The Aspartame Thread

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  • beckajw
    beckajw Posts: 1,738 Member
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    Some formulations of it- like Crystal Light- will give me an instant migraine.
    Some like diet pepsi are fine.

    Thus, aspartame is not the cause of your headaches.

    ^^Exactly!
  • blazeybug87
    blazeybug87 Posts: 226 Member
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  • lforner46
    lforner46 Posts: 103 Member
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    ASPARTAME has been around since around 1983 and AMERICA is not getting thinner, only fatter.

    Back in the 60's and 70's, there was alot less artificial ingredients and processed food and people were thinner. I bit of real sugar won't make you fat unless you drink a few cans a day of pop. Have your pop - one pop and take a 45 min walk and you will be fine. Forget the artificial krap unless you are diabetic.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,620 Member
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    ASPARTAME has been around since around 1983 and AMERICA is not getting thinner, only fatter.

    Back in the 60's and 70's, there was alot less artificial ingredients and processed food and people were thinner. I bit of real sugar won't make you fat unless you drink a few cans a day of pop. Have your pop - one pop and take a 45 min walk and you will be fine. Forget the artificial krap unless you are diabetic.
    Not a good analogy though. We also had less TV's, less commuting, less technology, less take out, etc. Correlation isn't causation.

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  • Silverkittycat
    Silverkittycat Posts: 1,997 Member
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    We also didn't have companies that benefit from the notion that obesity is a disease, rather than an issue of personal responsibility.
    A brochure promoting the first World Obesity Congress and Expo noted with emphasis: "Within 10 years, the market for obesity drugs is projected to be $50 BILLION, more than outselling today's top three "blockbuster" categories—cholesterol-lowering, anti-depressants, and heartburn—COMBINED!" The document further exclaimed: "The worldwide Bio-pharma industries are in a race for what is almost certainly the biggest windfall in the history of modern pharmaceuticals! … An effective therapeutic is indeed the pharmaceutical 'Holy Grail.'" The brochure went on to note that a discussion topic would be: "What kind of obesity outcomes research is needed to make a compelling case for the 'value' of a therapeutic?"

    Obesity is the trillion-dollar disease.

    In April 2005 The New York Times reported:
    "From pharmaceutical giants to tiny start-ups, the industry is spending billions of dollars developing obesity drugs. An estimated 200 possibilities are now in the research pipeline or under test among patients at dozens of clinics … "Everybody is just foaming at the mouth to make money" from obesity drugs, said Dr. Donna Ryan, an obesity researcher affiliated with Louisiana State University, which has received millions of dollars in government and drug-industry grants."

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