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	About.com
	The Ajinomoto Company
	Citizens for the Integrity of Science – Aspartame Archives
	Does Aspartame Kill?
	Equal
	Family Haven
	General Aviation News
	Good Housekeeping
	HealingWell.com
	The iVillage Network
	Medicinenet.com
	MEDLINE plus
	The Gateway
	The NutraSweet Company
	Truthorfiction.com
	Snopes.com
	Urban Legends
	U.S. FDA Consumer Magazine
	Yahoo Health
	WebMD


	Science and Professional Organizations
	Industry Organizations
	Consumer Information Sites
	Regulatory Authorities

About.com A health portal with links to many other sites and educational information, this site refutes the allegations made against aspartame, particularly related to Internet rumors. Visit Web Site...

Intelihealth In responding to a consumer's question about aspartame, one of the sites experts states that there is no reliable evidence to support the claim that aspartame is harmful. The site also states that aspartame can be used by people with diabetes. Affiliated with Johns Hopkins University, this consumer health information site's information is reviewed by a team of medical experts and provides timely, quality health information. Visit Web Site...

HealingWell.com

HealingWell.com provides information for patients, caregivers, families and other coping with diseases, disorders and chronic illnesses. The goal of the site is to help people heal, well. The site offers resources, information and interactive tools. The information on the site indicates that aspartame is not related to food allergies.

URL: http://www.healingwell.com/library/allergies/info2.asp

iVillage Network

The iVillage Network is an online community for women that offers health and wellness information. An article on iVillage from the Berkley Wellness Letter notes, “Rumors have run rife on the Internet that aspartame causes headaches, dizziness, and almost every disease in the book, but there are no data to back up these claims.”

URL: http://diabetes.health.ivillage.com/diabetesdietnutrition/artificialsweeteners.cfm

Medicinenet.com

This is a consumer-oriented health information site written by physicians and scientists that discusses a Harvard University study on the long-term effects of aspartame on weight control.

URL: http://www.medicinenet.com/Script/Main/Art.asp?li=MNI&d=126&cu=38859&w=3&ArticleKey=547

MEDLINE plus

Up-to-date, quality health care information from the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health. MEDLINEplus is for anyone with a medical question. Both health professionals and consumers can depend on it for accurate, current, medical information.

URL: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002444.htm

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