IS ASPARTAME (NUTRASWEET®)
SAFE?
A MEDICAL, PUBLIC HEALTH AND LEGAL OVERVIEW
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEW
- ASPARTAME AND ITS APPROVAL
- ASPARTAME CONSUMPTION AND PROMOTION
- PROFESSIONAL CONCERN
DATA BASE OF 1,200 ASPARTAME REACTORS
- Clinical Criteria
- General Statistics of Aspartame
Reactors
- Eye Complaints
- Ear Complaints
- Neurological Complaints
- Psychological/Psychiatric Complaints
- Chest Complaints
- Gastrointestinal Complaints
- Skin Reactions and Allergies
- Endocrine/Metabolic Problems
- Additional Reactions
- The FDA Statistics
ASPARTAME IN THE BODY
- Phenylalanine
- Aspartic Acid
- Methyl Alcohol
- Effects of Prolonged Storage and Heat
PUBLIC HEALTH IMPLICATIONS
- High Risk Groups
- The Personal, Occupational and Economic Toll
- Challenges to Approval of Aspartame by the FDA
- Evolving Issues: Brain Tumors; Alzheimer's Disease;
Addiction; Multiple Sclerosis; Lupus
- Related Aspects of the Food Technology Revolution
CORPORATE AND EDITORIAL RESISTANCE
LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS
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