

N-[N-(3,3-dimethylbutyl)-L-aspartyl]-,1-methyl ester as a general use

sweetener. Monsanto proposes that this additive be identified as neotame.

Written comments on the petitioner's environmental assessment are due by April

10, 1999. For more information, contact: Blondell , (202)418-3106.

-Feb. 8, 1999, 64 FR 6100.

Article from: The Food Institute Report Article date: May 2, 2005 .... Despite

protests, FDA will not consider changing the final rule allowing use of neotame

as a nonnutritive sweetener in food. NutraSweet has been trying to establish a

market for this new product, neotame, which is about 40 times more potent than

aspartame. Neotame received regulatory approval in 2002. Contact Zajac,

Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, .

Based on the above date, I would guess that we've all been eating it for a while

(depending on your use of processed food). In the magnesium deficient (many of

us) the cell membrane doesn't block calcium, glutamate and aspartame from

flooding the brain cells and over-activity can cause cell death and over time

cause Alzheimers/senility. Acute losses of magnesium in sweat has been suggested

as a cause for unexplained stroke/heart attack post exercise.

" At higher [Ca2+]i concentrations, ROS and RNS lead to necrotic cell death,

which is followed by invading inflammatory cells and fibroblasts and consequent

replacement fibrosis. " -from Macro- and micronutrient dyshomeostasis in the

adverse structural remodelling of myodacardium (Cardiovasc Res. 2009 Feb 15;

81(3): 500-508 (Pub Med)

I was horrified, when checking electrolyte drink labels, to see that magnesium

wasn't in the Gatorade or Propel lines. There is some in Powerade though, and

the Glaceau brand SmartWater and Vitamin Waters. The World Health Organization

recommends that everyone using softened water should be informed that they may

need magnesium - the magnesium and calcium are exchanged for sodium by water

softening. Communities with ground water low in magnesium and those recently

switched to softened water have increased rates of acute myocardial infarction.

R Vajda, R.D.

________________________________

To: rd-usa

Sent: Sun, January 2, 2011 5:33:49 PM

Subject: Re: USDA Certified Organic's Dirty Little Secret: Neotame |

Farm Wars

Does ADA have any food regulatory liason? Ideally it should be an allergy

dietitian of some ilk.

It's embarrassing for consumer activist groups to be all over this before

us!

Michal Hogan, RD, LD, CLT

NUTRITIONRESULTS.COM

Helping patients, doctors and dietitians with the serious business of

helping folks with IBS, fibromyalgia, migraine and other effects of delayed

food hypersensitivities

In a message dated 1/2/2011 3:46:07 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

jackiechase66@... writes:

No labeling required is scary I've seen to many reaction and problems

caused by unknowns. Who tested the safety of this product if there where any

tests. Why does this product have to be hidden?

Jackie Chase RD

Dillingham AK

> I haven't heard any more about this as yet, so can't verify it or offer

> any opinion on the safety of neotame. I don't like the " no labeling

> required, " though. How do we know it is not an allergen for some people?

> Or have an adverse effect for a sub-population, like aspartame for

> people with PKU?

>

> http://farmwars.info/?p=4897#more-4897

>

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Noted in the federal register. Article from: The Food Institute Report Article

date: February 15, 1999MONSANTO SWEETENER: Monsanto Co. has filed a petition

with FDA proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide

for the safe use of L-Phenylalanine,

N-[N-(3,3-dimethylbutyl)-L-aspartyl]-,1-methyl ester as a general use

sweetener. Monsanto proposes that this additive be identified as neotame.

Written comments on the petitioner's environmental assessment are due by April

10, 1999. For more information, contact: Blondell , (202)418-3106.

-Feb. 8, 1999, 64 FR 6100.

Article from: The Food Institute Report Article date: May 2, 2005 .... Despite

protests, FDA will not consider changing the final rule allowing use of neotame

as a nonnutritive sweetener in food. NutraSweet has been trying to establish a

market for this new product, neotame, which is about 40 times more potent than

aspartame. Neotame received regulatory approval in 2002. Contact Zajac,

Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, .

Based on the above date, I would guess that we've all been eating it for a while

(depending on your use of processed food). In the magnesium deficient (many of

us) the cell membrane doesn't block calcium, glutamate and aspartame from

flooding the brain cells and over-activity can cause cell death and over time

cause Alzheimers/senility. Acute losses of magnesium in sweat has been suggested

as a cause for unexplained stroke/heart attack post exercise.

