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Internet Rumors


  • Aspartame: Safe Sweetener or Perilous Poison?Harriet Hall, M.D. writes in her SkepDoc column that "depending on who you listen to, (aspartame) is either a safe aid to weight loss and diabetes control or it is evil incarnate, a deadly poison that is devastating the health of consumers." Read Dr Hall's article and judge for yourself.
  • Aspartame and its effects on healthThe sweetener has been demonised unfairly in sections of the press and several websites. Professor Michael Lean and Dr Catherine Hankey, University of Glasgow.
  • Alarm Over AspartameThe Inappropriate and Unsubstantiated Alarm Over Aspartame - Dr David Squillacote, Senior Medical Advisor, Multiple Sclerosis Foundation.
  • A Web of DeceitOnline advice from TIME health columnist Christine Gorman.
  • Scare mongering - a disservice to us all Betty Martini's scare mongering does a disservice to us all
  • Aspartame and the InternetA letter appearing in the Lancet by Anthony Zehetner and Mark McLean
  • Aspartame Safe Examining the Safety of Aspartame by Ellen Guthrie of the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation