Category Archives: Aspartame Research Articles

In My Aspartame Experiment: Report from a Private Citizen, author Victoria Inness-Brown recounts her controversial 2-1/2 year study of the effects of the artificial sweetener aspartame. Found in packets of NutraSweet or Equal, the sweetener is ingested by an estimated … Continue reading →

Isabela Finamor, Salvador Pérez, Caroline A. Bressan, Carlos E. Brenner, Sergio Rius-Pérez, Patricia C. Brittes, Gabriele Cheiran, Maria I. Rocha, Marcelo da Veiga, Juan Sastre, and Maria A. Pavanato Redox Biol. 2017 Apr; 11: 701–707. Published online 2017 Feb 1. doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2017.01.019 PMCID: PMC5300302 … Continue reading →

Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology: November 1996 Oney, John W. MD; Farber, Nuri B.; Spitznagel, Edward; Robins, Lee N. Abstract In the past two decades brain tumor rates have risen in several industrialized countries, including the United States. During … Continue reading →

Environ Health Perspect. 2007 September; 115(9): 1293–1297. Published online 2007 June 13. doi:  10.1289/ehp.10271, PMCID: PMC1964906 Morando Soffritti, Fiorella Belpoggi, Eva Tibaldi, Davide Degli Esposti, and  Michelina Lauriola Cesare Maltoni Cancer Research Center, European Ramazzini Foundation of Oncology and Environmental … Continue reading →

Acta Physiol Hung. 2010 Dec;97(4):401-7. doi: 10.1556/APhysiol.97.2010.4.9. Polyák E, Gombos K, Hajnal B, Bonyár-Müller K, Szabó S, Gubicskó-Kisbenedek A, Marton K, Ember I. Faculty of Health Sciences University of Pécs Department of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Institute of Physiotherapy and … Continue reading →

Environ Health Perspect. 1987 Nov;75:53-7. Maher TJ, Wurtman RJ. Department of Pharmacology, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, Boston 02115. Abstract The artificial sweetener aspartame (L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanyl-methyl ester), is consumed, primarily in beverages, by a very large number of Americans, causing significant elevations … Continue reading →

Cell Biol Toxicol. 2002;18(1):43-50. Oyama Y, Sakai H, Arata T, Okano Y, Akaike N, Sakai K, Noda K. Laboratory of Cellular Signaling, Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokushima, Japan. oyama@ias.tokushima-u.ac.jp Abstract Aspartame is a widely used … Continue reading →

Eur J Clin Nutr. 2006 May;60(5):593-7. Schulpis KH, Papassotiriou I, Parthimos T, Tsakiris T, Tsakiris S. Institute of Child Health, Research Center, Aghia Sophia Children’s Hospital, Athens, Greece. Abstract BACKGROUND: Reports have implicated Aspartame (N-L-a-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine methyl ester, ASP) in neurological … Continue reading →

Eur J Clin Nutr. 2006 May;60(5):593-7. Schulpis KH, Papassotiriou I, Parthimos T, Tsakiris T, Tsakiris S. Institute of Child Health, Research Center, Aghia Sophia Children’s Hospital, Athens, Greece. Abstract BACKGROUND: Reports have implicated Aspartame (N-L-a-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine methyl ester, ASP) in neurological … Continue reading →

Food Chem Toxicol. 2008 Jun;46(6):2074-9. doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2008.01.050. Epub  2008 Feb 8. Simintzi I, Schulpis KH, Angelogianni P, Liapi C, Tsakiris S. Department of Physiology, Medical School, Athens University, P.O. Box 65257, GR-15401 Athens, Greece. Abstract BACKGROUND: Studies have suggested that … Continue reading →

Food Chem Toxicol. 2011 Jun;49(6):1203-7. doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.02.019. Epub  2011 Mar 3. Abhilash M, Paul MV, Varghese MV, Nair RH. School of Biosciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala 686560, India. Abstract The present study evaluates the effect of long term intake … Continue reading →

Neurotox Res. 2012 Apr;21(3):245-55. doi: 10.1007/s12640-011-9264-9. Epub 2011 Aug 6. Abdel-Salam OM, Salem NA, Hussein JS. Department of Toxicology and Narcotics, National Research Centre, Tahrir St., Dokki, Cairo, Egypt. omasalam@hotmail.com Abstract This study aimed at investigating the effect of the … Continue reading →

Drug and Chemical Toxicology, 2013 Apr;39(2):135-40. doi: 10.3109/01480545.2012.658403. Epub  2012 Mar 2. Abhilash M, Sauganth Paul MV, Varghese MV, Nair RH School of Biosciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India Abstract The present study investigated the effect of long-term intake of … Continue reading →

Journal of Biosciences, 2012 Sep;37(4):679-88. Iyyaswamy A, Rathinasamy S. Department of Physiology, University of Madras, Sekkizhar campus, Taramani, Chennai 600 113, India. This study was aimed at investigating the chronic effect of the artificial sweetener aspartame on oxidative stress in … Continue reading →

Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2012 Dec;16(15):2092-101. Abdel-Salam OM, Salem NA, El-Shamarka ME, Hussein JS, Ahmed NA, El-Nagar ME Department of Toxicology and Narcotics, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt. omasalam@hotmail.com OBJECTIVE: The dipeptide aspartame (N-L-alpha-aspartyl-Lphenylalanine, 1-methyl ester; alpha-APM) is one … Continue reading →

“The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.” 2010 Sep;92(3):626-33. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28968. Epub  2010 Jun 30. Halldorsson TI, Strøm M, Petersen SB, Olsen SF Centre for Fetal Programming, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark. lur@ssi.dk BACKGROUND: Sugar-sweetened soft drinks have been linked to … Continue reading →

Journal of Advancement in Medicine, Volume 4, Number 4, Winter 1991 H. J. Roberts, MD H.J. Roberts MD is Director, Palm Beach Institute for Medical Research.  He is Senior Active Staff, St. Mary’s Hospital and Good Samaritan Hospital, West Palm … Continue reading →

Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2010 Nov-Dec;28(6 Suppl 63):S131-3. Epub 2010 Dec 22. Ciappuccini R, Ansemant T, Maillefert JF, Tavernier C, Ornetti P. Department of Rheumatology, Dijon University Hospital, Burgundy University, Faculty of Medicine, Dijon, France. Abstract We report for the first … Continue reading →