Aspartame is Safe, Experts Claim, But Should We Believe Them?

Filed under: Health — Jon Gales @ 3:58 pm

Note from Connie: Well now isn’t this interesting? A panel of American, British and Dutch experts reviewed 500 studies, reports, and articles published over the last 25 years and they concluded that aspartame doesn’t cause cancer, seizures, neurological damage or obesity.

Hmmm. Scientists from all over? That sounds impressive. Well, it turns out there’s a catch, as Reuters tells us. The study was funded by Japanese food corporation Ajinomoto, which makes aspartame.

So should we trust this study? Read one take on this here.