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Article: Are aspartame-induced arrhythmias associated with sudden death?
- Article from:
- Nutrition Health Review
- Article date:
- December 22, 2003
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A review of sudden death in young athletes, reported in the New England Journal of Medicine (2003:1064) made no mention of aspartame as a primary cause or suspected contributory factor, especially when demonstrable disease was absent. This problem has assumed great public health importance, because two-thirds of the population, especially those who are watching their weight, are consuming "diet" products containing this chemical.
I have repeatedly reported the serious cardiovascular, neuropsychiatric, metabolic, and other adverse effects of aspartame products in my earlier publications. Among the first 1,200 aspartame reactors in my database, 16 percent had ...