" At higher [Ca2+]i concentrations, ROS and RNS lead to necrotic cell death,

which is followed by invading inflammatory cells and fibroblasts and consequent

replacement fibrosis. " -from Macro- and micronutrient dyshomeostasis in the

adverse structural remodelling of myodacardium (Cardiovasc Res. 2009 Feb 15;

81(3): 500-508 (Pub Med)

I was horrified, when checking electrolyte drink labels, to see that magnesium

wasn't in the Gatorade or Propel lines. There is some in Powerade though, and

the Glaceau brand SmartWater and Vitamin Waters. The World Health Organization

recommends that everyone using softened water should be informed that they may

need magnesium - the magnesium and calcium are exchanged for sodium by water

softening. Communities with ground water low in magnesium and those recently

switched to softened water have increased rates of acute myocardial infarction.

R Vajda, R.D.

________________________________

To: rd-usa

Sent: Sun, January 2, 2011 5:33:49 PM

Subject: Re: USDA Certified Organic's Dirty Little Secret: Neotame |

Farm Wars

Does ADA have any food regulatory liason? Ideally it should be an allergy

dietitian of some ilk.

It's embarrassing for consumer activist groups to be all over this before

us!

Michal Hogan, RD, LD, CLT

NUTRITIONRESULTS.COM

Helping patients, doctors and dietitians with the serious business of

helping folks with IBS, fibromyalgia, migraine and other effects of delayed

food hypersensitivities

In a message dated 1/2/2011 3:46:07 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

jackiechase66@... writes:

No labeling required is scary I've seen to many reaction and problems

caused by unknowns. Who tested the safety of this product if there where any

tests. Why does this product have to be hidden?

Jackie Chase RD

Dillingham AK

> I haven't heard any more about this as yet, so can't verify it or offer

> any opinion on the safety of neotame. I don't like the " no labeling

> required, " though. How do we know it is not an allergen for some people?

> Or have an adverse effect for a sub-population, like aspartame for

> people with PKU?

>

> http://farmwars.info/?p=4897#more-4897

>

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Also if anyone has $4500 to spare there is a newly released global market report

of the artificial sweeteners industry. Table of contents looks facinating

http://www.reportlinker.com/p087297/World-Artificial-Sweeteners-Markets.html

Global Artificial Sweeteners Industry

This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Artificial Sweeteners in US$

Thousand by the following major product classes: Aspartame, Acesulfame

Potassium, Saccharin, Sucralose, and Others. The report provides separate

comprehensive analytics for the US, Canada, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin

America, and Rest of World. Annual estimates and forecasts are provided for

each region for the period 2007 through 2015. Also, a seven-year historic

analysis is provided for these markets. The report profiles 117 companies

including many key and niche players such as Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Ajinomoto

Sweeteners Europe SAS, Cumberland Packing Corporation, Danisco A/S, Hermes

Sweetener Ltd., Imperial Sugar Company, McNeil Nutritionals, LLC, Merisant,

Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A), Inc., Nutrinova Inc., Spherix Incorporated, Tate & Lyle

plc, and The Nutrasweet Company. Market data and analytics are derived from

primary and secondary research. Company profiles are mostly extracted from URL

research and reported select online sources.

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-242290480.html -

Press release that lists the report's Table of Contents which includes Neotame

and :

7. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 31

Aspartame Free from Cancer Odds 31 Artificial Sweeteners May Not Aid Weight

Loss in Long Run 31 Artificial Sweeteners Can Lead to Overeating 32 Cause for

Sweetener 'Aftertaste' Disclosed 32 No Link Between Candy Consumption and

Hyperactivity 32

R Vajda, R.D.

________________________________

To: rd-usa

Sent: Mon, January 3, 2011 10:01:29 AM

Subject: Re: USDA Certified Organic's Dirty Little Secret: Neotame |

Farm Wars

Noted in the federal register. Article from: The Food Institute Report Article

date: February 15, 1999MONSANTO SWEETENER: Monsanto Co. has filed a petition

with FDA proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide

for the safe use of L-Phenylalanine,

N-[N-(3,3-dimethylbutyl)-L-aspartyl]-,1-methyl ester as a general use

sweetener. Monsanto proposes that this additive be identified as neotame.

Written comments on the petitioner's environmental assessment are due by April

10, 1999. For more information, contact: Blondell , (202)418-3106.

-Feb. 8, 1999, 64 FR 6100.

