Last week I heard that The Venezuelan Goverment had ordered Coca-Cola Co to withdraw its 'Coke Zero Beverage' from the country.
Health Minister Jesus Mantilla said the zero-calorie Coke Zero could no longer be sold, and stocks of the drink removed from store shelves, citing unspecified dangers to health.The Health Minister Mantilla, did not say what health risks Coke Zero, posed to the population,....except that it contains sweetners.
I sat down and wondered whether their argument against sweetners, was just an excuse NOT to import Coca-Cola, and thus save money?
Then I remembered that Venezuela exports lots of oil to the US, ....so foreign exchange would not be the problem would it?
After reading the 'unspecified danger to health' I discovered that Coke Zero, and Diet Coke contained the sweetner Aspartame.
Well so do hundreds of other items of food and drink, sweetners are present in Foods all around the world, from chewing gum to certain alcoholic drinks.
What I didnt expect was the huge amount of data accusing Aspartame of causing just about every disease imaginable.
And I mean just about every disease, since Aspartame is synonymous with Nutra-Sweet, Canderal, and other sweetner names.
I would'nt call these articles 'Definitive Health' by any means. Which is why I have posted this out of the way in Not Quite Science Forum?
There is a lot to read, so just make up your own mind.
http://www.mpwhi.com/aspartame_news.htm