I think I'll be sticking with tea

[laramie]

Rumsfeld and Aspartame

"Aspartame is an additive found in diet soft drinks and over 5,000 foods, drugs and medicine. It was approved in 1983 for use in carbonated beverages.

"In 1995 the agency was forced, under the Freedom of Information Act, to release a list of ninety-two aspartame symptoms reported by thousands of victims. (follow link for complete article)

As recorded in the Congressional Record of 1985, then CEO of Searle Laboratories Donald Rumsfeld said that he would "call in his markers" to get aspartame approved. Rumsfeld was on President Reagan's transition team and a day after taking office appointed Hayes. No FDA Commissioner in the previous sixteen years had allowed aspartame on the market.

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Rummy Powder

[barondave.livejournal.com]

I've written about this extensively. It was approved in '83 for liquids, but in powder form was one of the first things that got rammed through when Reagan took office in January 1981 (http://www.rense.com/general33/legal.htm). I call Nutrasweet "Rummy Powder". And I don't drink much soda, diet or otherwise, these days.

Re: Rummy Powder

[skylarker.livejournal.com]

I'd heard it was bad but didn't realize how bad before seeing the article. I don't use sugar anymore, and haven't been drinking much diet soda, but it seems the choices are increasingly limited.