Uses: Advantame is a humectant, artificial sweetener, stabiliser, bulking agent, sugar substitute. Used in low-joule foods and carbohydrate modified sweets, chewing gum, ice-cream chocolate, and jams.
Despite being widely used 75% of the adverse reactions to food additives that were reported to the US Food and Drugs Administration have been concerning aspartame.
These reactions have included: headaches/migraines, dizziness, seizures, nausea, muscle spasm, weight gain, rashes, depression, fatigue, irritability, tachycardia, vision problems, breathing difficulties, anxiety attacks, vertigo, tinitus, memory loss and joint pain.
It is also believed that certain chronic illnesses can be triggered or worsened by ingesting aspartame. For example brain tumours, cancer, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s, birth defects, diabetes and ME.
Advantame was also linked to early death in mice, and also shown compromised immune system function in rabbits as well as gastrointestinal disturbances. Because of its base of phenylalanine, it has been linked to ADHD, and those with phenylketonuria, a genetic disorder, it can lead to seizures, brain damage and even death.
Description: Advantame is an intense sweetener, approximately 20,000 times sweeter than sugar. It has been used based on aspartame
Diet drinks containing it are banned for U.S. Air force pilots and in an pilots magazine, commercial pilots are told to avoid it.
