Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World

Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World (2004)
Directors: Cori Brackett(co-director) and J.T. Waldron(co-director)
Writers: Cori Brackett(co-writer) & J.T. Waldron(co-writer)
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 51:47


The artificial sweetener, aspartame, is the bedrock of the diet industry.


Found in everything from fizzy drinks to vitamin pills and marketed under a variety of different names, it is difficult to detect and even harder to avoid.


But how safe is it?


Does it really cause brain tumors, blindness and other serious illnesses?


This shocking documentary investigates how the FDA came to approve such a potentially dangerous product.