Other side of the coin

[Guest guest]

Caroline,

 

 

I went to the page you suggested

(http://www.netsquirrel.com/combatkit/nutrasweet.html) and followed some

links there. This is what I found:

http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/100.html)

 

" " Analysis Shows Nearly 100% of Independent Research Finds Problems With

Aspartame

October 17, 1996

 

An analysis of peer reviewed medical literature using MEDLINE and other

databases was conducted by Ralph G. Walton, MD, Chairman, The Center for

Behavioral Medicine, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Northeastern Ohio

Universities College of Medicine. Dr. Walton analyzed 164 studies which were

felt to have relevance to human safety questions. Of those studies, 74

studies had aspartame industry-related sponsorship and 90 were funded

without any industry money.

 

Of the 90 non-industry-sponsored studies, 83 (92%) identified one or more

problems with aspartame. Of the 7 studies which did not find a problems, 6

of those studies were conducted by the FDA. Given that a number of FDA

officials went to work for the aspartame industry immediately following

approval (including the former FDA Commissioner), many consider these

studies to be equivalent to industry-sponsored research.

 

Of the 74 aspartame industry-sponsored studies, all 74 (100%) claimed that

no problems were found with aspartame. This is reminiscent of tobacco

industry research where it is primarily the tobacco research which never

finds problems with the product, but nearly all of the independent studies

do find problems.

 

The 74 aspartame industry-sponsored studies are those which one inveriably

sees cited in PR/news reports and reported by organizations funded by

Monsanto/Benevia/NutraSweet (e.g., IFIC, ADA). These studies have severe

design deficiencies which help to guarantee the " desired " outcomes. These

design deficiencies may not be apparent to the inexperienced scientist.

Healthcare practitioners and scientists should print out the all of the

documents on the Monsanto/NutraSweet Scientific Abuse web page, the

Scientific FAQs web page and the Aspartame Toxicity Reaction Report Samples.

Please refer scientific questions to mgold. " "

 

So Caroline, are you saying that this is also misinformation/hoax? For me it

seems that you believe " blindly " the aspartame industry related (FDA

included) info and neglect all the " independent " reseach. And I think you

think the opposite of me, that I believe all the " independent info and...But

anyway, one of us is more right on this issue. By now I KNOW it's me. This

is a heavy statement, but when you know that you know, why hide it?

 

Take care!

 

Harri

 

PS. I don't want any war of ideas with this. I only want that that there

wouldn't be potentially dangerous misinformation circulating in net (in this

case: aspartame has no negative health effects) as I know you do, too.