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agreed with crankstr. but i also like sugarfree redbull someimes. but really it is splenda that is the worst n splenda brutally tests on animals. u guys should really be boycotting splenda not coke haha. no but really.meh,.. i like a diet coke here and there.0 -
I was having mini seizures. When researching seizure meds, I found a link about aspartame. Before starting the medication, I stopped the aspartame completely. That was the only change I made. Five years later and never had another seizure. I don't think that is a coincidence.
It is.
Correlation does not equal causation.0 -
Nope, no soda period. This is a clean eating non GMO and organic household.
You must be very proud of that to feel the need to make sure we all know. I'm very happy for you.0 -
And to those who are advocates of diet soda, would you give it to your baby? And if not, why not?
Oh c'mon!
I like beer too, I wouldn't give that to a baby. Doesn't make it poison.
Some of us don't like to cut things out of our diets that we enjoy if we don't have to. And saying that something is lethal, when it's not, is just fear mongering. Don't act like "I don't know why people are making a big deal of this."
It's the equivalent to yelling fire in a rather crowded theater. You're telling people that something the majority of us ingest on a regular basis can kill us. It's a big claim. Big claims need to be backed up and supported with evidence. Not just posted and followed up by "hey whatever man, your funeral."
So please tell me, what are your reasons for not giving a baby diet soda? It is not illegal as beer is. I am sure I can find some type of study that says giving beer to a baby is good for it if I look hard enough.
As far as what the science says, whos science are you listening to?
Big claims I know of do not come from a report on the internet, they come from people I know in real life. Aspartame is a carcinogenic, period.
But like you said, hey it is your funeral. I have seen what eating clean and taking these things out of my diet has done first hand. I am 44 years old and look better now than I did when I was 37.
Ok, I'll bite.
I wouldn't give my baby diet soda because it is nutritionally devoid and as the mother, I would try to give them the most nutritious foods available because... ITS A BABY. It's growing mentally/physically in ways that adults do not. Giving it diet soda, or regular soda, would mean it wasn't drinking its milk, which it needs. I also wouldn't give my baby ice cream, honey, peanut butter, alcohol, jelly beans etc, etc, etc.
And in case it's not already blatantly obvious. Comparing adult consumption of foods or drinks to a baby... APPLES AND ORANGES.
A baby has different nutritional needs from an adult. An adult can make decisions that a baby can't.
I am no longer a baby. If I want a diet soda, I will use my adult status to drink one and some fear mongering twit from the internet isn't going decide wether I can or cannot indulge in it.0 -
I love how lot of you are trying to disprove something I found online with something you found online....hilarious...since when did snopes.com become certifiably 100% truth and never untruth..........look people, all I am saying is that it's bad for you just like a lot of other stuff out there is bad for us and that whether or not it makes you noticeably sick or not, it is good to know what you are putting in your body, good or bad...If you wanna drink it you go right ahead and do that....IM NOT. And if you wanna throw a hissy fit cause I put some information out there then thats fine to....I don't care. I am going to keep trying to better myself and inform myself and I welcome any information you may have on any subject...I will look in to it if I feel the need to and then make my own decision about it....I really don't see why some of you have to be so ugly...It really only reflects on you.
LOL, I know right?
Some people freak out if you dare mention their beloveds are bad for them, such as diet anything, alcohol or food laden with preservatives.
Simple fact of the matter is, I have yet to meet one person who gave up diet soda that did not have a good reaction from it. I lost a few lbs, and many friends stopped having migraines or just bad headaches period.
I can not fathom why it is so important for people to put a fake chemical into their body instead of a reasonable portion of the real thing.
And to those who are advocates of diet soda, would you give it to your baby? And if not, why not?
Are you saying that you would give your baby regular soda?
Nope, no soda period. This is a clean eating non GMO and organic household.
So obviously there are further things in soda that are not healthy for a baby rather than just Aspartame.
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Wow, direct quote from the OP.
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Aspartame is a carcinogenic, period
I can't compete with this level of ignorance, I'm out...
Says the man whos diet consists of Mcdonalds and peantbutter.
CYA. :laugh:
McDonalds, Peanut Butter, and common sense, thank you very much.0 -
If man made it, don't eat it....
So do you not eat chicken, beef, carrots, cabbage or broccoli because they were all made by man? Do you not take medications because they are produced in a lab?
