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Aspartame

mandyherbo
mandyherbo Posts: 3 Member
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Does anyone else think this stuff is bad for you ?
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  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    You beat me!
  • RAinWA
    RAinWA Posts: 1,980 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    You beat me!

    By seconds apparently! Great minds and all that.
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    Omg I was just using the search function to get that link!


  • SuzySunshine99
    SuzySunshine99 Posts: 2,989 Member
    I don't and neither does science. Read the thread posted above for great info.
  • jessiferrrb
    jessiferrrb Posts: 1,758 Member
    Noel_57 wrote: »
    mandyherbo wrote: »
    Does anyone else think this stuff is bad for you ?
    The brain damaging effects of aspartame are nullified if you wash it down with apple cider vinegar.

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  • Rhayemun
    Rhayemun Posts: 31 Member
    I am OBSESSED with the Clear American Sparkling waters.... I drink one a day. I won't give it up and I have SERIOUS doubts that it's harmful.
  • estherdragonbat
    estherdragonbat Posts: 5,283 Member
    edited July 2017
    Let's say pretend Cherry Coke Zero is poison. But what a way to go!
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    finny11122 wrote: »
    Stick with sugar .

    Why?
  • ccrdragon
    ccrdragon Posts: 3,374 Member
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    finny11122 wrote: »
    Stick with sugar .

    Why?

    you beat me to it....
  • SiegfriedXXL
    SiegfriedXXL Posts: 219 Member
    This again....
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    edited July 2017
    mandyherbo wrote: »
    Does anyone else think this stuff is bad for you ?

    No.

    I choose science over woo and fearmongering.


    http://seriecientifica.org/sites/default/files/scl_enc_butchko.pdf
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    finny11122 wrote: »
    Stick with sugar .

    Nah, I'd prefer not to drink my calories
  • SundropEclipse
    SundropEclipse Posts: 84 Member
    More and more studies are showing aspartame is not harmful in moderation, so no. Also, see the thread two others above me mentioned.
  • OliveGirl128
    OliveGirl128 Posts: 801 Member
    edited July 2017
    Nope. I started using it back when I began my weight loss phase. Proceeded to lose around 50lbs and improve all my health markers-including normalizing a prediabetic glucose number. Fast forward 4 years now and I'm one of the very few who are successfully maintaining their weight loss, and my health markers/blood work panels continue to be stellar. I still to use aspartame every day :)
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,207 Member
    Nope, cos science.
  • mph323
    mph323 Posts: 3,565 Member
    Noel_57 wrote: »
    mandyherbo wrote: »
    Does anyone else think this stuff is bad for you ?
    The brain damaging effects of aspartame are nullified if you wash it down with apple cider vinegar.

    <3

    It's been a long weird day on the boards, right?
  • Shawshankcan
    Shawshankcan Posts: 900 Member
    malibu927 wrote: »
    finny11122 wrote: »
    Stick with sugar .

    Nah, I'd prefer not to drink my calories

    This quote seems like more of a debatable topic than the original comment.
    I don't mind drinking mine, so long as I hit my protein goals and am on track to my overall goals.

    So in terms of drinking my calories, I will willingly do so for protein shakes, chocolate milk or a coke.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    I do not think aspartame is 'bad for you' (if we are using a global 'you'). I don't like it but I've drank plenty of it in my lifetime and more importantly, I know many healthy older adults who drink it daily without experiencing any negative health outcomes that I don't see how it could be called unhealthy in a general sense.

    I've seen it listed as a common migraine trigger, but then so are bananas. And any food may be unhealthy on an individual basis.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Shawshankcan wrote: »
    malibu927 wrote: »
    finny11122 wrote: »
    Stick with sugar .

    Nah, I'd prefer not to drink my calories

    This quote seems like more of a debatable topic than the original comment.
    I don't mind drinking mine, so long as I hit my protein goals and am on track to my overall goals.

    So in terms of drinking my calories, I will willingly do so for protein shakes, chocolate milk or a coke.

    But why would I spend 100-200 (or even 300 with Mountain Dew) calories on soda when I can get the satisfaction for next to no calories?
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,973 Member
    mandyherbo wrote: »
    Does anyone else think this stuff is bad for you ?
    In moderation, nope.

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  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    malibu927 wrote: »
    finny11122 wrote: »
    Stick with sugar .

    Nah, I'd prefer not to drink my calories

    Oh, this is so not me. But "stick with sugar" is also so not me. I will gladly skip sugary drinks (or food) in favor of drinking those calories in wine.
  • SueSueDio
    SueSueDio Posts: 4,796 Member
    mandyherbo wrote: »
    Does anyone else think this stuff is bad for you ?

    I used to be scared of it, then I got educated by someone with no agenda. (See above links. :) )

    I don't really like the aftertaste, though, so I avoid it for that reason rather than because it's eeeeeeevil.

    If you like soda/pop/whatever you want to call it and find it hard to give up, it's a good way to cut calories if you don't mind the taste and it's not a personal trigger for anything (as mentioned above).
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    malibu927 wrote: »
    finny11122 wrote: »
    Stick with sugar .

    Nah, I'd prefer not to drink my calories

    Oh, this is so not me. But "stick with sugar" is also so not me. I will gladly skip sugary drinks (or food) in favor of drinking those calories in wine.

    Yes.

    They've yet to come out with low calorie wine, so I'll stick with water or coke zero so I can drink wine.
  • Shawshankcan
    Shawshankcan Posts: 900 Member
    malibu927 wrote: »
    Shawshankcan wrote: »
    malibu927 wrote: »
    finny11122 wrote: »
    Stick with sugar .

    Nah, I'd prefer not to drink my calories

    This quote seems like more of a debatable topic than the original comment.
    I don't mind drinking mine, so long as I hit my protein goals and am on track to my overall goals.

    So in terms of drinking my calories, I will willingly do so for protein shakes, chocolate milk or a coke.

    But why would I spend 100-200 (or even 300 with Mountain Dew) calories on soda when I can get the satisfaction for next to no calories?

    All comes down to enjoyment of life. That being said, if I eat fast food, I will normally get a Coke Zero, not to be "healthy" but to be less unhealthy? I guess...saves calories for something else.

    Unless I go to the movies and they have the newer fountains where you can put additional flavouring into your drink. Cherry Sprite for the win.

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