Aspartame

Or, How You Are Slowly Killing Yourself

Chances are you drink aspartame all the time. Every time you take a sip of your Diet Coke, or put some Equal in your coffee, or consume one of nearly 6,000 other consumer products featuring the poisonous sweetener.

Chances also are that you have no idea just what aspartame is and why it has a relatively high possibility of causing you health risks, including the worst health risk of all - death.

Here is a small list of the illnesses linked to use of aspartame (known as E951 in Europe): Headaches/migraines, dizziness, seizures, nausea, numbness, muscle spasms, weight gain, rashes, depression, fatigue, irritability, tachycardia, insomnia, vision problems, hearing loss, heart palpitations, breathing difficulties, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, loss of taste, tinnitus, vertigo, memory loss, and joint pain (Dr. Joseph Mercola)

And just think, America, even with knowing all of the above information, your government still approved it and labeled it suitable for human consumption. Which reminds me, there is an interesting story that goes along with that:

Donald Rumsfeld.

Most of you may know him as the former Secretary of Defense under Gerald Ford in the 1970s, but more infamously as the Secretary of Defense under the Bush Administration in recent years. He is one of the original architects of death in Iraq, but also one of the architects in getting aspartame approved by the FDA. It went thus:

The Food and Drug Administration had initially put the brakes on the use of aspartame in consumer products, much to the chagrin of the company that Rumsfeld just so happened to be the CEO of, G.D. Searle & Company, whose scientists had accidentally discovered the sweetening properties.

Soon after Ronald Reagen took office, a fellow Republican, Rumsfeld reapplied for approval from the FDA, which he got - because Reagen had appointed a new, right-wing friendly FDA commissioner. After approving the poison, the commissioner left for a position in Public Relations at G.D. Searle. Sound shady? That's because it is.

Rumsfeld used his political power to poison you.

That aside, there is little you can do to avoid the substance now. But, at least knowing and watching for it should be enough to side-step most major damages. It would probably be wise to cut out most, if not all, diet soft drinks (this also might do some wonders for your dental bills) and other so-called healthy and diet concoctions.