Article from: The Food Institute Report Article date: May 2, 2005 .... Despite

protests, FDA will not consider changing the final rule allowing use of neotame

as a nonnutritive sweetener in food. NutraSweet has been trying to establish a

market for this new product, neotame, which is about 40 times more potent than

aspartame. Neotame received regulatory approval in 2002. Contact Zajac,

Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, .

Based on the above date, I would guess that we've all been eating it for a while

(depending on your use of processed food). In the magnesium deficient (many of

us) the cell membrane doesn't block calcium, glutamate and aspartame from

flooding the brain cells and over-activity can cause cell death and over time

cause Alzheimers/senility. Acute losses of magnesium in sweat has been suggested

as a cause for unexplained stroke/heart attack post exercise.

" At higher [Ca2+]i concentrations, ROS and RNS lead to necrotic cell death,

which is followed by invading inflammatory cells and fibroblasts and consequent

replacement fibrosis. " -from Macro- and micronutrient dyshomeostasis in the

adverse structural remodelling of myodacardium (Cardiovasc Res. 2009 Feb 15;

81(3): 500-508 (Pub Med)

I was horrified, when checking electrolyte drink labels, to see that magnesium

wasn't in the Gatorade or Propel lines. There is some in Powerade though, and

the Glaceau brand SmartWater and Vitamin Waters. The World Health Organization

recommends that everyone using softened water should be informed that they may

need magnesium - the magnesium and calcium are exchanged for sodium by water

softening. Communities with ground water low in magnesium and those recently

switched to softened water have increased rates of acute myocardial infarction.

R Vajda, R.D.

________________________________

To: rd-usa

Sent: Sun, January 2, 2011 5:33:49 PM

Subject: Re: USDA Certified Organic's Dirty Little Secret: Neotame |

Farm Wars

Does ADA have any food regulatory liason? Ideally it should be an allergy

dietitian of some ilk.

It's embarrassing for consumer activist groups to be all over this before

us!

Michal Hogan, RD, LD, CLT

NUTRITIONRESULTS.COM

Helping patients, doctors and dietitians with the serious business of

helping folks with IBS, fibromyalgia, migraine and other effects of delayed

food hypersensitivities

In a message dated 1/2/2011 3:46:07 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

jackiechase66@... writes:

No labeling required is scary I've seen to many reaction and problems

caused by unknowns. Who tested the safety of this product if there where any

tests. Why does this product have to be hidden?

Jackie Chase RD

Dillingham AK

> I haven't heard any more about this as yet, so can't verify it or offer

> any opinion on the safety of neotame. I don't like the " no labeling

> required, " though. How do we know it is not an allergen for some people?

> Or have an adverse effect for a sub-population, like aspartame for

> people with PKU?

>

> http://farmwars.info/?p=4897#more-4897

>

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[Guest guest]

Also if anyone has $4500 to spare there is a newly released global market report

of the artificial sweeteners industry. Table of contents looks facinating

http://www.reportlinker.com/p087297/World-Artificial-Sweeteners-Markets.html

Global Artificial Sweeteners Industry

This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Artificial Sweeteners in US$

Thousand by the following major product classes: Aspartame, Acesulfame

Potassium, Saccharin, Sucralose, and Others. The report provides separate

comprehensive analytics for the US, Canada, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin

America, and Rest of World. Annual estimates and forecasts are provided for

each region for the period 2007 through 2015. Also, a seven-year historic

analysis is provided for these markets. The report profiles 117 companies

including many key and niche players such as Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Ajinomoto

Sweeteners Europe SAS, Cumberland Packing Corporation, Danisco A/S, Hermes

Sweetener Ltd., Imperial Sugar Company, McNeil Nutritionals, LLC, Merisant,

Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A), Inc., Nutrinova Inc., Spherix Incorporated, Tate & Lyle

plc, and The Nutrasweet Company. Market data and analytics are derived from

primary and secondary research. Company profiles are mostly extracted from URL

research and reported select online sources.

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-242290480.html -

Press release that lists the report's Table of Contents which includes Neotame

and :

7. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 31

Aspartame Free from Cancer Odds 31 Artificial Sweeteners May Not Aid Weight

Loss in Long Run 31 Artificial Sweeteners Can Lead to Overeating 32 Cause for

Sweetener 'Aftertaste' Disclosed 32 No Link Between Candy Consumption and

Hyperactivity 32

R Vajda, R.D.

