Controversial sweetener dropped from Mexican Coke Zero From Atlanta Journal Constitution MEXICO CITY - Coca-Cola has reformulated the Mexican version of Coca-Cola Zero, removing a controversial artificial sweetener that is banned in the United States and caused an outcry from consumer advocates in Mexico. Classic, and had nothing to do with concerns over sodium cyclamate, a sweetener banned in the United States 39 years ago by the Food and Drug Administration after lab findings suggested cyclamate posed a cancer risk. Sodium cyclamate, which is legal in more than 50 countries,...

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The Four Horsemen of the Health Apocalypse From Natural News.com Today the very health of modern man itself is under attack by the greedy elite who willingly trade profits for the ability of their fellow men and women to enjoy good health and live long enjoyable lives. Our soils have been depleted, our food crops have been genetically engineered to produce higher yields and more bulk with less nutrition and to withstand more pesticides, herbicides and artificial fertilizers that ensure higher profits at the cost of multitudes of health problems for those...

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Testimony re: Hawaii Rep. Josh Green, MD, Resolution re: Aspartame ... From OpEdNews Journal which was entirely paid for by Ajinomoto of Japan, the world's largest manufacturer of both aspartame and of another neurotoxic additive: Monosodium Glutamate, and purposefully excluded almost all of the independent studies which showed their obvious neurodegenerative harm from aspartame and its metabolic by products, like methanol, formaldehyde, and diketopiperazine. There is not one long-term study of aspartame safety ever conducted on the offspring of pregnant women consuming...

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Aloha Aspartame? Unfortunately, Not Yet From Natural News.com In 2006, New Mexico attempted legislation that would have effectively put a halt to what some have labeled, "Rumsfeld's Disease", named appropriately after aspartame's chief champion in the 1970's, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. According to Stephen Fox, there is still a bill to be considered by the Senate, but with over 3000 other bills in consideration, the Senate bill to ban aspartame has, "yet to be scheduled for its hearing." Awareness regarding the dangers of aspartame seems to be...

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Don’t do aspartame (you’re sweet enough, honey) From allthingswell.wordpress.com Searle, the company, had left out vital information in a study to see if aspartame produced cancer in rats, including evidence of significant tumours. Her results speak for themselves - 37 per cent of the females developed visible tumours (see the shocking pictures ) when fed a daily dose equivalent to two-thirds the amount of aspartame in an 8oz drink of diet soda. Goyan, previous head of the FDA who refused to license aspartame over safety concerns, was removed from his post by Ronald...

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