Les dangers de l'aspartame
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II Dangers of Aspartame :
The dangers of aspartame have been a well guarded secret since the 1980s. The research and history
of aspartame is conclusive as a cause of illness and toxic reactions in the human body. Aspartame is
a dangerous chemical food additive, and its use during pregnancy and by children particularly in
biscuits and candies , is one of the greatest danger for our health.
Why haven't you heard about aspartame poisoning before? Maybe because aspartame industry
brings lot of money and they want to protect their profits by keeping the truth behind aspartame's
dangers hidden from the public. After more than twenty years of aspartame use, the number of its
victims is rapidly piling up, and people are figuring out for themselves that aspartame is at the root
of their health problems.
In fact scientist experiments has shown that a daily consumption of aspartame can cause brain
tumors among rats, mouses and even monkeys so why not on the humans ? If a pregnant animal
consumpt daily aspartam we will observe brain diseases on the newborn. So the effect can even
affect the embryo.
● But What Happens to Aspartame Once It Enters the Body?
Aspartame is broken down by the body into three substances. These are methanol,
phenylalanine and aspartic acid:
– Methanol is converted to formaldehyde by the body and formaldehyde is
clearly proved like carcinogenic for humans by the IARC – International agency for
research on cancer.
– Phenyalanine is an amino acid. It is generally considered safe for everyone
except for sufferers of phenylketonuria .
– Aspartic acid is known to be a sort of neurotoxin which can damage brain
and nerve cells so we can better see the link with aspartame and brain tumors.
→ So to make a little sum up we can say that aspartam can't be directly toxic but in our
body can be transformed in toxic substances !
But unbelievably, dietitians, medical doctors and many public institutions are promoting the use of
"diet" soft drinks (like soda without sugar more communely said “soda zero”) and other foods with
aspartame as the answer to the problem of obesity. The worse in this affair is that scientists studies
proved that aspartame can cause obesity by destroysing the arcuate nucleus (in the hypothalamus)
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