What is aspartame?
Definition : "an artificial sweetener made from aspartic acid; used as a calorie-free sweetener."
This looks good on paper, but if you dig into the components on aspartame, you'll become disillusioned.
Aspartame is between 160 and 200 times sweeter than sugar, and contains methanol ( click on this link to find out what methanol is)
Now, aspartame has been banned in Europe BUT is still legal in the US. Here is the US government's response after Europe banned aspartame.
Why? Mosanto is the key answer. ( google key words, you'll find really interesting articles)
What do you think ?
It's scary that part of the reason they don't ban it is because methanol can be found in other foods too. As if that makes it any better. I wonder how much corporations play into the decision by the FDA not to ban it? We saw how big of a factor they play in the industrialization of food and I would imagine their role is similar here too.
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