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"Available evidence suggests that consumption of aspartame by normal humans is safe and is not associated with serious adverse health effects."

American Medical Association Council on Scientific Affairs report, published in
The Journal of the American Medical Association, July 19, 1985

"Present levels of aspartame consumption appear to be safe for those who do not have PKU. . . . The blood phenylalanine levels reported in response to loading doses of aspartame in normal adults and those heterozygous for the PKU gene do not seem to be sufficiently high to warrant concern of toxicity to the individual or even to a fetus during pregnancy."

American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Nutrition, Task Force on the
Dietary Management of Metabolic Disorders, December 1985 Final Report

"The American Diabetes Association finds the use of the two commercially available non-caloric sweeteners saccharin and aspartame to be acceptable. The use of both sweeteners is encouraged for the particular advantages of each."

Position statement of the American Diabetes Association,
"Use of Noncaloric Sweeteners," 1990 (issued prior to the approval of acesulfame K)

"Evidence indicates that long-term consumption of aspartame is safe and is not associated with any adverse health effects."

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