Last
July, Dr. Morando Soffritti, European Ramazzini Foundation of Oncology and Environmental Sciences director, of Bologna,
Italy, published research findings linking aspartame to lymphoma, leukemia and cancer in rats. Dr. Soffritti's study
alarmed many people who use artificial sweeteners, and sparked a controversial debate among scientists and consumers.
Dr. Soffritti's study involved 1,900 rats that had been given daily doses of the sweetener equivalent to four to five
20-ounce bottles of diet soda for a 150-pound person. Part of the reasoning behind the new study to examine the
findings of Dr. Soffritti's original study, is that he allowed rats in his study to live three years, as opposed to the
normal two years research rats live. Two rat years is equivalent to 53 human years. His argument for studying rats an
additional year, is that cancer is a disease striking most people in the third part of life. In all fairness, the
controversy regarding the safety of aspartame began years ago, and evokes strong debate, and conflicting evidence, on
both sides of the aspartame argument. The new study will be published in the United States later this year. Do you
think artificial sweeteners are safe?Note: The contents of this blog are for informational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice or substitute for professional care. For medical emergencies, dial 911!
Study linking aspartame to cancer in question
Last
July, Dr. Morando Soffritti, European Ramazzini Foundation of Oncology and Environmental Sciences director, of Bologna,
Italy, published research findings linking aspartame to lymphoma, leukemia and cancer in rats. Dr. Soffritti's study
alarmed many people who use artificial sweeteners, and sparked a controversial debate among scientists and consumers.
Dr. Soffritti's study involved 1,900 rats that had been given daily doses of the sweetener equivalent to four to five
20-ounce bottles of diet soda for a 150-pound person. Part of the reasoning behind the new study to examine the
findings of Dr. Soffritti's original study, is that he allowed rats in his study to live three years, as opposed to the
normal two years research rats live. Two rat years is equivalent to 53 human years. His argument for studying rats an
additional year, is that cancer is a disease striking most people in the third part of life. In all fairness, the
controversy regarding the safety of aspartame began years ago, and evokes strong debate, and conflicting evidence, on
both sides of the aspartame argument. The new study will be published in the United States later this year. Do you
think artificial sweeteners are safe?Reader Comments
(Page 1)2. At 59 I was diagnosed with stage 4 Non-Hodgkin's large Bcell lymphoma. Never having worked with chemicals and always trying to have a healthy lifestyle,(never smoked,ate well,thought I avoided aspartame)i was in deep shock. However..I used to chew a lot of gum..Perhaps over the last 30 years (along with stress that lowered resistance) the cumulative effects of aspartame had something to do with it. I have had 8 chemo sessions and it seems to have gone. Please God for good.
Posted at 12:59AM on Mar 6th 2006 by pat Marshall
1. My oncologist advised me to avoid ALL ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS when he said NONE were safe and all had a high risk for causing cancer. This advice was after my breast cancer surgery in the early 80's. I had been using Nutrasweet for almost 2 years when I was diagnosed.
My sister had breast cancer also...and she too had been using Nutrasweet for years. My sister in law's 17 yr old sister died of OVARIAN Cancer in 1984. She had been taking in Diet (powdered) Aspartame sweetened tea since 1981. The girl drank the stuff all day, weekends, nights, holidays...anytime she was NOT at school. This honor student did NOT get to walk with her graduating class, so was given her diploma before she died.
Drs. continued to tell the family (in the early 80's) that 16 yr olds do NOT get OVARIAN cancer...according to all they were taught as doctors. We know now..that such a belief was in place PRIOR TO the marketing of Aspartame/Nutrasweet in 1981.
The first Aspartame tests revealed seizures, a HIGH RATE of OVARIAN, Mammary, Brain, & other horrible malignancies which twisted the bodies of lab rats..also shrinking of male testes & lowering testosterone...and Grand Mal Seizures and total heart block/sudden death syndrome in infant monkeys fed Aspartame/Nutrasweet.
The Scientific University of Norway reported (Dec. 2001) that their study revealed Aspartame causing BRAIN DAMAGE in the area of the brain we use for learning.
Dr. Louis Elsas, who was Professor Pediatrics at Emory in the 1980's testified before Congress that his study (study of brain damage in babies who took in Aspartame while in the womb)..showed Aspartame is a Teratogen, causes birth defects. His testimony is part of the Congressional Record.
NOW...we have the latest..the disturbing report from Bologna, Italy...from the European Ramazzini Foundation of Oncology reporting Aspartame AS A CARCINOGEN, causing at LEAST 6 KINDS of Cancer..with a high rate of LYMPHOMA and LEUKEMIA in females.
http://www.ramazzini.it/fondazione/docs/AspartameGEO2005.pdf See other links below:
Below is the United Press report from Bologna, Italy:
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060212-072535-8547r
Below is the NY Times article on Dr. Morando Soffritti, a cancer researcher in Bologna, Italy, and his research done on 1,900 lab animals fed Aspartame.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/12/business/yourmoney/12sweet.html
Posted at 1:34AM on Feb 17th 2006 by Charmelle Guercio