The true story of Aspartame, told through parody of the film Mean Girls.
Despite numerous independently-funded, peer-reviewed studies have found Aspartane to be safe, Aspartame continues to be victimized by some segments of the ‘natural’ and medical health industry. Written, directed and produced by Jayde Lovell and Bec Susan Gill for Did Someone Say Science.
Starring:
Sugar – Jayde Lovell
Aspartame – Alyssa Cosentino
Stevia – Natasha Fay
Honey – Yohana Yoshe
Diet Coke – Jeff Lopez
Coach – Joel Thomas
Random chick #1: Maxine Samuel
Random chick #2: Bec Susan Gill
Filmed at: The Barrow Group, NYC
Still worried about Aspartame side effects, aspartame poisoning, or the dangers of aspartame?
Read more:
The best independently-funded peer-reviewed review we could find:
‘Aspartame, low-calorie sweeteners and disease: Regulatory safety and epidemiological issues’
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S027869151300495X
An example of an Aspartame study that was so weak, it caused Brigham and Women’s Hospital to apologize – yet still gets quotes as evidence that Aspartame is bad for you.
http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/24/14674053-harvard-hospital-admits-it-promoted-weak-science-on-aspartame
Like the best of school yard gossip, a lot of the pseudo-scientific slander
aimed at Aspartame has stuck.
Rumors from ‘Aspartame causes cancer‘ to ‘Aspartame is part of a giant
government conspiracy to make American poor people stupid’ get given
airtime on TV, get published on YouTube, and continue to attract attention
and public concern. This is despite decades of research showing time and
time again that Aspartame is safe.
We decided to fight fire with fire and produce our own version of ‘Mean
Girls’ to explain the Aspartame story – enjoy!
In response to a theshaw2000, I am posting some links to counter against
the argument Aspertame is very dangerous. Do I know it’s safe? No, I am
not a scientist. But quite a few groups think it’s safe. Of course
theshaw2000 will say they are paid off, or something, because that’s how
conspiracy theorists counter arguments
You didn’t need to monetize the video with advertising because you are
being financed by Monsanto and are being pushed by Youtube.
I’ve had this conversation defending aspartame sooooo many times. Oh and
great editing. Someone made some big sacrifices to get this video done, and
done so well 😉 nice work !
A bunch of snarky no talent Tina Fey wannabes carrying water for Monsanto
and throwing around the word “science” like it’s actually on their side.
But that’s what pseudo-skeptics do, chant the word “science” like a mantra
without actually knowing anything about it. To them, science is merely
regurgitating official pronouncements from government and corporations that
have abysmal track records even by their own admissions. Hey, on the bright
side, Tina Fey is a no-talent hack and she hit the big time, so I guess
there’s hope for you yet.
THIS IS SO SO AWESOME!!!! hahahah love it.
Like the best of school yard gossip, a lot of the pseudo-scientific slander
aimed at Aspartame has stuck.
Rumors from ‘Aspartame causes cancer‘ to ‘Aspartame is part of a giant
government conspiracy to make American poor people stupid’ get given
airtime on TV, get published on YouTube, and continue to attract attention
and public concern. This is despite decades of research showing time and
time again that Aspartame is safe.
We decided to fight fire with fire and produce our own version of ‘Mean
Girls’ to explain the Aspartame story – enjoy!
Love this
I must admit this was extremely creative! However, horrible message.
Long-term side effects as well as interactions with other drugs are
inconclusive. We as consumers must take into consideration that so many
studies are funded by the industries in which their truths might expose.
Being on a social platform in which your message is easily reached by
millions of people around the world, you should NOT be encouraging people
to put artificial ingredients, such as aspartame, into their bodies!!
ESPECIALLY when we are unsure if it’s full range of detrimental effects.
There’s also hundred of studies which show it causes tumors migraines hair
loss weight gain etc….. Trust me I’ve suffered with the side effects of
aspartame poisoning and it’s not pretty. Stop pushing aspartame it’s
seriously harmful stuff
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1474447/pdf/envhper00434-0053.pdf
Pseudo-scientific? So everything you can’t explain suddenly becomes
compartmentalized and labeled as pseudo-scientific. But anyways, what type
of retarded brainwashing bullkrap is this?
#hailcorporate
this is good dude. really goood!
http://dorway.com/history-of-aspartame/
And to your point in the description about the so-called “weak study”.
http://www.mpwhi.com/harvard_sorry_they_told_you_aspartame_is_bad.htm
There is a plethora of MD’s and PhD’s who agree that aspartame interrupts
many metabolic functions…
http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/scf2002-response.htm
I love how you also misleadingly group stevia in with sugar and the other
stuff when stevia truly isn’t a health risk and was actually a target of a
big corporate smear campaign, by big sugar producers, and was ridiculously
outlawed for a time. Stevia actually was a victim in the way you are
claiming Aspartame is, but your type always plays the projection game.
Accuse others of what you’re doing.
http://www.healthy-holistic-living.com/aspartame-poison.html
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Aspartame
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/11/06/aspartame-most-dangerous-substance-added-to-food.aspx