If You Drink DIET SODAS Then YOU Need to Read This.
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Its funny how people get so outraged when you try to warn them about diet soda. A woman died because of drinking too much soda that's a fact. I'm not saying don't drink it but anything artificial or fake is not good for you. People should be leaning towards eating healthy foods not chemically processed foods. Diseases have skyrocketed in the last 30 years because of all the junk we eat, that's a fact. You don't have to drink just water but diet soda isn't that great to drink either and there are warnings on packages of NutraSweet ever took a look at it?
To the bolded … yep, all the time.
"Warning, phenylketonureics, contains phenylalenine" (ok, my spelling is probably off).
Phenylalenine (how ever it's spelled :blushing:) is an amino acid. For those who haven't had biology, that's a building block of proteins. Phenylketonuresis (PKU) is a metabolic disorder that prevents the individual from breaking down that specific amino acid. There is a blood test done now, at birth and again at two weeks, to rule out PKU and other metabolic disorders. There's no cure, the best thing they can do is avoid that specific amino acid. Since it occurs NATURALLY in foods, they have to be kind of picky about what they eat, and the warning labels on Nutra Sweet and other foods containing aspartame let them know it's not a good choice for them. If they get too much, they develop dangerous ketones that cause brain damage and even death.
Don't have PKU? Then the warning doesn't apply. And if you had it, I'm pretty sure you'd know by now.
My god, I think that was the most thorough putting into place I've ever seen. Well done, and well said!0 -
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Snopes= helping people avoid looking like idiots since 1995. Too bad no one remembers to use it.0 -
We Breathe worse in traffic...0
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Here's your sign ...0
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My point was only that DOCTORS are saying this.
I don't drink the crap. So, I really could care less.0 -
The doctors are chalking it up to the aspartame in the three 2 liter bottles of diet Coke that she used to drink per day.
BS.0 -
My point was only that DOCTORS are saying this.
I don't drink the crap. So, I really could care less.0 -
I didn't realize the aspartame patent expired now everyone is on the action!
http://thenaturaladvocate.blogspot.ca/2011/04/another-reason-not-to-trust-snopes.html0 -
I know people don't trust the FDA, but The Alzheimer's Association seems to be OK with this:Myth 5: Aspartame causes memory loss.
Reality: This artificial sweetener, marketed under such brand names as Nutrasweet and Equal, was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in all foods and beverages in 1996. Since approval, concerns about aspartame's health effects have been raised.
According to the FDA, as of May 2006, the agency had not been presented with any scientific evidence that would lead to change its conclusions on the safety of aspartame for most people. The agency says its conclusions are based on more than 100 laboratory and clinical studies. Read the May 2006 FDA statement about aspartame.
http://www.alz.org/alzheimers_disease_myths_about_alzheimers.aspMyth: Aspartame causes memory loss.
Reality: Aspartame's role in memory loss is a health concern that has been associated with artificial sweeteners. Several studies have been conducted on aspartame's effect on cognitive function in both animals and humans. These studies found no scientific evidence of a link between aspartame and memory loss. Aspartame was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1996 for use in all foods and beverages. The sweetener, marketed as Nutrasweet® and Equal®, is made by joining two protein components, aspartic acid and phenylalanine, with 10 percent methanol. Methanol is widely found in fruits, vegetables, and other plant foods.
http://www.alznyc.org/aboutalz/myths.asp0 -
What he said.0 -
mmmmmmmm.... nummmmyyyy... diet coke.... must....have....one....now...0
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I didn't realize the aspartame patent expired now everyone is on the action!
http://thenaturaladvocate.blogspot.ca/2011/04/another-reason-not-to-trust-snopes.html
I'm just curious where we draw the line for paranoia. The peer review process routinely comes under attack for letting crap research through.0 -
My point was only that DOCTORS are saying this.
I don't drink the crap. So, I really could care less.
I'm sorry. You're skeptical about what? That the doctors told him this? Or, that aspartame causes memory loss. Based on your reply a few posts down, I do hope that it's the latter.0 -
My point was only that DOCTORS are saying this.
