Aspartame+cancer - Weight Loss Message Board

pkpointe · 01-27-2004, 06:31 PM

While surfing the net just minutes ago I thought of an interesting connection. In the past I have heard that aspartame can cause breast cancer. IT IS TRUE IN LAB RATS !!! My mother, grandmother, and one of my mothers friends that also has cancer all have been diet pop drinkers. I suggest that you do your own researching in the links between the two. AND STOP EATING ASPARTAME

AngelB24 · 01-27-2004, 09:14 PM

I eat fat free yogurt and sugar free jello every single day. Should I be worried?

nenofury · 01-28-2004, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by pkpointe

While surfing the net just minutes ago I thought of an interesting connection. In the past I have heard that aspartame can cause breast cancer. IT IS TRUE IN LAB RATS !!! My mother, grandmother, and one of my mothers friends that also has cancer all have been diet pop drinkers. I suggest that you do your own researching in the links between the two. AND STOP EATING ASPARTAME

Don't get scared by alarmist statements. Millions of tons of aspartame are consumed worldwide. If it caused cancer, there would be a clear link. There isn't. Cancer is something we get from genetics. Certain things can help it along, but aspartame isn't one of them.

grlfrnd · 01-28-2004, 09:16 AM

I have extensively researched Aspartame years ago and to this day, I refuse to eat/drink anything containing it. Do a search for 'aspartame and brain tumors.' You will find a wealth of information (link after link) pertaining to the HORRORS of this artificial sweetener... why so many? Find out for yourself. FDA approved? BIG BIG JOKE! Money talks.

nenofury · 01-28-2004, 10:43 AM

The so-called controversy over aspartame (the most extensively tested food additive in history) goes back to the 80's and is based solely on the fact that the number of brain tumors jumped by 10 percent in 1984, a year after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the sweetener for widespread use in food and soft drinks. Similar increases in brain tumors occurred in Europe. That is it. Circumstantial evidence only.

Besides, foods containing aspartame usually contain lots of other artifical ingrediets. Diet sodas and things like that should be avoided anyway.