________________________________

To: rd-usa

Sent: Mon, January 3, 2011 10:01:29 AM

Subject: Re: USDA Certified Organic's Dirty Little Secret: Neotame |

Farm Wars

Noted in the federal register. Article from: The Food Institute Report Article

date: February 15, 1999MONSANTO SWEETENER: Monsanto Co. has filed a petition

with FDA proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide

for the safe use of L-Phenylalanine,

N-[N-(3,3-dimethylbutyl)-L-aspartyl]-,1-methyl ester as a general use

sweetener. Monsanto proposes that this additive be identified as neotame.

Written comments on the petitioner's environmental assessment are due by April

10, 1999. For more information, contact: Blondell , (202)418-3106.

-Feb. 8, 1999, 64 FR 6100.

Article from: The Food Institute Report Article date: May 2, 2005 .... Despite

protests, FDA will not consider changing the final rule allowing use of neotame

as a nonnutritive sweetener in food. NutraSweet has been trying to establish a

market for this new product, neotame, which is about 40 times more potent than

aspartame. Neotame received regulatory approval in 2002. Contact Zajac,

Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, .

Based on the above date, I would guess that we've all been eating it for a while

(depending on your use of processed food). In the magnesium deficient (many of

us) the cell membrane doesn't block calcium, glutamate and aspartame from

flooding the brain cells and over-activity can cause cell death and over time

cause Alzheimers/senility. Acute losses of magnesium in sweat has been suggested

as a cause for unexplained stroke/heart attack post exercise.

" At higher [Ca2+]i concentrations, ROS and RNS lead to necrotic cell death,

which is followed by invading inflammatory cells and fibroblasts and consequent

replacement fibrosis. " -from Macro- and micronutrient dyshomeostasis in the

adverse structural remodelling of myodacardium (Cardiovasc Res. 2009 Feb 15;

81(3): 500-508 (Pub Med)

I was horrified, when checking electrolyte drink labels, to see that magnesium

wasn't in the Gatorade or Propel lines. There is some in Powerade though, and

the Glaceau brand SmartWater and Vitamin Waters. The World Health Organization

recommends that everyone using softened water should be informed that they may

need magnesium - the magnesium and calcium are exchanged for sodium by water

softening. Communities with ground water low in magnesium and those recently

switched to softened water have increased rates of acute myocardial infarction.

R Vajda, R.D.

________________________________

To: rd-usa

Sent: Sun, January 2, 2011 5:33:49 PM

Subject: Re: USDA Certified Organic's Dirty Little Secret: Neotame |

Farm Wars

Does ADA have any food regulatory liason? Ideally it should be an allergy

dietitian of some ilk.

It's embarrassing for consumer activist groups to be all over this before

us!

Michal Hogan, RD, LD, CLT

NUTRITIONRESULTS.COM

Helping patients, doctors and dietitians with the serious business of

helping folks with IBS, fibromyalgia, migraine and other effects of delayed

food hypersensitivities

In a message dated 1/2/2011 3:46:07 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

jackiechase66@... writes:

No labeling required is scary I've seen to many reaction and problems

caused by unknowns. Who tested the safety of this product if there where any

tests. Why does this product have to be hidden?

Jackie Chase RD

Dillingham AK

> I haven't heard any more about this as yet, so can't verify it or offer

> any opinion on the safety of neotame. I don't like the " no labeling

> required, " though. How do we know it is not an allergen for some people?

> Or have an adverse effect for a sub-population, like aspartame for

> people with PKU?

>

> http://farmwars.info/?p=4897#more-4897

>

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Neotame

Neotame is 7,000 to 13,000 times sweeter than sugar, depending on how it's used

in food, and has no calories. The FDA approved neotame in 2002 as a

general-purpose sweetener in a wide variety of food products other than meat

or poultry. It has been approved for use in baked goods, soft drinks, chewing

gum, frosting, frozen desserts, jams, jellies, gelatins, puddings, processed

fruit and fruit juices, toppings, and syrups.

Tarantino says that neotame is structurally similar to aspartame. " The

potential release of phenylalanine from neotame is so limited that a warning

for phenylketonuric-type individuals isn't warranted, " she says.

The FDA reviewed data from more than 100 animal and human studies on neotame.

These studies evaluated cancer-causing, reproductive, and neurological

effects. " Based on a thorough evaluation of the data, there are no adverse

effects anticipated when neotame is ingested at levels that are used in foods, "

Tarantino says.

from: Artificial sweeteners: no calories ... sweet! Article from: FDA

Consumer Article date: July 1, 2006

The " potential release " of phenylalanine may add up when someone is eating baked

goods, soft drinks, chewing gum, using frosting, frozen desserts, jams, jellies,

gelatins, puddings, processed fruit and juice, toppings and syrups - quite the

approved list - Nutrasweet and sucrolose are approved for all foods and

saccharin and Acesulfame-K (potassium) are approved for fewer foods.

