Aspartame (NutraSweet): Is it Safe? - Softcover

Roberts M.D., H J

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0914783580 ISBN 13: 9780914783589

Publisher: Charles Press Pubs(PA), 1992

Synopsis

Just how safe is the artificial sweetener aspartame (more commonly known as NutraSweet), currently used in some 6000 products and consumed by hundreds of millions of people? You may be surprised to learn that a number of medical problems are likely to be adverse reactions to products containing aspartame. Author HJ Roberts, MD, a board-certified internist with impressive credentials, first became suspicious of aspartame when he encountered an increasing number of patients with a wide variety of symptoms, such as headaches, mood swings, memory loss, dizziness, depression, insomnia, diarrhea and anxiety, among others. Based on hundreds of case studies, Roberts concluded that these unexplained symptoms were actually reactions to products containing aspartame. The book not only looks at the clinical picture of aspartame, but also describes how it received FDA approval without undergoing testing in humans, and how the United States Senate allowed this well-financed chemical additive to sail through the official government channels.

About this title

About the Author:

HJ Roberts, MD, FACP, FCCP, is a board-certified internist in West Palm Beach, Florida, and an internationally respected medical consultant and researcher. He is on the Staff of Good Samaritan Hospital and St. Mary's Hospital, has been Director of the Palm Beach Institute for Medical Research since 1964, and a member of the Endocrine Society and the American Academy of Neurology. His publications include 12 acclaimed texts and more than 240 original articles and letters. He is a three-time Pulitzer Prize nominee.
Dr. Roberts is listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in Medicine and Health Care, Who's Who in the World, and Who's Who in Science and Technology. He has been knighted by the Order of St. George for his professional and humanitarian efforts.

Review:

Dr. Roberts provides a comprehensive review of the history of this additive and describes some of the hundreds of case studies he has collected from aspartame sufferers. This eye-opening book is ideal for the layperson, but very well referenced and documented for the reader interested in further research. --Pure Facts, Newsletter of the Feingold Association

This is the first book to detail the troubled history of NutraSweet, a synthetic sweetener used by 100 million Americans. It has been blamed for such symptoms as headache, hyperactivity in children, and increased carbohydrate craving. The Food and Drug Administration continues to approve use of it in more and more products, while many health professionals continue to urge caution and moderation. Roberts sees overuse of NutraSweet as a major public health threat. He bases his polemic on his clinical observations, review of the literature, correspondence with members of the scientific community, and careful medical histories of 'aspartame reactors.' While this is not easy reading, it is an important book for consumer health collections. --Library Journal

Following the success of its hardcover edition, Aspartame (NutraSweet): Is It Safe? the first book-length look at the artificial sweetener aspartame is now released in paperback. More commonly known by its brand name NutraSweet, aspartame is currently used in some 4,000 products and consumed by hundreds of millions of people. Author H.J. Roberts, MD, a board-certified internist with impressive credentials, first became suspicious of aspartame when he encountered an increasing number of patients with a wide variety of symptoms that could not be attributed to specific medical problems. [The book] not only looks at the clinical picture of aspartame, but describes how it received FDA approval without undergoing testing in humans, because aspartame was classified as a food additive rather than a drug. This book also reviews how the U.S. Senate allowed this chemical additive to receive government approval. It is an important book not only for the medical community, but for the millions of people concerned with the potential health risks of this widely used sweetener, as well as those unknowingly affected by its unpleasant and sometimes harmful side effects. --Townsend Letter for Doctors

About this edition

• Publisher: Charles Press Pubs(PA)
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0914783580
• ISBN 13: 9780914783589
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 332