Aspartame now being marketed as natural sweetener, name changed to ‘AminoSweet’
The world’s most toxic artificial sweetener is undergoing a major identity overhaul in an effort by its manufacturer to cover up the chemical’s sordid history, as well as to keep people buying it. “AminoSweet,” in case you see it on food labels, is really just plain-old aspartame, the same synthetic sweetening agent that’s repeatedly been linked to causing seizures and organ damage, among other physical harm.
Since acquiring ownership of the aspartame business from Monsanto in 2000, Japanese drug company Ajinomoto has been working hard to rebrand and recreate aspartame in order to boost its acceptance by the public. One of these is renaming it to sound more “natural,” even though it’s still the same old chemical that’s also sold under names like “NutraSweet” and “Equal.”
While sugar has its own health drawbacks, it’s nowhere near the level of aspartame’s threat. The list of aspartame’s health effects is lengthy, including serious damaging effects like brain lesions, lymphoma, leukemia, and other forms of cancer, not to mention fetal deformities and even weight gain – that’s right, consuming aspartame instead of sugar can still make you fat. Just remember this: buyer beware.
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