The theory that there won't be enough consumed to add up to a risk must be based

on the more concentrated sweetness. If it is 7000 to 13000 times sweeter than

sugar and aspartame is only 200 times sweeter - then roughly 35 servings of

Neotame would give an equivalent amount of sweetening power and phenyalanine

dose as one aspartame serving. Toxicity standards need to consider cumulative

risk more, acute dosing is what is considered. Isn't any phenylanine bad in the

long run for a person with PKU - and the excitotoxin risk to the magnesium

deficient brain cell does not require a large dose. Glutamate and aspartate

function in a neurotransmitter capacity and are found in the brain in tiny

amounts compared to that found in the food supply these days.

R Vajda, R.D.

________________________________

To: rd-usa

Sent: Mon, January 3, 2011 10:01:29 AM

Subject: Re: USDA Certified Organic's Dirty Little Secret: Neotame |

Farm Wars

Noted in the federal register. Article from: The Food Institute Report Article

date: February 15, 1999MONSANTO SWEETENER: Monsanto Co. has filed a petition

with FDA proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide

for the safe use of L-Phenylalanine,

N-[N-(3,3-dimethylbutyl)-L-aspartyl]-,1-methyl ester as a general use

sweetener. Monsanto proposes that this additive be identified as neotame.

Written comments on the petitioner's environmental assessment are due by April

10, 1999. For more information, contact: Blondell , (202)418-3106.

-Feb. 8, 1999, 64 FR 6100.

Article from: The Food Institute Report Article date: May 2, 2005 .... Despite

protests, FDA will not consider changing the final rule allowing use of neotame

as a nonnutritive sweetener in food. NutraSweet has been trying to establish a

market for this new product, neotame, which is about 40 times more potent than

aspartame. Neotame received regulatory approval in 2002. Contact Zajac,

Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, .

Based on the above date, I would guess that we've all been eating it for a while

(depending on your use of processed food). In the magnesium deficient (many of

us) the cell membrane doesn't block calcium, glutamate and aspartame from

flooding the brain cells and over-activity can cause cell death and over time

cause Alzheimers/senility. Acute losses of magnesium in sweat has been suggested

as a cause for unexplained stroke/heart attack post exercise.

" At higher [Ca2+]i concentrations, ROS and RNS lead to necrotic cell death,

which is followed by invading inflammatory cells and fibroblasts and consequent

replacement fibrosis. " -from Macro- and micronutrient dyshomeostasis in the

adverse structural remodelling of myodacardium (Cardiovasc Res. 2009 Feb 15;

81(3): 500-508 (Pub Med)

I was horrified, when checking electrolyte drink labels, to see that magnesium

wasn't in the Gatorade or Propel lines. There is some in Powerade though, and

the Glaceau brand SmartWater and Vitamin Waters. The World Health Organization

recommends that everyone using softened water should be informed that they may

need magnesium - the magnesium and calcium are exchanged for sodium by water

softening. Communities with ground water low in magnesium and those recently

switched to softened water have increased rates of acute myocardial infarction.

R Vajda, R.D.

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To: rd-usa

Sent: Sun, January 2, 2011 5:33:49 PM

Subject: Re: USDA Certified Organic's Dirty Little Secret: Neotame |

Farm Wars

Does ADA have any food regulatory liason? Ideally it should be an allergy

dietitian of some ilk.

It's embarrassing for consumer activist groups to be all over this before

us!

Michal Hogan, RD, LD, CLT

NUTRITIONRESULTS.COM

Helping patients, doctors and dietitians with the serious business of

helping folks with IBS, fibromyalgia, migraine and other effects of delayed

food hypersensitivities

In a message dated 1/2/2011 3:46:07 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

jackiechase66@... writes:

No labeling required is scary I've seen to many reaction and problems

caused by unknowns. Who tested the safety of this product if there where any

tests. Why does this product have to be hidden?

Jackie Chase RD

Dillingham AK

> I haven't heard any more about this as yet, so can't verify it or offer

> any opinion on the safety of neotame. I don't like the " no labeling

> required, " though. How do we know it is not an allergen for some people?

> Or have an adverse effect for a sub-population, like aspartame for

> people with PKU?

>

> http://farmwars.info/?p=4897#more-4897

>

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