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  • HMonsterX
    HMonsterX Posts: 3,000 Member
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    Sorry, firm believer in water, water, water only :)

    I too believe in water only. :drinker:

    OP: Check out this movie about aspartame: 'Sweet Misery'

    Here is a small clip:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n-gA0wvi84
    Is aspartame safe?

    Yes. Aspartame has been tested for more than three decades, in more than 200 studies, with the same result: Aspartame is safe. In fact, the FDA Commissioner, upon approving aspartame, noted, “Few compounds have withstood such detailed testing and repeated, close scrutiny, and the process through which aspartame has gone should provide the public with additional confidence of its safety.”


    Have other regulatory bodies reviewed aspartame's safety?

    Yes. In addition to FDA, aspartame has been reviewed and determined to be safe by the Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) of the Food and Agriculture Organization/World Health Organization, the Scientific Committee on Food of the European Commission, and the regulatory bodies of over 100 countries.


    Have independent health organizations reviewed the safety of aspartame?

    Yes. The American Medical Association’s Council on Scientific Affairs, the American Diabetes Association, and the American Dietetic Association (ADA) have reviewed research on aspartame and found it to be safe. In fact, the ADA’s 2004 updated position paper states, “A comprehensive review of the safety of aspartame has recently been published. The review covers previous publications as well as new information that support the safety of aspartame as a food additive and negates claims of its association with a range of health problems...” Links to numerous other health organizations, which have confirmed the safety of aspartame, can be found at www.aspartame.org.
  • petes58
    petes58 Posts: 13 Member
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    Just setting all arguments about appetite stimulation effects to the side, the largest study looking at diet sodas, the Framingham study showed that consumption of all types of soda, be they sugar-containing soda or diet soda, and even only one per day, was strongly associated with development of the metabolic syndrome: that includes weight gain, pre-diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease. The bottom line is, avoid them if you can. Splurge on them if you have to, but limit it.

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