International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) and the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) recently submitted a petition to the FDA to hide chemical sweeteners in dairy products without declaring it on the front of the packaging.

One commonly used sweetener is Aspartame, unfortunately it is a known excitotoxin. Excitotoxicity is the pathological process by which nerve cells are damaged and killed by when they are overstimulated.

Kimberly Hartke seeks out the opinions of leading alternative health advocates on this major food scandal. On this podcast you will hear Sally Fallon Morell of the Weston A. Price Foundation, Jane Hersey of Feingold Association, and Dr. Kendra Pearsall, author of Sweet Deception -- Why Splenda, Nutrasweet and the FDA May Be Hazardous to your Health.

Hartkeisonline.com is a health and wellness blog, which highlights the nutritional benefits of farm fresh foods, and the growing local foods movement. Kimberly Hartke is the publicist for the Weston A. Price Foundation and other health and wellness clients.