TVNZ Closeup Aspartame Segment - Media Spin and Lies

[mewrox99]

Aspartame is safe. Also the definition of toxin is a biologically created poison eg. snake venom not food additives

[awakekiwi]

Aspartame is a biologically created poison. Just because some government agency has approved it as a food additive does not make it safe. It was Rumsfeld who got it approved under highly suspicious circumstances. The FDA didnt want it approved and it took almost a decade of dirty dealing behind the scenes for Rumsfeld to to sack any FDA members who didnt approve of it until he finally got his wish (and a big payout). Watch documentary "Aspartame: sweet poison" to get the historical facts.

[mewrox99]

Isn't it man-made (synthetic) biologically created means it's naturally biosynthesized by plants animals or micro-organisms

[awakekiwi]

yes synthetic it is, a synthetic poison (because its harmful to biological life.) Aspartame is carcinogenic and mutagenic. Aspartame contains free-form methanol which then converts into formaldehye in the body which also occurs in nature and is toxic to biological life, but no it is not a toxin per se. Aspartame is a poison. This is documented.

[awakekiwi]

Dr. Morando Soffritti of the Cesare Maltoni Cancer Research Center, European Ramazzini Foundation of Oncology and Environmental Sciences, has performed esteemed work on Aspartame. The Soffritti Studies demonstrate the most recent reputable research of the multipotential carcinogenic effects of aspartame administered in feed to Sprague-Dawley rats. Dr. Soffritti has proven aspartame is a carcinogen in two separate studies.

[Satarack]

@mewrox99

Aspartame breaks down into two amino acids, apsartic acid, and phenylaline and methanol in the body. Aspartame itself is actually made through a biorefining process using E.Coli bacteria to digest biomass and convert it to Aspartame, making it a biologically created substance.

[NZScanner]

@Satarack

Microrganisms in them selfes are not used. An enzyme called Thermolysin from Bacillus thermoproteolyticus is used as a catalyst to condense the two amino acids to form the dipeptide. Since no organism naturally biosynthesizes Aspartame it is not a toxin.

The bit about biomass been digested is just plain fiction. An enzyme is extracted, purified and used as a catalyst. No biomass is used

[Satarack]

@NZScanner

There's more than one way to synthesis chemicals, and there is more than one method of production as well, while more modern production methods using enzymatic catalyzed reactions, that does not mean that bacterial fermentation reactions don't exist. However, I just did some quick research, and you're right in a way. E.coli is not used to make aspartame directly. However it can be used to make aspartic acid and phenylaline.

[Satarack]

@NZScanner

See: Selective production of L-aspartic acid and L-phenylalanine by coupling reactions of aspartase and aminotransferase in Escherichia coli; Chao, Y.-P., Lo, T.-E., Luo, N.-S.

[Satarack]

@mewrox99

Aspartic acid and Phenylaline are classified as excitotoxins. Excitotoxins are a part of your brain chemistry already, but exist in controlled quantities and are responsible for stimulating transmitters in your brain. However, too much stimulation of a receptor can literally cause neurons and nerves to excite themselves to death. Further, some people lack the gene necessary to metabolize phenylaline, and will have severe, acute reactions to aspartame.

[Satarack]

@mewrox99

Finally, Methanol is widely known to be poisonous. Methanol will metabolize down into Formaldehyde, and further into formic acid. However, the aspartame industry tries to down play this in several ways. One common statement is that there is more methanol present in fruits than in aspartame. However this statement ignores the chemical state of methanol in fruits. In fruits, methanol is bound to pectin, and we have no enzymes capable of breaking this bound; so it leaves harmlessly.

[craig3008]

shit...that's it! I have terrible dizziness problems ...and drink Pepsi Max a lot...litres of it... that's it. No more. Time to get off the stuff and drink water. I'll save money too. Good video.

[mewrox99]

@craig3008

Thats probably the caffeine not the aspartame

[AnnoyedDragon]

During a collage summer holiday I set out on a daily exercise routine to lose weight, to reduce calories I also replaced my soft drinks with one that contained Aspartame.

When I had come back from the holiday my class mates noted I had slurred speech, that my memory recall was very poor, that my concentration was all over the place and that I struggled to write a paragraph over an entire lesson.

Eventually I removed the aspartame drink from my diet, after a few days I went back to normal.

[NZScanner]

@AnnoyedDragon

Cool Story Bro,

[Dziaji]

Same thing happened to my girlfriend. I fond out about aspartame's negative effects from the Alex Jones show, told her to stop eating it, she did, and her symptoms are gone. Thank god for Alex Jones. This stuff is poison.

[awakekiwi]

part two is up!! see video response above.. chur

[Ferre01]

I am a Chemist and worked on the DSM factory in the Netherlands where Aspartane is produced. I would NEVER use it myself. Toluene is used in he production, a highly toxic and cancerous substance which leaves traces, that alone is reason enough for me to avoid it like the plague.

[secondfield]

Nice work ... keep these vid's rolling out there!!....

Very subtle manipulation employed throughout the presentation. This is prevelant throught the 'programming' (aka brainwashing) that is delivered via mainstream media.