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Aspartame
The safety of aspartame has been the subject of several political and controversies.
Briefly said aspartame is the name for an artificial, non-saccharide sweetener used as a sugar substitute in many foods and beverages, for example drinks, desserts and sweets. Aspartame is 100-200 times sweeter than sugar in typical concentrations, without the high energy value of sugar.
The safety of aspartame has been the subject of several political and controversies.
A lot of aspartame has been examined but the research results are conflicting. In some of the studies it has been noticed that the aspartame will cause health risks whereas in some of the studies it has been ended up in the fact that they do not exist.
In July 2005 the European Ramazzini Foundation in Bologna (Italy) informed the public about a large life-time research on aspartame conducted in rats between 1997 and 1999. Based on the results from their research, the scientists from the European Ramazzini Foundation considered that aspartame may cause cancer and that its use in foods should be reconsidered.
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) immediately undertook the evaluation of the new findings and requested additional unpublished data required to carry out this work following discussions with the European Ramazzini Foundation in June 2005. The Panel concluded that based on all the evidence currently available from the European Ramazzini Foundation’s study, other recent studies and previous evaluations that there is no reason to further review the previous scientific opinion on the safety of aspartame.
In spite of all researches, aspartame has been found to be safe for human consumption by more than ninety countries worldwide (2008).
Is aspartame overuse dangerous?
>>http://www.evira.fi/portal/fi/elintarvikkeet/elintarviketietoa/lisaaineet/aspartaami/<<
>>http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/faqs/faqaspartame.htm<< (European Food Safety Authority)
>>http://www.communicationagents.com/sepp/2007/04/17/new_study_by_ramazzini_institute_confirms_aspartame_carcinogenic.htm<<
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