Did you know that we can find Aspartame in almost everything we eat every day and also that is one of the most dangerous substances which is being sold in the market? Or did you know that it is know as aritifical sweetener like stevia and some studies show that it is even worse than the tradituonal sugar? Even if it is uncertain that this substance is the cause of deaths on the United States, it is known that it is the cause of cancer and brain problems such as: epylepsy, alzheimer disease, Parkinson disease, dementia, etc. I would like to write this essay to inform you, the reader, about the dangers about the ingestion od Aspartame and show you how the ignorance of the society had gotten a substance like this to the market. …show more content…
It is made up of three chemicals: Aspartic acid, phenylalanine, and methanol. Dr. Russell L. Blaylock, a professor of neurosurgery at the Medical University of Mississippi published a book about the damage caused on the human body by cause of the ingestion of this substance, so he shows how Aspartate and Glutamate work inside our body with the connection among neurons. For this, Dr. Blayloc explains how the ingestion of Aspartame is causing neurological problems among the world population. It also contains Phenylalanie which is an amino acid which is known because not everybody can metabolize it so it causes serious problems on the brain if it is not correctly metabolized. The last but not least Aspartame 's componet is Methanol, which is also the wood of alcohol and it is a deadly