A Poison as Sweet as Sugar
Introduction/Thesis
There are many different alternatives to sugar that a person can use in their foods. Some of the most common are Aspartame (known as Nutrasweet or Equal), Sucralose (Splenda), Saccharin (Sweet Twin), and Xylitol or Sorbitol. Most artificial sweeteners are not a healthy alternative, and Aspartame is no different. This artificial sweetener, accidentally found by a researcher, known as James M. Schlatter, who was working on a treatment for stomach ulcers in 1965, is commonly found in diet sodas, sugar-free gums and Jell-Os, and children's medications/vitamins among many other food products. Aspartame is nowhere near a better alternative to natural table sugar with its undesirable and sometimes downright dangerous side effects, and its ability to not help you lose weight, but gain more for dieters. Aspartame is a man-made food source that should not be consumed. …show more content…
One source of information contradicts what the FDA has said from their own article, Reported Aspartame Toxicity Effects, that aspartame has different versions of toxicity effects and poisoning. There are three types of aspartame toxicity “1) Acute toxicity reactions occurring within 48 hours of ingestion of an aspartame-containing product. 2) Chronic toxicity effects occurring anywhere from several days of use to appearing a number of years (i.e., 1-20+ years) after the beginning of aspartame use. 3) Potential toxicity effects that would be nearly impossible for the user to recognize the link to aspartame.” (Reported) With the second type of aspartame poisoning, you may not know about the effects until years later. This would be one of the reasons why reports would say that aspartame is fine, due to such a long amount of time for the effects to start
Introduction/Thesis
There are many different alternatives to sugar that a person can use in their foods. Some of the most common are Aspartame (known as Nutrasweet or Equal), Sucralose (Splenda), Saccharin (Sweet Twin), and Xylitol or Sorbitol. Most artificial sweeteners are not a healthy alternative, and Aspartame is no different. This artificial sweetener, accidentally found by a researcher, known as James M. Schlatter, who was working on a treatment for stomach ulcers in 1965, is commonly found in diet sodas, sugar-free gums and Jell-Os, and children's medications/vitamins among many other food products. Aspartame is nowhere near a better alternative to natural table sugar with its undesirable and sometimes downright dangerous side effects, and its ability to not help you lose weight, but gain more for dieters. Aspartame is a man-made food source that should not be consumed. …show more content…
One source of information contradicts what the FDA has said from their own article, Reported Aspartame Toxicity Effects, that aspartame has different versions of toxicity effects and poisoning. There are three types of aspartame toxicity “1) Acute toxicity reactions occurring within 48 hours of ingestion of an aspartame-containing product. 2) Chronic toxicity effects occurring anywhere from several days of use to appearing a number of years (i.e., 1-20+ years) after the beginning of aspartame use. 3) Potential toxicity effects that would be nearly impossible for the user to recognize the link to aspartame.” (Reported) With the second type of aspartame poisoning, you may not know about the effects until years later. This would be one of the reasons why reports would say that aspartame is fine, due to such a long amount of time for the effects to start