OpEdNews
May 11, 2008
By Stephen Fox
This is astonishing!
The world's largest Aspartame and MSG manufacturer, Ajinomoto, has decided to sue ASDA, the UK Supermarket chain, for removing the sale of products containing aspartame, the neurotoxic and carcinogenic artificial sweetener, which was done
AT THE REQUEST OF THEIR OWN CUSTOMERS!
Fresh from their many successes, like a Forbes article/puff piece in February, routing the genteel legislative effort in the Hawaii Senate to just ask the FDA Commissioner to rescind the approval for their product in US markets, etc., perhaps Ajinomoto is about to shoot itself in the foot, or more apropos: commit a kind of jurisprudential hari kiri in its efforts to silence ASDA's publicity.
There is a superb article here:
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NewsWithViews.com
By Shane Ellison M. Sc.
The People's Chemist
April 13, 2008
If you could make one simple change in your diet to help you melt fat, sleep better, and improve your memory ... wouldn't you do it? What if that same simple dietary change could increase your energy, conquer depression, save your eyesight, restore your mental alertness, get your bedroom energy rockin', and increase your lifespan?
This may sound too good to be true. But it's not. And you don't have to take drugs. Nor do you have to try some newfangled experimental supplements. Or stop eating. Or even give up the foods you love.
It's as simple as reducing the amount of sugar you eat.
This is not a trick. I said you don't have to give up the foods you love. And that includes sweets. You can actually give up sugar and keep your sweet tooth happy. This is the greatest health secret of all time. And I'm gonna teach you how to incorporate it into your life.
Before I tell you how, I want you to know just why you should give up sugar.
It's not just because of all the aforementioned benefits. It's because sugar can have serious health consequences.
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OpEdNews
April 9, 2008
By Stephen Fox
Open Letter by Dr. Betty Martini
To Legislators: Corroborating references for Senate Concurrent Resolution 191, Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland
To Honorable Senator David Ige and the Honorable Lorraine Inouye, Co-chairs, Joint Health/Intergovernmental Affairs Committee and Members of the Committee
Dear Senator Ige, Senator Inouye, and Members of the Committee:
It has come to my attention that you want references to the resolution to corroborate all of the "whereases" in the resolution. I'm very happy to give you these, and you will find them in caps below the comments. I will also fax you some of the documents. Had you asked earlier, at any time in the prior 25 days, we would have been able to gladly send you this background information.
Please feel free to ask for any additional information you would like to have. I trust that by this time, you have taken the time to watch Sweet Misery, submitted by Adrian Chang as part of his official testimony on the prior Senate bill by Kalani English, concerning a statutory ban, the bill you decided to defer, which resulted in this vital resolution.
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The New Nation
Professor Dr. M. Afzal Hossain
Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana) is an exotic plant in our country. It has both economical and medicinal importance. The main glycosidic compound accumulated in this plant is stevioside which is 250-300 times sweeter than sucrose. Stevia (also called sweetleaf or sugarleaf) is a genus of about 150 species of herbs and shrubs in the sunflower family (Asteraceae), native to subtropical and tropical South America and Central America. Stevioside is a glycoside of the diterpene derivative of steviol. Steviol glycosides are natural constituents of the plant Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni.
Man does not produce stevioside, or synthesize it in a laboratory or manufacture it. Man simply *extracts* it, just like nature produced it from the tiny leaf of a beautiful little South American plant. Thus stevioside is not "artificial" or "synthetic"; it is truly a natural product and also a "low-calorie" one.
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Foodnavigator.com
By staff reporter
Review raises questions over aspartame and brain health
03/04/2008- Excessive intake of aspartame may inhibit the ability of enzymes in the brain to function normally, suggests a new review that could fan the flames of controversy over the sweetener.
The review, by scientists from the University of Pretoria and the University of Limpopo and published recently in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, indicated that high consumption of the sweetener may lead to neurodegeneration.
Aspartame is made up of phenylalanine (50 per cent), aspartic acid (40 per cent) and methanol (10 per cent). It is commonly used in food products for the diet or low calorie market, including soft drinks and chewing gums. It was approved for use in foods in the US and EU member states in the early 1980s.
The sweetener has caused much controversy amid suspicions on whether it is entirely safe, with studies linking the ingredient and cancer in rats.
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