Aspartame: Tropicana Slim, Equal, NutraSweet, Canderel, Splenda

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Something to know about nutrition regarding: Aspartame, Tropicana Slim, Equal, NutraSweet, Canderel, Splenda, Saccharin. These might not be the healthy alternative that most people expect them to be. They are documented to cause health problems like cancer and even increase obesity.

According to Wikipedia "Formaldehyde - based solutions are used in embalming to disinfect and temporarily preserve human remains." So happens that "Approximately 10% of aspartame (by mass) is broken down into methanol in the small intestine."

From the Doorway to Discovery, explains how it happens

How it happens: Methanol, from aspartame, is released in the small intestine when the methyl group of aspartame encounters the enzyme chymotrypsin (Stegink 1984, page 143). Free methanol begins to form in liquid aspartame-containing products at temperatures above 86 degrees F.. also within the human body.
The methanol is then converted to formaldehyde. The formaldehyde converts to formic acid, ant sting poison. Toxic formic acid is used as an activator to strip epoxy and urethane coatings. Imagine what it does to your tissues!
Phenylalanine and aspartic acid, 90% of aspartame, are amino acids normally used in synthesis of protoplasm when supplied by the foods we eat. But when unaccompanied by other amino acids we use [there are 20], they are neurotoxic.
That is why a warning for Phenylketonurics is found on EQUAL and other aspartame products. Phenylketenurics are 2% of the population with extreme sensitivity to this chemical unless it’s present in food. It gets you too, causing brain disorders and birth defects! Finally, the phenyalanine breaks down into DKP, a brain tumor agent.
In other words: Aspartame converts to dangerous byproducts that have no natural countermeasures. A dieter’s empty stomach accelerates these conversions and amplifies the damage. Components of aspartame go straight to the brain, damage that causes headaches, mental confusion, seizures and faulty balance. Lab rats and other test animals died of brain tumors.

Artificial sweetners are generally used to loose weight. If so, it should be of interest to learn the following:

Artificial sweetners including sucralose have been identified as possible factors in raising population obesity levels by making the consumer take up more calories later, because it confuses the brain and body responses about sugary substances and calories - associating sweet foods with fewer calories.[34]

Below are related links:
TheTruthAboutStuff - Dangers of Aspartame
ScienceDaily - Artificial Sweetners Linked to Weight Gain
DORway to Discorvery - Aspartame: What is it?
Bienvenidos a la página de información sobre el aspartame

And for those who rather not think and continue using sweetners like aspartame, here is the official Aspartame Information Service.