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More reasons for you to check any food you eat that has
nutritional data attached.
1. Acesulfame Potassium Weakens Immunity
Acesulfame potassium (acesulfame-K) is often found in other artificial
sweeteners like sucralose to hide an unpleasant aftertaste. Although
acesulfame potassium does not raise blood sugar levels it does produce
insulin secretions.
High insulin levels promote inflammatory conditions and weaken immune
function. Hypoglycemia is a condition of low blood sugar which can result
because this artificial sweetener does not elevate blood sugar. Even in
small doses this artificial sweetener may increase risk for atherosclerosis
because it causes abnormal functioning of high-density lipoproteins (HDL)
which are necessary to maintain optimal cardiovascular health.
Disrupted metabolic pathways from acesulfame create abnormal cell
activity, genotoxicity, and imbalanced homeostasis. Acesulfame is
associated with increased risk of leukemia, thymus cancer, breast
cancer, and chronic respiratory disease.
2. Monosodium Glutamate: A Neurotoxin
Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is a flavor enhancer and preservative added
to many packaged and canned goods. So dangerous, the Arizona Centre
for Advanced Medicine believes this product increases the growth of
cancer cells in the body and stimulates neurotoxicity. Its consumption is
associated with symptoms of headaches, heart palpitations, brains lesions,
and Parkinson’s disease. Non-industry supported research concludes that
MSG acts like an excitotoxin slowly poisoning cells in the entire body.
Monosodium glutamate, like mercury, fluoride, cadmium, and other
neurotoxins, is taken up into circulation and accumulates in the NTS
(nucleus tractus solitaries). Impairment of this region of the brain is linked
to the increased risk for developmental disorders like autism. MSG builds
up in the NTS and competes with normal circulatory processes.
Unlike other areas of the brain which close openings by the first year of
age, parts of the NTS remain open allowing neurotoxins to contaminate the
nervous system and brain. For this reason MSG exposure to newborns
may result in delayed onset autism.
Other research has found that monosodium glutamate is associated
with chronic inflammation, liver damage, weight loss resistance, and
chronic pain. Autoimmune diseases result when the body’s natural
immune response becomes weakened by a constant heightened state. The
chronic inflammatory response resulting from MSG increases risk not only
for autoimmune diseases but also elevates the risk for infection and cancer.
MSG is hidden on food labels under dozens of different names. Just a few
examples of the deceptive names include natural flavourings, autolysed
yeast extract, textured protein, soy protein, and whey protein isolate.
3. Sucralose (Splenda®) Causes Gut Microflora
Imbalance
From the way this artificial sweetener has been marketed you would
probably assume it is real sugar. You would be wrong. Sucralose (Splenda)
is produced with three chlorine atoms in a highly processed series of
reactions which results in damaged gut microflora: Biochemist Dr. James
Brown states that “sucralose is simply chlorinated sugar.”
Sucralose causes inflammation in the kidneys and liver, and damages the
thymus gland. The natural antiseptic properties of chlorine damages the
human gut creating microbial imbalances. This disturbance causes chronic
inflammation and weakened immunity that is associated with the elevated
presence of Candida, irritable bowel syndrome, obesity, Crohn’s disease,
ulcerative colitis, and cachexia.
Increased permeability of the gut including the intestines and colon is seen
in cancer patients. Individuals with colorectal cancer, ovarian cancer, and
other cancer types have disturbed gut microflora. This condition generally
referred to as gut dysbiosis elevates unhealthy bacterial concentrations,
lowers the population of beneficial bacteria, causes vitamin and mineral
deficiency, and causes a state of hyper-immunity. Gut dysbiosis leads to
an array of problems and diseases including cardiovascular,
autoimmune, neurological, psychiatric, and cancer.
Imbalanced gut microbiota has been evident in patients with colorectal
cancer and is also present in conditions associated with cancer, such as
obesity. Colorectal cancer and hepatocellular carcinoma are two major
cancers linked to abnormal gut composition. Repairing the gut lining,
decreasing permeability, increasing mucous, and improving healthy
bacterial balance are some of the first strategies for the treatment and
healing of patients with these cancers.
4. Aspartame Is Neurotoxic
Originally approved in 1981 for use in food, aspartame is 200 times
sweeter than sugar. Aspartame is made up of phenylalanine (50%),
aspartic acid (40%), and methanol (10%). High concentrations of
phenylalanine have been found to cause abnormal serotonin levels in
the nervous system resulting in depression and emotional and
psychotic disorders.
