Is Aspartame Safe For Weight Loss?
Aspartame, a low-calorie sweetener, is often used in diet products as a sugar substitute.
But are you risking your health to lose weight with aspartame?
An international panel of experts from 10 universities and medical schools reviewed over 500 studies from the 1970s until now to find out.
They evaluated the safety of aspartame for people of all ages.
But they didn’t just look at healthy people. They also reviewed the effects of aspartame usage on adults and children with diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, and depression.
They also looked at the effects on hyperactive and sugar-sensitive children.
Here’s what this expert panel concluded from their study:
- There’s no evidence to show that aspartame causes obesity. In fact, the experts believe that aspartame can help with long-term weight control when used with other weight loss programs.
- Aspartame doesn’t cause cancer.
- They found no proven adverse effects on reproduction or lactation.
- Aspartame can be used safely by diabetics.
- There isn’t any evidence of neurological effects, such as learning or memory problems.
- Most of the evidence shows that aspartame doesn’t affect behavior, neural function, cognitive function, or seizures in any of the groups that were studied.
- Aspartame isn’t linked to brain tumors, leukemia or lymphoma.
The study of this panel of experts is published in the September issue of Critical Reviews in Toxicology.
It was funded by a manufacturer of aspartame, Ajinomoto Company, Inc. Their website can be found at www.ajinomoto.com if you want to learn more about them.
Their site also has many links to information about aspartame.
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