Re: Beware - Aspartame Has Been Renamed

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Good to know and thanks! Happy V day! Jen "The truth shall set you free""An it harm none, do what ye will""Hold Love with an open palm""Be the change you wish to see in the world" Ghandi"Stand in good relation to all things""Walk with good

intent""A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer,it sings because it has a song."Dr. Maya Angelou"You can't sit around and wait for the storm to be over. . .You've got to learn how to dance in the rain." "Live life in a way that enables one to be kind"The rainbow is the pot of gold!And all the bi~waystwists and turns, seasons of change, apprehension turned Joy everlastingThe journey is the destination.Guillain~Barre http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/gbs/gbs.htm"Always be a first-rate version of yourself,instead of a second-rate version of somebody else"Mountain Hare KrishnaKrishna Das et

Sting(Hare Krishna et Amazing Grace)

"And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair." Kahlil Gibranwww.myspace.com/granniejenGather Dances the Moon be me. From: Liane Legey <liane@...> < >; AgelessWisdomDiscussion ; United_by_Hearts Sent: Sat, February 13, 2010 9:57:50 PMSubject: [] Beware - Aspartame Has Been Renamed

Beware - Aspartame Has Been

Renamed 'AminoSweet'

And is now being marketed as a 'natural' sweetener!

By Ethan Huff

Citizen Journalist

2-13-10

In response to growing awareness about the dangers of

artificial sweeteners, what does the manufacturer of one of the world's

most notable artificial sweeteners do? Why, rename it and begin marketing

it as natural, of course. This is precisely the strategy of Ajinomoto,

maker of aspartame, which hopes to pull the wool over the eyes of the public

with its rebranded version of aspartame, called "AminoSweet".

Over 25 years ago, aspartame was first introduced into

the European food supply. Today, it is an everyday component of most

diet

beverages, sugar-free desserts, and chewing gums in countries worldwide.

But the tides have been turning as the general public is waking up to the

truth about artificial sweeteners like aspartame and the harm they cause

to health. The latest aspartame marketing scheme is a desperate effort

to indoctrinate the public into accepting the chemical sweetener as natural

and safe, despite evidence to the contrary.

Aspartame was an accidental discovery by Schlatter,

a chemist who had been trying to produce an anti-ulcer pharmaceutical drug

for G.D. Searle & Company back in 1965. Upon mixing aspartic acid and

phenylalanine, two naturally-occurring amino acids, he discovered that

the new compound had a sweet taste. The company merely changed its FDA

approval application from drug to food additive and, voila, aspartame was

born.

G.D. Searle & Company first patented aspartame in

1970. An internal memo released in the same year urged company executives

to work on getting the FDA into the "habit of saying yes" and

of encouraging a "subconscious spirit of participation" in getting

the chemical approved.

G.D. Searle & Company submitted its first petition

to the FDA in 1973 and fought for years to gain FDA approval, submitting

its own safety studies that many believed were inadequate and deceptive.

Despite numerous objections, including one from its own scientists, the

company was able to convince the FDA to approve aspartame for commercial

use in a few products in 1974, igniting a blaze of controversy.

In 1976, then FDA Commissioner Schmidt wrote

a letter to Sen. Ted Kennedy expressing concern over the "questionable

integrity of the basic safety data submitted for aspartame safety".

FDA Chief Counsel Merrill believed that a grand jury should investigate

G.D. Searle & Company for lying about the safety of aspartame in

its

reports and for concealing evidence proving the chemical is unsafe for

consumption.

Despite the myriad of evidence gained over the years

showing that aspartame is a dangerous toxin, it has remained on the global

market with the exception of a few countries that have banned it. In

fact,

it continued to gain approval for use in new types of food despite evidence

showing that it causes neurological brain damage, cancerous tumors, and

endocrine disruption, among other things.

The details of aspartame's history are lengthy, but the

point remains that the carcinogen was illegitimately approved as a food

additive through heavy-handed prodding by a powerful corporation with its

own interests in mind. Practically all drugs and food additives are approved

by the FDA not because science shows they are safe but because companies

essentially lobby the FDA with monetary payoffs and complete the agency's

multi-million dollar approval process.

Changing aspartame's name to something that

is "appealing

and memorable", in Ajinomoto's own words, may hoodwink some but hopefully

most will reject this clever marketing tactic as nothing more than a

desperate

attempt to preserve the company's multi-billion dollar cash cow. Do not

be deceived.

Sources

Ajinomoto brands aspartame 'AminoSweet' - http://www.foodbev. com/news/ ajinomoto- brands-aspartame -aminosweet

Aspartame History Highlights - Janet Starr Hull http://www.sweetpoison.com/articles/0908/aspartame_history.html

FDA's approval of aspartame under scrutiny -

The Globe

and Mail (Canada) http://www.wnho. net/fdas_ approval_ of_aspartame_ under_scrutiny. pdf

An Overdue Ban On A Dangerous Sweetener - Huffington

Post

http://www.huffingt onpost.com/ samuel-s- epstein/an- overdue-ban- on-a-dange_ b_250249. html

Sent from Midlothian, VA, United States

[Guest guest]

Thank you for posting this information about Aspartame. I copied the info and

emailed it out to all my family/friends. Ever since Aspartame came out and I

drank it in a Diet Soda...and got a severe headache...I never touch the stuff.

Anything that affects the brain, I leave alone.

I also wanted to share that after I send the email with all the info about how

the name was being changed to Amino Sweet, a good friend called to tell me that

it was listed on his Diet Pepsi as Aspartame or Amino Sweet.

HOWEVER...it was listed by it's chemical name...aspartic

acid and phenylalanine.

I think that's pretty tricky. How many of us remember chemical names?

