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Coke's marketing people talk about "zero consequences", but can they promise Coke Zero's ingredients are without consequences? The ingredients (as written in bold) are listed on Australian cans of Coke Zero. Water anyone?
"Two all beef patties..." Practice this catchy line and impress your friends... "I'll have a glass of carbonated water with Sulphite Ammonia Caramel, Phosphoric Acid, Sodium Citrates, Aspartame, Acesulfame Potassium, Sodium Benzoate, flavour and caffeine please. I'm on a health kick."
2005 Study links Aspartame with cancer - available at the US government's NIH website
From the Conclusions... "Our study shows that Aspartame is a multi-potential carcinogenic compound whose carcinogenic effects are evident even at a daily dose of 20 mg/kg bw, much less than the current ADI for humans in Europe (40 mg/kg bw) and in the United States (50 mg/kg bw). ...The results of our study therefore call for an urgent reexamination of the present guidelines on the use and consumption of Aspartame. The decision to use experimental data to protect public health is important because the time span of widespread Aspartame use is still too brief to have produced solid epidemiologic data. Moreover, it is unlikely that sufficient epidemiologic data will be available in the near future, given the difficulty of finding a control group that has not been exposed to this widely diffused compound." Please note: While all care was taken in the research for this page, we make no warranty as to the accuracy of anything at this site. If you're a lawyer, this is for you. We relied on the internet to access all data, and have cited all sources where appropriate. We did our best, but we recommend you do your own research. If you've got a correction or comment, email tim[at]thezeromovement.org
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