Aspartame Banned

I heard that the sweetener aspartame have been banned in Japan and other countries. also understood that the study in Italy concluded that aspartame is dangerous too.

There has always been a debate and they alway be, I suppose. But for a direct answer to your question, EFSA (European Food Safety Authority)
even after the studies you mention (that of Italy was made by the Ramazzini Foundation in 2005)
confirmed the limit of 40 mg per kg of body weight.

A small sample:

"Finally, the Committee concluded that, given all the data available to date there is no reason to continue consideration of the previous scientific opinion on the safety of aspartame nor to revise the Acceptable Daily Intake ( ADI) for aspartame of 40 mg / kg of body weight. Commenting on the risk assessment of the AFC Panel, Dr. Herman Koa«ter, EFSA Acting Executive Director, said: "EFSA considers that the Results from this new study on aspartame do not provide a scientific basis for reconsidering its use in foods. If new information is available in the future, EFSA will review these as a matter of priority. "

Singular: In addition, it decomposes formaldehyde not like the guy above, but rather to aspartic acid, phenylalanine and methanol.

The methanol is then metabolized to formaldehyde by the human body, then you're wrong, you cut off the process before it is complete. Flag

to really find an easy way to respond to heart, look at the countries that do not have Diet Coke or Diet Pepsi as they aspartame use both. I heard that the study too, but it is not recommended aka saccharin as a sweet and low.

By 1980 the company Nutrisweet (aspartame) paid a study to demonstrate to the FDA that it does not cause cancer.
A scientist was Ted Platt College in Hillsdale, Michigan.
Platt, assisted by his daughter Jennifer Platt, also made a study on his own, if the sweetener caused birth defects at normal doses.
Platt found that even normal doses cause birth defects in mice at a very high rate.
The company has refused to publish the data on birth defects.
Platt could not publish the data because the study was paid by the company, which had the copyright information.
I think that Platt was never paid to study.
The FDA has approved Nutrisweet.
Many countries label products should not be used by pregnant women.
In addition, it turns to formaldehyde in the body.
The blood-brain barrier stops usually in the form of formaldehyde into the brain, but some conditions such as diabetes can weaken the blood-brain barrier.
I avoid aspartame like the plague.

You would have to drink seven liters of soda a day to observe an effect. At least one full gram of aspartame - to give you an idea, there is less than 40 mg (which is 40/1000 of 1 g) in a soda.

Do not think there is much to worry about, especially as grapefruit has a greater chance to give you cancer.

In addition, it break down into formaldehyde as the guy above, but aspartic acid, phenylalanine and methanol.

I shall report on aspartame in college ... it may be hazardous to your health. People who comsumer many of these sugar substitutes may develop cancer, thyroid problems, etc. I would like regular sugar rather than putting one of these chemicals in my body. More taste gross ... How do people taste things without sugar with artificial sweetener in them?