Anyway...just wanted you all to be aware.

Lynn " ManyFires "

>

> Good to know and thanks! Happy V day! Jen

>

>

> " The truth shall set you free "

> " An it harm none, do what ye will "

> " Hold Love with an open palm "

> " Be the change you wish to see in the world "

> Ghandi

> " Stand in good relation to all things "

> " Walk with good intent "

> " A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer,

> it sings because it has a song. "

> Dr. Maya Angelou

> " You can't sit around and wait for the storm to be over. . .

> You've got to learn how to dance in the rain. "

> " Live life in a way that enables one to be kind "

> The rainbow is the pot of gold!

> And all the bi~ways

> twists and turns,

> seasons of change,

> apprehension turned Joy everlasting

> The journey is the destination.

> Guillain~Barre

> http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/gbs/gbs.htm

> " Always be a first-rate version of yourself,

> instead of a second-rate version of somebody else "

> Mountain Hare Krishna

> Krishna Das et Sting

> (Hare Krishna et Amazing Grace)

>

>

> " And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet

> and the winds long to play with your hair. "

> Kahlil Gibran

> www.myspace.com/granniejen

> Gather Dances the Moon be me.

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> ________________________________

> From: Liane Legey <liane@...>

> < >;

AgelessWisdomDiscussion ; United_by_Hearts

> Sent: Sat, February 13, 2010 9:57:50 PM

> Subject: [] Beware - Aspartame Has Been Renamed

>

>

> Beware - Aspartame Has Been

> Renamed 'AminoSweet'

> And is now being marketed as a 'natural'

> sweetener!

> By Ethan Huff

> Citizen Journalist

> 2-13-10

>

> In response to growing awareness about the

> dangers of artificial sweeteners, what does the manufacturer of one of the

> world's most notable artificial sweeteners do? Why, rename it and begin

> marketing it as natural, of course. This is precisely the strategy of

> Ajinomoto, maker of aspartame, which hopes to pull the wool over the eyes of

> the public with its rebranded version of aspartame, called " AminoSweet " .

>

> Over 25 years ago, aspartame was first

> introduced into the European food supply. Today, it is an everyday component

of most diet beverages, sugar-free desserts, and chewing gums in countries

> worldwide. But the tides have been turning as the general public is waking up

> to the truth about artificial sweeteners like aspartame and the harm they

> cause to health. The latest aspartame marketing scheme is a desperate

> effort to indoctrinate the public into accepting the chemical sweetener as

> natural and safe, despite evidence to the contrary.

>

> Aspartame was an accidental discovery by

> Schlatter, a chemist who had been trying to produce an anti-ulcer

> pharmaceutical drug for G.D. Searle & Company back in 1965. Upon mixing

aspartic

> acid and phenylalanine, two naturally-occurring amino acids, he discovered

> that the new compound had a sweet taste. The company merely changed its

> FDA approval application from drug to food additive and, voila,

> aspartame was born.

>

> G.D. Searle & Company first patented

> aspartame in 1970. An internal memo released in the same year urged company

> executives to work on getting the FDA into the " habit of saying yes " and of

encouraging a " subconscious spirit of participation " in getting the chemical

approved.

>

> G.D. Searle & Company submitted its

> first petition to the FDA in 1973 and fought for years to gain FDA approval,

> submitting its own safety studies that many believed were inadequate and

> deceptive. Despite numerous objections, including one from its own scientists,

> the company was able to convince the FDA to approve aspartame for

> commercial use in a few products in 1974, igniting a blaze of controversy.

>

> In 1976, then FDA Commissioner

> Schmidt wrote a letter to Sen. Ted Kennedy expressing concern over the

> " questionable integrity of the basic safety data submitted for aspartame

safety " . FDA Chief Counsel Merrill believed that a grand jury should

> investigate G.D. Searle & Company for lying about the safety of aspartame in

its reports and for concealing evidence proving the chemical is unsafe

> for consumption.

>

> Despite the myriad of evidence gained over

> the years showing that aspartame is a dangerous toxin, it has remained on the

> global market with the exception of a few countries that have banned it. In

fact, it continued to gain approval for use in new types of food despite

> evidence showing that it causes neurological brain damage, cancerous tumors,

> and endocrine disruption, among other things.

>

> The details of aspartame's history are

> lengthy, but the point remains that the carcinogen was illegitimately approved

as a

> food additive through heavy-handed prodding by a powerful corporation

> with its own interests in mind. Practically all drugs and food additives are

> approved by the FDA not because science shows they are safe but because

> companies essentially lobby the FDA with monetary payoffs and complete the

> agency's multi-million dollar approval process.

>

> Changing aspartame's name to something that is " appealing and memorable " , in

Ajinomoto's own words, may hoodwink some but

> hopefully most will reject this clever marketing tactic as nothing more than a

desperate attempt to preserve the company's multi-billion dollar cash cow. Do

> not be deceived.

>

>

> Sources

>

>

> Ajinomoto brands aspartame 'AminoSweet' - http://www.foodbev. com/news/

ajinomoto- brands-aspartame -aminosweet

>

>

> Aspartame History Highlights - Janet Starr

> Hull http://www.sweetpoison.com/articles/0908/aspartame_history.html

>

>

> FDA's approval of aspartame under scrutiny - The Globe and Mail (Canada)

http://www.wnho. net/fdas_ approval_ of_aspartame_ under_scrutiny. pdf

>

>

> An Overdue Ban On A Dangerous Sweetener -

> Huffington Post

> http://www.huffingt onpost.com/ samuel-s- epstein/an- overdue-ban- on-a-dange_

b_250249. html

>

>

> Sent from Midlothian, VA, United States

>