Originally Posted By: Harvey Lankford
Originally Posted By: Bulldog34
If you Wiki "aspartame controversy", you'll get a good general overview without the sensationalism. Apparently there have been a few intentionally malicious and fraudulent "clinical test reports" on aspartame in the past that seem to have muddied the internet waters. What a surprise.

Maybe Ken and Harvey can weigh in.

This thread started with a legitimate medical report and has now deteriorated into unrelated anecdotes and hearsay. As Bulldog quips, "what a surprise." I have nothing else to say.
Should be locked.


Hi Harvey,

I was able to find two reports easily about it, one on FDA site.

There are other clinical reports in the scientific literature of
aspartame-caused toxicity reactions including Blumenthal (1997),
Drake (1986), Johns (1986), Lipton (1989), McCauliffe (1991),
Novick (1985), Watts (1991), Walton (1986, 1988), and Wurtman
(1985).

Many pilots appear to be particularly susceptible to the effects of
aspartame ingestion. They have reported numerous serious toxicity
effects including grand mal seizures in the cockpit (Stoddard 1995).

http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/dailys/03/jan03/012203/02p-0317_emc-000199.txt


"Grand mal seizures" It would be interesting and maybe valuable to check in with those rescued for seizures on Whitney to see if they had taken Aspartame.