I don't drink the crap. So, I really could care less.
I'm sorry. You're skeptical about what? That the doctors told him this? Or, that aspartame causes memory loss. Based on your reply a few posts down, I do hope that it's the latter.0 -
My point was only that DOCTORS are saying this.
I don't drink the crap. So, I really could care less.
I'm sorry. You're skeptical about what? That the doctors told him this? Or, that aspartame causes memory loss. Based on your reply a few posts down, I do hope that it's the latter.
No doctor would say that. There's absolutely zero evidence that aspartame could cause such an issue, and for a physician, let alone multiple phsyicians, to say that it did is absurd. There's just no way. If that's what you think they said, they're either quacks or you misunderstood.0 -
My point was only that DOCTORS are saying this.
I don't drink the crap. So, I really could care less.
I'm sorry. You're skeptical about what? That the doctors told him this? Or, that aspartame causes memory loss. Based on your reply a few posts down, I do hope that it's the latter.
Oh my. Then, based on your expert opinion, I must run right out and find my friend and tell him that he's a liar.
People's ego on this site really are quite outrageous.0 -
My point was only that DOCTORS are saying this.
I don't drink the crap. So, I really could care less.
I'm sorry. You're skeptical about what? That the doctors told him this? Or, that aspartame causes memory loss. Based on your reply a few posts down, I do hope that it's the latter.
Oh my. Then, based on your expert opinion, I must run right out and find my friend and tell him that he's a liar.
People's ego on this site really are quite outrageous.0 -
But it must be true - look how many !!!!!s they used.
Ugh. Check first.
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Oh my. Then, based on your expert opinion, I must run right out and find my friend and tell him that he's a liar.
Well first I'd suggest that he horribly misunderstood whatever the physician may have said.
Chances are no physician said it, because to do so would be paramount to malpractice. More likely, a family member said it, a nurse said it, or he simply wants to believe it so badly he horribly misunderstood something an actual doctor said.
Aspartame has no relation whatsoever to Alzheimer's.0 -
I am a biological researcher (scientist) and I studied MS and other inflammatory diseases for years. Unless soda is killing the myelin sheath that surrounds the nerves in the spinal cord and brain, you will not get lupus or MS from it.
Epic fail. Not broscience or fear-mongering.0 -
I am a biological researcher (scientist) and I studied MS and other inflammatory diseases for years. Unless soda is killing the myelin sheath that surrounds the nerves in the spinal cord and brain, you will not get lupus or MS from it.
Epic fail. Not broscience or fear-mongering.
I trust the random urban legend over the actual researcher, of course.0 -
Whether the OP article is authentic or not, why would anyone with a brain defend diet sodas or indeed any sodas!? Madness! It's just common sense that that stuff is not nurturing or helpful to the body in any way, shape or form.
Common sense is not science. I'll take science over common sense any day, because the body is complex and what we expect to happen isn't always what actually happens. Common sense is how we got a lot of the diet myths that have been disproven by research, like the 6 meals per day thing.
I think I've fallen in love twice now, in this very thread. :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:0 -
^^^^ This
Please, don't spread alarmist crap that has already been completely discredited.......0 -
nevermind.0
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^^^^ This
Please, don't spread alarmist crap that has already been completely discredited.......
This reminds me of the time people freaked out because they thought if you BBQ'd with contact lenses in, they would melt to your eye. Just snope that ****.0 -
I know you get a lot of negative posts to this, but while maybe not everyone has effects from this, some people do. For me personally, I was having mini seizures. Never had another one after giving up the artificial sweetners. I only drink unsweet tea or water now.0
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I know you get a lot of negative posts to this, but while maybe not everyone has effects from this, some people do. For me personally, I was having mini seizures. Never had another one after giving up the artificial sweetners. I only drink unsweet tea or water now.
Which artificial sweetener causes mini seizures? Aspartame, sucralose, etc?0
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