According to Beverage Digest, sales of diet sodas are falling in the U.S.  Last year sales for Diet Coke fell 3 percent and Diet Pepsi fell 6.2 percent.

This dip is sales did not go unnoticed by the industry, according to the AP, “Coca-Cola plans to run its first ad defending the safety of artificial sweeteners on Wednesday. The print ad is set to run in USA Today in the Atlanta area, followed by the Atlanta Journal Constitution on Thursday and the Chicago Tribune next week. It says that diet drinks can help people manage their weight and stresses the scientific evidence showing the safety of aspartame, which is more commonly known under the NutraSweet brand name.”

The ‘artificial sweetener,’ aspartame, is manufactured through a process of genetically engineering E. coli bacteria. A plasmid, which is a small DNA molecule that is physically separate from, and can replicate independently of, chromosomal DNA within a cell, is used which introduces genes into E. coli bacteria. Next the genes are incorporated into the bacterial DNA which then increases the production of enzymes that enhance the production of phenylalanine. The bacteria continue to produce more phenylalanine becoming tiny aspartame factories. Another, not so pretty, way to look at it is that aspartame is E. coli excrement.

With the stevia alternative it is downright silly that any of these drink manufacturers would even consider using E. coli excrement as a sweetener. However, stevia was shoved into the “dietary supplement’ category by the Monsanto controlled FDA and suppressed from being marketed as a sweetener. Ironically the FDA considers genetically modified E. coli excrement safe while purporting that the stevia herb is dangerous.

There are literally dozens of  peer reviewed studies that illustrate the toxic effects of aspartame yet the FDA continues to shill for this dangerous pharmaceutical chemical. They actually go as far as calling it “one of the most thoroughly tested and studied food additives the agency has ever approved.”

Apparently the FDA didn’t read any of their own data either. In 1995 the agency was forced, under the Freedom of Information Act, to release a list of aspartame symptoms reported by thousands of victims. From 10,000 consumer complaints, the FDA compiled a list of 92 symptoms, including death.

It is a heartening situation to see that the sales of aspartame laden drinks are down; it means that people are waking up to reality. But this does not mean we should let our guard down. These ads will likely convince many folks in the docile populace that aspartame is indeed good for you, despite the overwhelming amount of evidence to the contrary.

Matt Agorist,


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