Diet Soda Opinions?

I scanned the other comments and only saw a couple of people mention the artificial sweeteners. Do you know how insanely bad and dangerous aspartame, sucralose, splenda, sweet n low, etc. is for you?? It has been proven to cause cancer, brain tumors, holes in the brain and all sorts of other diseases. Please just give it up. There is nothing at all that your body needs in soda. Water, water, water.

I have to disagree... Aspartame has been around in many of our foods for decades now. The ADI (Acceptable Daily Intake) for aspartame (which is 50 milligrams per kilogram of body weight), an average adult would have to consume about 20 cans of diet soft drink, or 42 servings of sugar-free gelatin,or 97 packets of an aspartame-containing tabletop sweetener each day—which is obviously not likely. The main make up of Aspartame is Phenylalanine, Aspartic Acid, and Methanol in that order. A 12 oz. can of diet soda contains (Phenylalanine 90mg, Aspartic Acid 72mg and Methanol 18mg) in comparison a 3 oz. Chicken Breast has (Phenylalanine 1,059mg, Aspartic Acid 2,377mg and Methanol 0mg) knowing this will you stop eating chicken (that is if you currently are??) No disrespect but diet soda gets more of a knock than other foods we probably consume more of that contains a lot more aspartame... I just don't see the risk....

Look at this link... http://www.hungryforchange.tv/are-diet-sodas-making-us-fat

Sucralose, the sweetening agent in Splenda, is in fact made from sugar (sucrose). However, what the ads don't go on to say is that chemists then add three chlorine molecules to these sugar molecules to create the final product.

Studies have revealed that sucralose can cause:
•Shrinking of the thymus glands
•Enlarged liver and kidneys
•Atrophy of lymph follicles in the spleen and thymus
•Reduced growth rate
•Decreased red blood cell count
•Diarrhoea
If these findings concern you, read on, because aspartame may be even worse. Results of multiple studies, complaints and testimonies have revealed that aspartame plays a role in some of todays major health problems.



Aspartame can trigger or worsen the following diseases:
•Multiple sclerosis
•Epilepsy
•Chronic fatigue syndrome
•Parkinson’s disease
•Alzheimer’s disease
•Mental retardation
•Lymphoma
•Birth defects
•Fibromyalgia
•Diabetes
The bottom line is that both of these substances can poison your body. Deciding to start or continue drinking either one of them would simply be a major movement toward the development of chronic disease.

I decided to randomly choose a few, since people think this carcinogen is so healthy.

http://www.sweetpoison.com/aspartame-sweeteners.html
http://www.aspartamekills.com/symptoms.htm
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC387446/
http://www.foodandhealing.com/articles/article-aspartame.htm

I scanned the other comments and only saw a couple of people mention the artificial sweeteners. Do you know how insanely bad and dangerous aspartame, sucralose, splenda, sweet n low, etc. is for you?? It has been proven to cause cancer, brain tumors, holes in the brain and all sorts of other diseases. Please just give it up. There is nothing at all that your body needs in soda. Water, water, water.

I have to disagree... Aspartame has been around in many of our foods for decades now. The ADI (Acceptable Daily Intake) for aspartame (which is 50 milligrams per kilogram of body weight), an average adult would have to consume about 20 cans of diet soft drink, or 42 servings of sugar-free gelatin,or 97 packets of an aspartame-containing tabletop sweetener each day—which is obviously not likely. The main make up of Aspartame is Phenylalanine, Aspartic Acid, and Methanol in that order. A 12 oz. can of diet soda contains (Phenylalanine 90mg, Aspartic Acid 72mg and Methanol 18mg) in comparison a 3 oz. Chicken Breast has (Phenylalanine 1,059mg, Aspartic Acid 2,377mg and Methanol 0mg) knowing this will you stop eating chicken (that is if you currently are??) No disrespect but diet soda gets more of a knock than other foods we probably consume more of that contains a lot more aspartame... I just don't see the risk....

Look at this link... http://www.hungryforchange.tv/are-diet-sodas-making-us-fat

Sucralose, the sweetening agent in Splenda, is in fact made from sugar (sucrose). However, what the ads don't go on to say is that chemists then add three chlorine molecules to these sugar molecules to create the final product.

Studies have revealed that sucralose can cause:
•Shrinking of the thymus glands
•Enlarged liver and kidneys
•Atrophy of lymph follicles in the spleen and thymus
•Reduced growth rate
•Decreased red blood cell count
•Diarrhoea
If these findings concern you, read on, because aspartame may be even worse. Results of multiple studies, complaints and testimonies have revealed that aspartame plays a role in some of todays major health problems.



Aspartame can trigger or worsen the following diseases:
•Multiple sclerosis
•Epilepsy
•Chronic fatigue syndrome
•Parkinson’s disease
•Alzheimer’s disease
•Mental retardation
•Lymphoma
•Birth defects
•Fibromyalgia
•Diabetes
The bottom line is that both of these substances can poison your body. Deciding to start or continue drinking either one of them would simply be a major movement toward the development of chronic disease.

And This. For Sure.

Go the health food store ans find pop there it is healthier for you!!!

Just read everything. It's funny I came across this discussion because I picked up a case of capri sun waters, WATERS, for my daughters lunches and it has aspartame in it. I was so disgusted. So, we ended up with Apple & Eve juice and mini bottles of water. It's disgusting that this country allows it to stay on the market when so many countries have banned it.

http://www.diabetes.co.uk/sweeteners/aspartame.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspartame_controversy

http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/aspartame.asp


Sorry to burst some bubbles.... but it's all a scare tactic.

I scanned the other comments and only saw a couple of people mention the artificial sweeteners. Do you know how insanely bad and dangerous aspartame, sucralose, splenda, sweet n low, etc. is for you?? It has been proven to cause cancer, brain tumors, holes in the brain and all sorts of other diseases. Please just give it up. There is nothing at all that your body needs in soda. Water, water, water.

Sources for it being proven to provide cancer in humans?

yes diet soda can cause you to gain weight. the artificial sweeteners cause your blood sugar to rise like real sugar without the calories and, hence causing it to plummet and screwing with your metabolism. Also, artificial sweeteners cause you to hold onto your body fat. And think about the people who drink diet soda. most of them are very overweight. And also, they have done studies that prove that artificial sweeteners make you crave carbs more and more.

A recent compilation of evidence from one of the large, long-term nutritional studies shows a 16% increase in stroke risk for people with a one-a-day soda habit.....doesn't matter if it's regular or diet. I'll stick with my water, coffee, and green tea!

I like this quote from Lillysgranny.

yes diet soda can cause you to gain weight. the artificial sweeteners cause your blood sugar to rise like real sugar without the calories and, hence causing it to plummet and screwing with your metabolism. Also, artificial sweeteners cause you to hold onto your body fat. And think about the people who drink diet soda. most of them are very overweight. And also, they have done studies that prove that artificial sweeteners make you crave carbs more and more.

Please show some evidence that "most of them are very overweight" lol.
No one that I know who only drink diet coke etc are very overweight at all, they are all slim.
Apart from me lol.