In google: 2,370,000 results for aspartame (it was 113,000 results in 2002).
The Guardian article seems sceptical about scare stories: "Catherine Collins, the chief dietician at St George's Hospital and a spokesperson for the British Dietetic Association, says that despite the screeds of alarming information about aspartame on the internet she is comfortable about the sweetener precisely because it is made up of amino acids found naturally in other foods."
The article mentions a 3yr study on aspartame. It's mentioned here:
Evaluation of the Dietary Additive Aspartame (‘Nutrasweet’) as a risk factor for central nervous system tumours (Dr Peter Nunn). 3 year project with grant funding of £187,074.00.
This study found that Aspartame and its derivatives
• I. Do not appear to interact with cellular macromolecules
• II. Do not cause biochemical changes characteristic of reactive molecules
• III. Lack the activity normally associated with direct carcinogens
• IV. Do not cause DNA damage as defined by comet assay.
In summary, taken together with the data from the literature, it is concluded that Aspartame and the breakdown products studied are not carcinogenic.
So that report says it is safe - does not cause brain tumours.
But this website here - Dorway
- is all about bad aspartame. It doesn't mention King's College.
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