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  Aspartame - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aspartame’s attractiveness as a sweetener comes from the fact that it is approximately 180 times sweeter than sugar in typical concentrations without the high energy value of sugar.
Following initial safety testing, there was debate as to whether these tests had indicated that aspartame may cause cancer in rats; as a result, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) did not approve its use as a food additive in the United States for many years.
There is debate in the scientific and medical community as to whether these symptoms are or are not caused by short-term or long-term exposure to aspartame.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aspartame   (3033 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Cola   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Cola drinks are generally sweetened with corn syrup, sugar or an artificial sweetener.
Corn syrup, known as glucose syrup outside Canada and the United States, is a syrup made from corn starch and composed mainly of glucose.
A sweetener is a food additive which adds the basic taste of sweetness to a food.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Cola   (2523 words)

  
 Vitamin B Complex: Essential for Health
There is some debate concerning whether the synthetics or the naturals work better for severe deficiencies or conditions where a quick therapeutic result is needed.
Stevia may be found in a small number of supplements but will not be labeled as a sweetener due to FDA regulations prohibiting its use as a sweetener in foods or other products.
Mannitol is used primarily as a thickener, stabilizer and sweetener.
www.chetday.com /bvitamins.html   (5418 words)

  
 gladwell dot com - the ketchup conundrum
The artificial sweetener aspartame had just become available, and Pepsi wanted Moskowitz to figure out the perfect amount of sweetener for a can of Diet Pepsi.
Tomato ketchup is a nineteenth-century creation—the union of the English tradition of fruit and vegetable sauces and the growing American infatuation with the tomato.
Harvey Washington Wiley, the chief of the Bureau of Chemistry in the Department of Agriculture from 1883 to 1912, came to believe that benzoates were not safe, and the result was an argument that split the ketchup world in half.
www.gladwell.com /2004/2004_09_06_a_ketchup.html   (4878 words)

  
 ADD - Attention Deficit Disorder - Hyperactivity - ADHD - Holistic Medicine
According to Feingold, perhaps 40 to 50 percent of hyperactive children are sensitive to artificial food colors, flavors, and preservatives.
Feingold's work has stimulated a classic example of such debate, because the American food supply and American agribusiness is profitably enmeshed in the use of food additives.
One example of amino acid excess causing hyperactive behaviour occurs with the artificial sweetener, aspartame.
www.all-natural.com /add.html   (2933 words)

  
 Useless Information
A couple of minutes later, Ari heard a tapping on his window.
“I just thought you’d like to know,” God said through the bulletproof glass, “that your old pal Rummy died from an overdose of artificial sweetener.” Upon hearing this, Ari grinned.
After waiting fifteen minutes in line, all the while gagging on artificially buttered popcorn fumes, our turn came at the counter.
www.williammichaelian.com /useless/useless.html   (10962 words)

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