Have you noticed that Chewing Gum is now sweetened with Aspartame?

Thank you for letting me know...I will be keeping an eye on what I buy from now on...it may explain some of the sickness I've had with some products. [b]~~AT PEACE WITHIN~~ **STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS**[/b]

Yes most products with "sugar free" or "lite" on the label are sweetened with Aspartame. I will not eat or drink any product which includes this chemical. I've seen enough evidence to convince me its toxic to humans.

Yes they sweeten with Aspartame (which is just another name for Saccharin) they did tests and found the substance was ok. But I've seen the girls packing sugar free Kool Aid when I worked for Kraft General Foods. They were breaking out in a rash on their arms, and had trouble Breathing. Sugar might not not be healthy but this chemical is toxic and harmful to your health.

I have to say, " I was very disappointed when I first tasted the Aspartame in the gum." I'm not a big user of gum but do enjoy it occasionally. At least I did enjoy it when it was still sugar sweetened.

Gum is useful when driving a distance. It changes the perspective, and helps keep the driver sharp. I miss chewing the gum when I drive, but I will not compromise my health. Very few are concerned it would seem. Thanks for your Response!

The aftertaste is enough to turn me off. Aspartame stays in thee gum longer than sugar, and in your mouth for way too long. There are quite a few studies done that suggest Aspartame is Cancer causing.

I believe it. Maybe that's what actually caused my mother's cancer she has now. She quit smoking 24 yrs ago, when she was 41, and used sugarfree gum as a substitute for many, many years. It started with what they thought was a goiter, but when biopsied was cancerous. So they started searching her body to see where else it was. They treat it based on where it started. Finally, they found a small spot on her lung and deemed it lung cancer from her smoking. I don't believe it, since she had been a non-smoker now longer than she was a smoker. They treated her with chemo and radiation, almost killed her, but they thought they got rid of all of it. But it has come back, a year later, it has now metasticised and is riddled all through her upper body cavity, but not in organs. They are now saying that they think it may have started in her reproductive organs. I think it is the sugarfree gum and sugarfree pop she drank for these past 24 yrs. She gained a fair bit of weight when she quit smoking and looked like a pear. So was using the gum as a substitute for the nicotine cravings and habit, and drinking sugar free everything to help prevent more weight gain. Finally, last year, she finally lost 35 lbs and got down to her proper weight. Within a month she had cancer. Too bad she didn't now have that extra weight as a buffer since she lost even more from the cancer treatments. Just to complicate things, she has had MS since she was 41, that is why she quit smoking and changed her diet to try and eat more organically. The new chemo they are giving her is milder and she is taking 6 treatments, 3wks apart to fight this round of cancer. And they still can't give her a definitive answer as to where it started for sure. So they are shooting in the dark.

I just discovered that they also put anti freeze (propylene glycol) in our food as a "safe" additive. WTF? I know that I have heard of dogs and cats drinking it and dying from it, so again, WTF?

I think you are right-on. Health must come first! Hopefully Companies that manufacture food, or items that are taken internally will soon get the picture. The public must be educated to these health concerns.