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Aspartame: The Sweet Killer

Aspartame, better known as NutriSweet and Equal, may be sweet but it is definitely not nutritious. Could it be that your efforts to lose weight could be making you very, very ill?

My column last week discussed the dangers of consuming MSG and its related products.  There is another excitotoxin on the market that is even more dangerous than MSG, and that is Aspartame - also known as NutriSweet, Equal, Spoonful, and Equal Measure - one of the most dangerous neurotoxins on the market, and the most widely used artificial sweetener.

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