Prin 1965, la compania G.D. Searle & Company se cerceta de zor in vederea crearii unui medicament anti-ulcer. Din greseala insa, descopera ca prin amestecarea acidului aspartic şi fenilaninei, doi amino-acizi naturali, noul compus are un gust dulce.
Bucurie mare in companie care avea facuta cerere sa produca un medicament – si ce daca? Au chimbat in cerere din medicament in aditiv alimentar.

Astfel s-a nascut aspartame-ul. Indulcitorul, adicatelea.

Dar vai !
Cand G.D. Searle & Company sa-si patenteze produsul, in 1973,  a inaintat prima petitie catre FDA (Food and Drug Administration) si s-a luptat ani de zile apoi pentru a castiga aprobare, punand la dispozitie propriile lor studii de sigurantă, pe care insa multi le-au contestat considerandu-le neadecvate şi dezamagitoare.

In ciuda a numeroase obiectii, inclusiv unele venite din partea propriilor cercetatori, compania reuseste in 1974 sa convingă FDA să aprobe aspartamul pentru folosirea (in scop comercial) in cateva produse, declansand astfel o serie de controverse.

De fapt ce are lumea frate cu aspartame-ul asta ? Pai, in urma procesului de metabolizare in organism, aspartamul se descompune in:

- fenilalanina (~50%), care are efecte neurotoxice si poate produce fenilcetonurie si stari de apoplexie;

- dicetopiperazina, care are potential cancerigen la nivelul creierului;

- acid aspartic (~40%), care afecteaza procesul de dezvoltare a creierului si functiile acestuia;

- metanol (~10%), care inhiba metabolismul oxigenului, produce orbire si a carui produsi secundari au efecte teratogene (pot produce mutatii genetice).

Aspartame-ul este inca folosit in multe tari, insa unele au decis sa il scoata in afara legii – in UE din cate stiu este interzisa utilizarea la orice produse pentru copii. Oricum, produsul este foarte controversat.

Dar, in 1985, Monsanto achizitioneaza firma .. G.D. Searle & Company, detinatoarea patentului si in fapt prima care a produs aspartame-ul …

Iar Monsanto, se stie, are “influenta” destula sa treaca orice rahat prin furcile caudine ale FDA-ului american .. De exemplu:

Why don’t we hear about these things? The reason many people do not hear about serious reactions to aspartame is twofold:
1) Lack of awareness by the general public. Aspartame-cause diseases are not reported in the newspapers like plane crashes. This is because these incidents occur one at a time in thousands of different locations across the country.

2) Most people do not associate their symptoms with the long-term use of aspartame. For the people who have killed a significant percentage of their brain cells and thereby caused a chronic illness, it is not likely that they would associate such an illness with Aspartame consumption.

What are the FDA, the US Congress, or the current Administration doing to protect the consumer from Aspartame dangers? Nothing!

In contrast, the FDA banned the importation of the plant Stevia, in 1991. Stevia occurs naturally, requiring no patent to produce it. As a member of the sunflower family, the powder of this leaf has been used for hundreds of years as an alternative sweetener. It is used widely in Japan with no adverse effects, scientists involved in reviewing Stevia have declared it to be safe for human consumption-something that is well known in many parts of the world where it is not banned. Some people believe that Stevia was banned to keep the product from taking hold in the United States and cutting into sales of Aspartame. Due to public pressure, the ban was reversed in 1995 to allow Stevia to be sold “only” as dietary supplement rather than as a food additive which, in itself, is a contradiction in terms. Thankfully, you can now find Stevia sold in many health food stores across the United States. Hopefully, healthy alternatives such as Stevia and Xylitol will continue to be offered around the country and not be blocked by greed and corruption.

Cine are urechi de auzit si ochi pentru vazut .. cine nu, nu.

Ma dadeam si eu ca tot omu’ pe youtube sa mai vaz una-alta cand, ce credeti ca apare brusc pe ecran ?

Un anunt de la maestrul google, bineinteles.

In romaneste. (E mai jos, partea din stanga)

Ma gandesc eu ca nu e frumos si dau cu banul: sa le scriu un mail la google ? Neah. Aia incaseaza banu, ii doare in autobuzul 282 de greselile gramaticale. Ramane cealalta fata a monezii: sa-i contactez pe aia de la site-ul de masurare iq.

Si intru pe site, si dau la contact si .. vedeti si voi mai jos partea din dreapta.

Daca ma intrebi pe mine, cu erori de nivel de gradinita, testele lor s-ar putea sa fie la fel de neconcludente. Mai ales ca sunt pe bani alea …

Concluzia mea ? HUUUOOOOOOOOOOOOO !