miércoles, noviembre 23, 2005

El aspartame produce cáncer en ratas

Las ratas son mamíferos, y no son tan diferentes a nosotros, como sí lo podría ser en cambio un rana. Es por ello que el estudio asusta, y más que sea perfilado por la prestigiada revista Nature.
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"Italian researchers are challenging the safety of aspartame, the low-calorie sweetener found in NutraSweet, diet sodas and thousands of other food products.

Rats that have been fed the sweetener can develop cancer, the researchers report, even at doses below the recommended limits for people. The findings contradict most other studies, which have suggested that aspartame is safe...

"It is intriguing data," says James Popp, vice president of the Society of Toxicology, based in Reston, Virginia. "The scientific community will have to look at this and ask what the two types of study are telling us."..."

Las ratas desarrollaron aún con pocas dosis de aspartame linformas y leucemia. Creo que es hora de dejar al NutraSweet a un lado...

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