Equal - A Crime Against Humanity

Equal, the little blue packet that sweetens our food with 0 calories, is anything but harmless.  It is also sold under the name NutraSweet.

The chemicals that make up Equal are aspartame, dextrose and maltodextrin.  Dextrose is actually glucose and maltodextrin is a starch.  They are used mainly as fillers.  The real danger is aspartame.


Aspartame - also known as phenylalanine and E591, is a synthetic amino acid made of phenylalanine, aspartic acid and methanol.  Phenylalanine, which makes up 50% of aspartame, degrades into DKP (diketopiperazine), a tumor causing agent.  Aspartic acid, which is 40% of aspartame, is a non-essential amino acid that occurs naturally in the body.  Not enough aspartic acid can cause fatigue, too much can kill brain cells.  Methanol, 10% of aspartame, is wood alcohol.  Methanol degrades into formaldehyde and formic acid.  Formaldehyde is used to embalm bodies and formic acid is used in paint strippers.

Aspartame has been banned in all children's products in Europe 

but not in Canada and the USA.  

Consider this - Aspartame is responsible for more than 75% of all the adverse reaction complaints to the FDA's Adverse Reactions Monitoring System.  How safe can that be?


Aspartame is used in more than 6000 products, many of which are targeted towards children.  Aspartame is used in children's vitamins, cold remedies, chewing gum, toothpaste and so many, many more products.  


A partial list of products that contain aspartame, symptoms related to the use of aspartame, and diseases that the use of aspartame can mimic can be found at 
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