Individuals who regularly consume aspartame have excess phenylalanine
in their systems. Phenylketonuria is a disorder in which some individuals
cannot metabolise phenylalanine. Therefore, aspartame should never be
consumed by infants or pregnant or nursing women.
The chemical aspartic acid functions as an excitotoxin, stimulating neurons
and destroying nerve cells. Researchers have found that when cancer
cells are subjected to aspartame, they directly increased in activity
and mobility.
The neurotoxin methanol increases in bioavailability when aspartame is
subjected to temperatures greater than 86 degrees Fahrenheit. This
heating process disturbs methanol formation, breaking it down into
formaldehyde causing nervous system damage and carcinogenic activity.
Evidence suggests that elevated doses of aspartame increases risk of
blood related cancers including lymphoma and leukemia. Because the
dose of aspartame from enjoying one or two diet soda beverages has not
been associated with health dangers, food manufacturers and many
individuals believe the risk of such health problems is low.
However, the high prevalence of aspartame food coupled with continuous
consumption of the neurotoxin over years weakens nerve function,
stimulates cancer growth and metastasis, and may also increase risk for
multiple myeloma.
5. Sodium Benzoate Dangers
The combination of sodium hydroxide and benzoic acid is added to this
water soluble preservative salt to produce a sweetener. Sodium benzoate
is added to food and beverages like energy drinks and
soda. Neurodevelopmental disorders such as ADHD, asthma, and
other inflammatory disorders have been linked to sodium benzoate
consumption.
Vitamin C, found as ascorbic acid, is also added to many popular
beverages. When sodium benzoate is combined with ascorbic acid, the two
form a highly carcinogenic compound − benzene. Benzene is strongly
linked to cancers including leukemia and lymphoma.
Many research groups, including the International Agency for Research on
Cancer (IARC), state that the evidence for sodium benzoate to cause
cancer in humans is strong enough to classify this agent as carcinogenic.
Benzene alone stimulates stress and oxidative damage to DNA inducing
cellular abnormalities and increasing risk for the development of cancer.
Unfortunately a lack of a complete understanding involving the
pathogenesis of cancers like leukemia and lymphoma have organisations
timid to classify this sweetener as definitely cancer-causing.
Sodium benzoate is commonly used as a food preservative and also in
many soft drinks to intensify flavour. On a label, look for E211 which is its
food additive number.
From the work my colleagues have researched, I recommend the best
course of action is for you to decide which foods pose harm to your body
and consider the exposure risks yourself, checking what is on the label of
your protein powders, sports drinks and processed food.
Pat Reeves
November 2016
Sources and References
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Direct and indirect cellular effects of aspartame on the brain
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Aspartame ingestion and headaches: a randomised crossover trial
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Adverse reactions to aspartame: double-blind challenge in patients from a vulnerable
population
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Effects of aspartame metabolites on astrocytes and neurons
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Formaldehyde, aspartame, and migraines: a possible connection
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The effect of artificial sweetener on insulin secretion. 1. The effect of acesulfame K on
insulin secretion in the rat (studies in vivo)
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Long-Term Artificial Sweetener Acesulfame Potassium Treatment Alters Neurometabolic
Functions in C57BL/6J Mice
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Monosodium glutamate (MSG): a villain and promoter of liver inflammation and dysplasia
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Neonatal monosodium glutamate treatment causes obesity, diabetes, and macrovesicular
steatohepatitis with liver nodules in DIAR mice
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Splenda alters gut microflora and increases intestinal p-glycoprotein and cytochrome p450 in male rats
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Sodium benzoate-rich beverage consumption is associated with increased reporting of
ADHD symptoms in college students: a pilot investigation
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Asthma and intolerance to benzoates
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Possible mechanisms of carcinogenesis after exposure to benzene
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American Cancer Society
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Modified Apolipoprotein (apo) A-I by Artificial Sweetener Causes Severe Premature
Cellular Senescence and Atherosclerosis with Impairment of Functional and Structural
Properties of apoA-I in Lipid-Free and Lipid-Bound State
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Cancer Research UK
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Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine: MSG
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Systemic effects of gut microbiota and its relationship with disease and modulation
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Proposed Toxic and Hypoxic Impairment of a Brainstem Locus in Autism
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The Dangers of Artificial Sweeteners