The Shocking Story Of How Aspartame Became legal

Did you know that Aspartame was banned by the FDA twice? How is this product legal now?

The bittersweet argument over whether Aspartame is safe or not has been going on for a long time. On one side we have medical evidence that suggests we should avoid using it and on the other side we lean on the FDA’s approval that suggests it is safe. Since generally that seems to be the factor that many continue to hold trust based upon, I thought we could look into the Aspartame story to find out how it came to be accepted as safe by the FDA. You would think that something so widely used and so well accepted would have quite the pristine story leading to its acceptance. I imagine one will discover otherwise after reading this post.

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I dont touch the stuff but i havea terrible soda drinking habit.  Just not Diet soda.  It’s amazing what the FDA aproves and what the government outlaws.  For instance, Marijuana has so many excellent medicinal purposes, cigerettes have none.  Period.  -Mort