Diet Soda, Aspartame Shown to Destroy Kidney Function

Diet Soda, Aspartame is Shown to Destroy Kidney Function










By Lisa Garber
theintelhub.com
January 15, 2013

This article originally appeared at Natural Society

In an 11-year study by
scientists at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, there was a
strong positive correlation found between degeneration of kidney
function and consumption of aspartame-containing diet soda.

Published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology,
the study followed 3,318 women for a number of years as they consumed
diet soda containing artificial sweeteners like Aspartame.

Scientists took into account each participant’s age, blood pressure,
smoking habits (when applicable), and pre-existing conditions like heart
disease or diabetes, and administered food frequency questionnaires in
1984, 1986, 1990, 1994, and 1998.

Two or more diet drinks daily, it was found, led to a doubled risk in fast-paced kidney decline.

A separate study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
showed that, contrary to safety claims made by the manufacturers of
aspartame, health-related concerns including non-Hodgkin lymphoma and
leukemia still abound.

While study authors at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard
Medical School admitted that there were other variables to consider,
such as the sex of the consumer in that particular case, they remained
troubled by the risks associated with diet soda.

It’s worth noting that diet soda is also high in sodium—and in
greater amounts than found in sodas sweetened with sugar or corn starch
(which were not examined in either study).

Corruption: a Brief History of Aspartame

Is diet soda really that bad for you?
This is neither the first nor will it be the last time diet soda and
artificially sweetened goods will come under fire from the scientific
community.


The Food and Drug Administration quickly approved aspartame, called
“NutraSweet,” in 1974 in use for limited foods, but only after examining
studies provided by G. D. Searle Co.. Yes, the inventor of aspartame.

It was only after a research psychiatrist concluded that aspartic
acid—a key ingredient in aspartame—made holes in mice brains that the
FDA rounded up a task force to investigate Searle’s claims.

The investigation unveiled a series of falsified claims, corrupted study results, and information that simply wasn’t there.

Although the FDA moved for further investigation of Searle by grand
jury, US Attorney Thomas Sullivan and Assistant US Attorney William
Conlon didn’t lift a finger to help. Conlon, however, found a job at the
law firm representing Searle.

Since then, the genetically modified creation, aspartame, has been implicated in a number of studies as potentially causing tumors, seizures, brain holes, and reproductive problems. But the mainstream media won’t report on the aspartame-cancer link.

Other Sweeteners, the Good and the Bad

Other artificial sweeteners, like sucralose (supposedly “made from
sugar”), have been implicated in other health problems like changing the
gut flora environment and preventing proper nutrient absorption,
according to the January 2008 issue of the Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health.

Thus far, Stevia has drawn little fire comparative to artificial
sweeteners, although excessive use might be cautioned as with anything.
Stevia is, however, safer to use than artificial or GMO sugar,
especially for diabetics.


Source:-
http://theintelhub.com/2013/01/15/diet-soda-aspartame-shown-to-destroy-kidney-function/