Whats Wrong With This Picture?... The 2007 review on aspartame safety, published in Critical Reviews and Toxicology, was funded by the Burdock Group, a food ingredient approvals company. The authors of this industry-funded study conclude that they could find no credible evidence that aspartame is carcinogenic or that it affects brain function in any way. They argue that rat studies showing a positive link between aspartame and cancer were done using huge doses of aspartame, above what normal human intake would be. According to Leigh-Ann Silber, a representative dietician for Canderel, “part of the basis for consensus on safety is that in order to reach the ADI for aspartame, a 150 lb. person would have to consume 97 packets of tabletop sweetener per day”. However, the Burdock Group also funded studies that criticized the work of Soffritti. Silber also adds, that although the review was industry-funded, an independent expert panel from 10 universities and medical schools conducted the study. Bernadene Magnuson, who currently consults to the Coca-Cola Company, led the panel. Hmmmm
Posted on: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 23:52:57 +0000
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