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Expert to give SHOC talk
Purton House Reduce your
Church End carbon footprint. about sweeteners
Purton, Swindon Buy healthy food
grown locally An additive used in anything from diet drinks to children’s medicine
Tel: 01793 772287 has been linked with worrying side effects and Professor Erik Millstone
will give a talk in November to set out the latest research.
VEGETABLES • FRUIT • MEAT • EGGS
The Professor of Science Policy at teachers and anyone interested in
Real food from a farm near you the University of Sussex has been the welfare of children to what he
Call for details about our invited to give his talk, ‘Aspartame has to say about this additive.”
Aspartame is present in thou-
- a controversial food additive’, by
Organic Box Scheme Swindon charity Stop Harming sands of foods and diet drinks and
is found as branded products such
Our Children.
Deliveries & drop off points in Swindon, Cirencester, Wootton Bassett, “SHOC is very concerned about as Candarel and Nutrasweet.
Broad Hinton, Marlborough, Wroughton the effect of additives in food,” said Many parents are convinced that
FARM SHOP OPEN: Wed and Thurs 9.30am-1.30pm & 2.30pm-5pm Basil Jones, a retired child psycho- the chemicals have an adverse ef-
therapist, from Old Town. “Prof fect on their children’s behaviour.
www.purton-house.co.uk Millstone is a leading expert in his Professor Millstone has estimated
fi eld and we want to alert parents, that up to 10 per cent of consumers
experience some side effects, most
commonly headaches and blurred
vision.
There may be more to fear as
the additive has been linked with
cancer. In 2005, the results of a long-
term laboratory rat feeding study
indicated that aspartame could
increase the incidence of several
types of tumour. This appeared
to back up evidence published in
1996 linking aspartame with an
increase in an aggressive type of
brain tumour.
Basil Jones is convinced that food
additives, including aspartame,
should be examined more closely.
He believes that ADHD is vastly
over-diagnosed. When working
at Clover House complementary
therapy centre for children in Bris-
tol, which he co-founded, he worked
with children with behavioural
problems. “When we took them
off fi zzy drinks and additive laden
food, their ADHD disappeared,”
he said.
“SHOC is about publicising the
idea that we really must pay atten-
tion to what we are doing to our chil-
dren. It’s not enough to trust large
companies making millions.”
www.shocswindon.org

Find a holistic
solution

Holistic therapist Rita Patel is orga-
nising a Changing Lives open day
on Monday 12 November, 10am to
2.30pm, in the Oak Suite at Drove
People’s Campus, Southampton
Street, for anyone who wants to
make changes to their lifestyle
On offer will be health and blood
pressure checks, complimentary
health workshops, as well as arts,
crafts, knitting, crochet, sewing
and exchange of recipes. Health
and personal care products will be
on sale.
From 22 November Changing
Lives will meet every Thursday and
Friday, 9.30am to 12noon.
Rita aims to create a happier,
healthier lifestyle for all. For details
call her on 07725 991377.

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