Aspartame Linked to Leukemia and Lymphoma in Landmark Study on Humans

Aspartame Linked to Leukemia and Lymphoma in Landmark Study on Humans




04Feb2013By geobear7By WorldTruthTV

As few as one diet soda daily may increase the risk for leukemia in
men and women, and for multiple myeloma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma in
men, according to new results from the longest-ever running study on
aspartame as a carcinogen in humans. Importantly, this is the most
comprehensive, long-term study ever completed on this topic, so it holds
more weight than other past studies which appeared to show no risk. And
disturbingly, it may also open the door for further similar findings on
other cancers in future studies.


For this study, researchers
prospectively analyzed data from the Nurses’ Health Study and the Health
Professionals Follow-Up Study for a 22-year period. A total of 77,218
women and 47,810 men were included in the analysis, for a total of
2,278,396 person-years of data. Apart from sheer size, what makes this
study superior to other past studies is the thoroughness with which
aspartame intake was assessed. Every two years, participants were given a
detailed dietary questionnaire, and their diets were reassessed every
four years. Previous studies which found no link to cancer only ever
assessed participants’ aspartame intake at one point in time, which
could be a major weakness affecting their accuracy.

One diet soda a day increases leukemia, multiple myeloma and non-Hodgkin lymphomas

The combined results of this new study showed that just one 12-fl oz. can (355 ml) of diet soda daily leads to:

• 42 percent higher leukemia risk in men and women (pooled analysis)
  
• 102 percent higher multiple myeloma risk (in men only)
  
• 31 percent higher non-Hodgkin lymphoma risk (in men only)
  

These results were based on multi-variable relative risk models, all
in comparison to participants who drank no diet soda. It is unknown why
only men drinking higher amounts of diet soda showed increased risk for
multiple myeloma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Note that diet soda is the
largest dietary source of aspartame (by far) in the U.S. Every year,
Americans consume about 5,250 tons of aspartame in total, of which about
86 percent (4,500 tons) is found in diet sodas.

This new study shows the importance of the quality of research. Most
of the past studies showing no link between aspartame and cancer have
been criticized for being too short in duration and too inaccurate in
assessing long-term aspartame intake. This new study solves both of
those issues. The fact that it also shows a positive link to cancer
should come as no surprise, because a previous best-in-class research
study done on animals (900 rats over their entire natural lifetimes)
showed strikingly similar results back in 2006: aspartame significantly
increased the risk for lymphomas and leukemia in both males and females.

More worrying is the follow on mega-study, which started aspartame
exposure of the rats at the fetal stage. Increased lymphoma and leukemia
risks were confirmed, and this time the female rats also showed
significantly increased breast (mammary) cancer rates. This raises a
critical question: will future, high-quality studies uncover links to
the other cancers in which aspartame has been implicated (brain, breast,
prostate, etc.)?

There is now more reason than ever to completely avoid aspartame in
our daily diet. For those who are tempted to go back to sugary sodas as a
“healthy” alternative, this study had a surprise finding: men consuming
one or more sugar-sweetened sodas daily saw a 66 percent increase in
non-Hodgkin lymphoma (even worse than for diet soda). Perhaps the
healthiest soda is NO SODA AT ALL.


Source:-
http://foodfreedomgroup.com/2013/02/04/aspartame-linked-to-leukemia-and-lymphoma-in-landmark-study-on-humans/