The Noble Lie

This is a documentary about Aspartame (AKA Nutrisweet), one of the most famous sugar replacements for diet drinks. It systematically explains what it is, what chemicals it breaks down into, and what those chemicals do for the human body (especially the brain). It explains how the “scientific” safety tests were manipulated and neglected, a reality which I am convinced is more the norm than not. This film also covers how the FDA was reluctant to accept such a substance until lobbied by the company’s CEO at the time, a familiar face in Washington DC by the name of Donald Rumsfeld.

Conclusions you might walk away with - Aspartame is dangerous, safety testing means dick, the FDA is not a scientific but a public relations agency, government and big business are just one big entity at this point, JD Searle is every bit as culpable as any tobacco company, or objective testing just might be impossible when all this money is at stake.