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  • mascherano
    mascherano Posts: 649 Forumite
    conatains harmful chemicals such as aspartame:
    The effect of aspartame administration on oncogene and suppressor gene expressions.
    Gombos K, Varjas T, Orsós Z, Polyák E, Peredi J, Varga Z, Nowrasteh G, Tettinger A, Mucsi G, Ember I.

    Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Public Health University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary. katalin_gombos@yahoo.com

    BACKGROUND: Aspartame (L-phenylalanine N-L-alpha-aspartyl-1-methyl ester) is an artificial sweetener with widespread applications. Previously published results have shown that among rats receiving aspartame a significant increase of lymphoreticular neoplasms, brain tumours and transitional cell tumours occurred. CONCLUSION: Aspartame has a biological effect even at the recommended daily maximum dose.

    Results of long-term carcinogenicity bioassay on Sprague-Dawley rats exposed to aspartame administered in feed.
    Belpoggi F, Soffritti M, Padovani M, Degli Esposti D, Lauriola M, Minardi F.

    Cesare Maltoni Cancer Research Center, European Foundation of Oncology and Environmental Sciences B. Ramazzini, 40010 Bentivoglio, Bologna, Italy.

    Aspartame (APM) is one of the most widely used artificial sweeteners in the world. Its ever-growing use in more than 6000 products, such as soft drinks, chewing gum, candy, desserts, etc., has been accompanied by rising consumer concerns regarding its safety, in particular its potential long-term carcinogenic effects. In light of the inadequacy of the carcinogenicity bioassays performed in the 1970s and 1980s, a long-term mega-experiment on APM was undertaken at the Cesare Maltoni Cancer Research Center of the European Ramazzini Foundation on groups of male and female Sprague-Dawley rats (100-150/sex/group), 8 weeks old at the start of the experiment. APM was administered in feed at concentrations of 100,000, 50,000, 10,000, 2,000, 400, 80, or 0 ppm. Treatment lasted until spontaneous death of the animals. The results of the study demonstrate that APM causes: (a) an increased incidence of malignant tumor-bearing animals, with a positive significant trend in both sexes, and in particular in females treated at 50,000 ppm (P < or = 0.01) when compared to controls; (b) an increase in lymphomas-leukemias, with a positive significant trend in both sexes, and in particular in females treated at doses of 100,000 (P < or = 0.01), 50,000 (P < or = 0.01), 10,000 (P < or = 0.05), 2000 (P < or = 0.05), and 400 ppm (P < or = 0.01); (c) a statistically significant increased incidence, with a positive significant trend, of transitional cell carcinomas of the renal pelvis and ureter in females and particularly in those treated at 100,000 ppm (P < or = 0.05); and (d) an increased incidence of malignant schwannomas of the peripheral nerves, with a positive trend in males (P < or = 0.05). The results of this mega-experiment indicate that APM, in the tested experimental conditions, is a multipotential carcinogenic agent.

    PMID: 17119233 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
  • TCO987
    TCO987 Posts: 48 Forumite
    didnt get a word u said! :p
  • mascherano
    mascherano Posts: 649 Forumite
    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :T
    lol what im saying is; aspartame has been shown to cause cancer. Canderel contains aspartame.
    The aspartame debacle is possibly an enormous scandal and public health catastrophe in the making.
    The history of aspartame and its subsequent licensing is a story of greed and corruption, look into it if you care.
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