Last I knew, chicken beef carrots cabbage and broccoli are not man-made.
Processed foods and the chemicals that go in them are man-made.
I don't consider medications to be food to be eaten, but generally avoid them.0 -
Some people should have their ability to copy and paste taken away from them.0
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I trust the people on here are intelligent enough to do their own research and make good decisions for themselves.
Sigh...........if this were only true people would not die from smoking or drinking and driving.
And many people who do so know full well the risks associated. My SIL smokes, she's a nurse, and knows all the risks. But she makes the decision to smoke anyway. My BFF drinks wine and takes Ambien, she knows the risks and does it anyway.
Fear mongering does nothing. You can spout off all the nonsense and studies you want, people are going to do what they want to do.0 -
Some people should have their ability to copy and paste taken away from them.
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Every morning = 1 equal in my coffee & Activia lite. Have a "sugar free" snack almost every evening, less so recently but it's cold so my typical chioces aren't as appealing right now as pop corn.
I have suffered from migraines all my life until I started using Chia seeds regularly
My TOM has changed drastically since my lifestyle change but my cramps are just as bad as when I was over loading on sugar instead of having very little that contains aspartame
Joint pain comes and goes depending on my workouts.... when I started I had constant pain thrugh most of my body all the time so that seems to be better...
Still occasionally enjoy a diet soda.
I've lost 65lbs in 8 months, off diabetes and bp meds. While I believe these may be true and am not discrediting them at all, I merely say that as for me, my symptoms of those mentioned seem the same or better since my switch. Before I started my new lifestyle, I RARELY had anything that was sweetend "artificially". I truly believe these warning are for those people who are going from eating a box of ho-ho's with a case of Mt. Dew to substituting the ho-ho's for a "sugar free" version of the like and a diet soda... wherby intaking a high dose on a regular basis.
great progress! Thanks for telling us your story. Keep up the good work.0 -
If man made it, don't eat it....
So do you not eat chicken, beef, carrots, cabbage or broccoli because they were all made by man? Do you not take medications because they are produced in a lab?
Last I knew, chicken beef carrots cabbage and broccoli are not man-made.
Processed foods and the chemicals that go in them are man-made.
I don't consider medications to be food to be eaten, but generally avoid them.
Last I knew, chicken, beef, carrots, cabbage and broccoli did not exist in their current form 2000 - 10000 years ago. Each and everyone one of those has been massively modified from their original, natural states.0 -
Here's a tip - if you get something over e-mail or read it on the internet and it blames every single malady that man has ever had on one ingredient - it's probably an urban legend.0
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If man made it, don't eat it....
So do you not eat chicken, beef, carrots, cabbage or broccoli because they were all made by man? Do you not take medications because they are produced in a lab?
Last I knew, chicken beef carrots cabbage and broccoli are not man-made.
Processed foods and the chemicals that go in them are man-made.
I don't consider medications to be food to be eaten, but generally avoid them.
Broccolli is definitely man-made. GMO, even. Selective breeding. It started out as cabbage.0 -
In case anyone is reading this and still worried let me assure you..
You do not need to become a full time farmer to be healthy. You do not need to cut out every food that you haven't grown/slaughtered yourself. If you'd like to that's fine. But it's completely unnecessary.
There will always be this type of fear mongering. The reason for it being a combination of some people's need to feel superior to others based on how they eat and their desire to reinforce in their own minds that the choices they've made for themselves are not a ridiculous waste of time, money, and effort.0 -
http://www.rationalskepticism.org/general-debunking/aspartame-t31565-100.html
This is the 6th of 6 pages, read back if you'd like.Ah, but it just MIGHT be harmful, if you ingest 400 cans of artificially sweetened soda, 500 "no sugar added" cupcakes and chew 14,245 sticks of aspartame laced gum a day.
It's probably a Pleiadean plot to dry up our vital bodily fluids.
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In case anyone is reading this and still worried let me assure you..
You do not need to become a full time farmer to be healthy. You do not need to cut out every food that you haven't grown/slaughtered yourself. If you'd like to that's fine. But it's completely unnecessary.
There will always be this type of fear mongering. The reason for it being a combination of some people's need to feel superior to others based on how they eat and their desire to reinforce in their own minds that the choices they've made for themselves are not a ridiculous waste of time, money, and effort.
