Skip navigation.    Candidate & issue information  Sweet Misery:
A Poisoned World  5 stars out of 5 (33 ratings,  How aspartame,
aka Equal and NutraSweet, and found in diet sodas, Crystal Lite
drinks and much more, has been found to be a cause of brain
tumors, holes in brains, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, lupus and
more. How did this ever get passed by the FDA for human
consumption? The usual culprit, big bucks, was the motivation.
The product has been a gold mine. Donald Rumsfeld, former head
of GD Searle, pushed aspartame to FDA approval past multiple,
ongoing, serious, objections.  (1 hr 29 min 54 sec)  Coke Zero
ingredients (copied off a can at a local supermaket): Carbonated
water, caramel color, phosphoric acid, aspartame, potassium
benzoate (to protect taste), natural flavors, potassium citrate,
acesulfame potassium, caffeine  Caffeine content: 23 mg/8 fl oz
Diet Pepsi ingredients (from the Pepsi website):    Myth:
Aspartame causes cancer Coca-Cola gives its side of the story,
reassuring the public t