Aspartame Research Paper

Safety and Health Effects Aspartame is one of the most strictly tested artificial sweetener. Independent reviews have examined the published research study on the safeness of aspartame and have found that aspartame is safe for minimal consumptions. According to Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the acceptable daily intake (ADI) value for aspartame is 50 mg/kg of body weight. It was found that the main sources that expose people to aspartame are diet soft drinks, though it is also present in other preserved products, such as food condiments, fruit juices, pharmaceutical preparations, and chewing gums in lesser quantities. For a 165- pound adult, it takes nearly 21 cans of diet soda, each of which is 355 ml and contains 180 mg of aspartame, every day to consume the 3,750 mg of aspartame that would exceed the 50 mg/kg of body weight ADI set by the FDA. Reviews have found that people that usually consume high amounts of aspartame such as diabetics and children are below the ADI for safe intake. According to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the implicit risk of aspartame induces cancer and causes affliction to genes, and the amount found in carbonated beverages is safe for consumption of humans.

Aspartame releases methanol within consumption, then this metabolite begins traveling through the blood all over the body. The wood alcohol (methanol) is liberated when the methyl ester bond is busted. The complication of methanol is that it is converted into formaldehyde, which causing the brain damage, when passes into the blood-brain barrier (BBB). According to the EPA, methyl alcohol is subjected as an accretive poison which means it stays in the body and very small amount is discharged each time it is taken. It destroys the myelin tissue in the body which allows nerve signals to travel properly. Once injured, one can have migraines and some demyelinating