Sickeningly Sweet

Artificial sweeteners have been around for decades and advertised as a healthy alternative to sugar. While sugar has its own set of problems, it seems man's attempt to improve on nature isn't innocent

During my undergraduate degree in nutrition at Arizona State University, I remember learning about the political shenanigains that allowed aspartame ("Nutrasweet") to make it into the food supply. Donald Rumsfeld was the former president of Serle (the company that manufactured aspartame). This sweetener had been shelved in the 1970s. Partially due to th…