Yep. Completely agree.0 -
I had a nasty 12 pack plus addiction of Diet Coke I abruptly ended in 2005. I dropped 13 pounds in less than two weeks without any other diet changes (ok, except ice tea plain and lots more water). I don't use artificial sweetners of any kind but now and then I like a little (half a tsp) of honey in hot tea once in a while.
So whether or not those artificial sweetners in drinks are scientifically "bad" just doesn't matter to me. I am fine without them in my drinks. I am sure several brands of flavored greek yogurts I eat have them, but heck, at least I am not guzzling the stuff anymore.
To each his or her own. I think we all agree if you are addicted to Sugary Soda, then switching to Diet is better than all that sugar. if you are addicted to diet drinks, then switching to water is better. Or some combination of the three. to each his or her own.0 -
Damn, my gum i chew 3 times a day has aspartame...0
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I had a nasty 12 pack plus addiction of Diet Coke I abruptly ended in 2005. I dropped 13 pounds in less than two weeks without any other diet changes (ok, except ice tea plain and lots more water). I don't use artificial sweetners of any kind but now and then I like a little (half a tsp) of honey in hot tea once in a while.
So whether or not those artificial sweetners in drinks are scientifically "bad" just doesn't matter to me. I am fine without them in my drinks. I am sure several brands of flavored greek yogurts I eat have them, but heck, at least I am not guzzling the stuff anymore.
To each his or her own. I think we all agree if you are addicted to Sugary Soda, then switching to Diet is better than all that sugar. if you are addicted to diet drinks, then switching to water is better. Or some combination of the three. to each his or her own.
See, this is the common sense approach. Thank you. You don't' use it but don't feel the need to push what works or doesn't work for you onto others.0 -
No I wont stop drinking diet soda.. Thx for your concern
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Splenda is sucralose, which means it is an ARTIFICIAL sweetener with NO benefits. It is harmful to the body when consumed constantly. Stevia and organic honey on the other hand are all natural with benefits you do NEED.0
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The only thing I have to add to this is...... :grumble: Before you post a new topic please go to the search and plug in the topic. So far there are 50 pages of this info with all the same type of postings.
Maybe people on here get tired of the same old things being posted ? Please use the search function people both ways before you post or if you want to find out something. Your answer may be already there.0 -
I rarely drink soda but my hubby has been sneaking canderel into my coffee... I now have a reason to throw it out as i hate the taste as well0
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:huh:So do you not eat chicken, beef, carrots, cabbage or broccoli because they were all made by man? Do you not take medications because they are produced in a lab?0
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There was once a squirrel that lived outside of my house. One day, I accidentally ran over that squirrel. Since that day, I have dropped 45 pounds. Squirrels cause you to hold your pounds. If we kill all of the squirrels, we will be a fit society once again.0
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And to those who are advocates of diet soda, would you give it to your baby? And if not, why not?
Oh c'mon!
I like beer too, I wouldn't give that to a baby. Doesn't make it poison.
Some of us don't like to cut things out of our diets that we enjoy if we don't have to. And saying that something is lethal, when it's not, is just fear mongering. Don't act like "I don't know why people are making a big deal of this."
It's the equivalent to yelling fire in a rather crowded theater. You're telling people that something the majority of us ingest on a regular basis can kill us. It's a big claim. Big claims need to be backed up and supported with evidence. Not just posted and followed up by "hey whatever man, your funeral."
actually alcohol is poison...you wanna tell my mother (that I never really knew) who died from cirrhosis of the liver from drinking to much from the age of 13 to 34...and yes the dr's and science said that was the cause of her cirrhosis, that it is not bad for you?...YES...moderation is everything and having a glass of wine HAS been shown to have positive effects on you...and your casual beer drinking may not harm you noticeably but your liver is having to process something that it was not made to and that is just the truth...but that is the same truth with any medication we injest and a host of other things...I wil not stop taking my OTC meds just like you will not stop having your beer...but we can be responsible and informed . No you probably wont die from it and if you like it then that is your right. sounds like you are responsible about it but it's not my business what YOU do....I can however put the information out there for you to do with it what you want....0 -
Some people should have their ability to copy and paste taken away from them.
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ADD kicked in at sentence 2 . Completely lost interest0
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