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  1. I was horrified to learn in 2013 that the International Dairy Foods Association had petitioned FDA for permission to put aspartame in all dairy products — milk, yogurt, sour cream, cheese, ice cream, etc. It was to be put in dairy foods without labeling its presence or by labeling it just as ‘sweetener’ or some such innocuous name. Not only does aspartame affect the gut, it’s also a neurotoxin.

    Alarmingly – but typically – the request for public comments asked the Wrong questions. FDA wanted to know whether the labeling (non-labeling, actually) of aspartame would “mislead” the public. The appropriate question would’ve been: Do you want the neurotoxin aspartame in your food?

    Despite many attempts since 2013, I still haven’t been able to learn whether the petition (Docket #FDA-2009-P-0147) was granted; no one at FDA seems to want to reply. — Does anyone happen to know?

    1. Chuck14od says:

      I remember reading all about that myself when they stated they would allow it in regular cow’s milk without putting it on the label. I have since gone totally Organic, rarely consume milk anyway, but honestly, do not Expect the FDA to be concerned with the health of consumers.
      I cannot remember the names of the two different directors of the FDA appointed during the Obama administration (“Folks deserve to know what’s in their food” lol) but one had been the VP of advertising for Monsanto and the other from the Chemical industry. What I’m saying is NO Government agency is there to protect consumers…You must be your own advocate.
      And I believe it was around 2010 when Harvard University Medical Center published a report declaring Aspartame as a Neurotoxin. But they’ve been dumbing us down for how many generations now???

  2. Jeanne Quinn says:

    I was a little concerned about the graphic posted with this article. It shows two packets (SweetLeaf and Truvia) both of whom are makers of Stevia which, from all I’ve read, is one of the “safe” sweeteners. You don’t mention Stevia in your article, but the graphic would imply that this is toxic as well. Can you clarify? We’ve been using 100% pure, organic stevia for years in our home, so I want to be sure this is safe for us.

    1. Deb Woodruff says:

      This “author” has repeatedly posted this misleading photo. Stevia should not be lumped together with neurotoxins.

      1. Rhonda Watts Hettinger says:

        Real stevia, no–but check the ingredients, Truvia (and other supposedly stevia sweeteners) includes sucralose. Sweet Leaf is fine.

    2. Chuck14od says:

      Good question. As an insulin dependent diabetic, I consumed tons of this toxic crap (Aspartame) for decades before it came out how harmful it is. As for Stevia, I too Believe that it is ‘all natural’ by the real definition of the term, not what the Chemical industry claims as ‘natural’. Irregardless of whether Stevia is totally safe for human consumption, I have read where it is used by females in South/Central America where it comes from to Prevent pregnancies, as a birth control substance, if that may concern you.
      And there really is a very interesting criminal conspiracy going back to the 1970’s by Searle Pharmaceutical who first got Aspartame on the market, if you care to do the research. Donald Rumsfeld was CEO of that company at the time that it was allowed to be sold to consumers in the USA.

    3. Rhonda Watts Hettinger says:

      Real stevia should be OK, but you *have* to read the labels–I believe Truvia *does* include sucralose (some other “stevia” sweeteners do as well). Sweet Leaf is fine (I just went to check the box on the pantry shelf!) as is the Trader Joe’s liquid stevia. Another possibility is monk fruit sweetener–it seems to be more expensive (and I wish it didn’t all apparently have to be sourced from Red China!) but you use tiny amounts, and it doesn’t have any aftertaste, which I get even from stevia–so I use monk fruit sweetener in our from-scratch hot cocoa.

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