Is flavored sparkling water bad for you?

waluouija
waluouija Posts: 61 Member
in Food and Nutrition
In particular, this kind: http://i.imgur.com/SIKDCXT.jpg

It says on the nutrition facts label is just a column of zeros--it says there's no calories, sugar, sodium, or anything of the sort. The front label says that it's non-caffeinated, too. But the ingredients say that it contains aspartame, which my sister says is a carcinogen.

I've been drinking one of these each day for the past week or so. Am I going to run into any problems because of this?

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  • QuietBloom
    QuietBloom Posts: 5,413 Member
    Extensive research has shown that aspartame is not a carcinogenic. Your sparkling drink is fine. :smile:
  • RllyGudTweetr
    RllyGudTweetr Posts: 2,019 Member
    It's not bad for you unless you, personally, are sensitive to aspartame. The levels at which you'd need to ingest aspartame for 'carcinogen' to be an issue are beyond what most could eat without deliberate, serious effort.
  • waluouija
    waluouija Posts: 61 Member
    Oh thank goodness, because it's delicious. B)

    I just really scared myself after googling it and seeing all of these articles about the negative effects of aspartame.

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