http://www.foodinfo.org.nz/when-is-nasty-truly-nasty/ Food and nutrition blog Fri, 20 Jun 2014 04:05:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6 http://www.foodinfo.org.nz/when-is-nasty-truly-nasty/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Donnell Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:33:07 +0000 http://www.foodinfo.org.nz/?p=96#comment-35 Apologies Samantha – I’ve been having some technical problems and had not spotted your comment until today.
Though I’m not sure what you’re meaning in your comment.
Aspartame has been shown to be safe to consume by the general population – even when consumed in relatively high amounts, unlike the naturally occurring toxic compounds in many foods.
The American Dietetic Association recently undertook a thorough analysis of all published studies on Aspartame, concluding in their evidence based library that the safety data on aspartame (for the general population and specific groups such as children and people with diabetes) is very sound.
The UK Food Safety Authority are currently recruiting for subjects who report to have an adverse reaction to aspartame (eg headaches) to take part in a randomised, double-blind, placebo controlled trial. It will probably take some time to complete, but if it is adequately powered it will provide further valuable evidence on this sweetener.

]]> http://www.foodinfo.org.nz/when-is-nasty-truly-nasty/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Samantha Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:55:35 +0000 http://www.foodinfo.org.nz/?p=96#comment-16 It is interesting that you have used examples of ‘natural’ foods that can be deadly – these foods are only deadly when mis-used and abused, eg. over-eating or eating too much of one type of food. They can hardly be compared to Aspartame in this context.

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