the dangers of diet soda

If it takes a lab to make it, it takes a lab to digest it...... simply don't drink it......

I think I'll keep my whey protein shakes, thanks. They're made in a lab also.

I used to drink tons of Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi products until my husband and I decided not to drink drinks with aspartame anymore. We now drink diet sodas that have sucralose. I looked on the can and it doesn't have any of the ingredients listed in the original post.
So I am wondering if maybe this is a "better" diet soda? Or if there are any diet sodas or drinks that may be better. I do drink water and sometimes tea, but I do like a sugary drink too.

Carbonated dihydrogen monoxide is the number one ingredient in all diet sodas, regardless of sweetener.

On mine it says carbonated water.

water is even worse! everyone who has drank water has died! :laugh:

Diet soda doesnt' count as dihydrogen monoxide. Only dihydrogen monoxide counts, that's why it's called dihydrogen monoxide.

It is, in fact, actually bad for you.

mmmmhmmmm....*sips another Diet Mnt Dew*....it's ok, my wife, the Phd in Genetics, says this is all bs....moving on.

mmmmhmmmm....*sips another Diet Mnt Dew*....it's ok, my wife, the Phd in Genetics, says this is all bs....moving on.

Smirk.

If it takes a lab to make it, it takes a lab to digest it...... simply don't drink it......

Easily the most ignorant statement in this thread.

And the OP reminds me of the time Penn & Teller sent someone to a "save the environment" rally and convinced people there to sign a petition banning DHMO, by only telling them truthful statements about the chemical. That it's fatal to breathe, it's used extensively as an industrial lubricant, a degreaser, it's a major component of nuclear power plants, etc. it was pretty hilarious watching all these supposed environmental activists signing a petition to ban water, because they had no clue what it really was.

Kinda like this thread, most people in this thread complaining about the "dangers" of this stuff, most likely just don't know what the ingredients actually are. Like sucralose, people flip out because it's "chlorinated sugar," and apparently chloride is bad (even though it's an essential nutrient.) Never mind that salt is just "chlorinated sodium." Or that aspartame is just a protein chain, and the two amino acids in the chain are found in every protein source you eat (chicken, eggs, nuts, quinoa, it's in all of them.) And on and on and on.

I don't think its ignorant at all. You're right, people are scared of the unknown. When you go back to eating as naturally as possible (ie- not originating "in a lab") you don't have to worry about wondering what all these chemicals are and what they're doing to your body. You can't just call something ignorant because you don't agree with it. There are MILLIONS of different theories and opinions on what is or is not healthy, ALL with "studies" to back up those theories and opinions. If you disagree with something, disagree, but don't consider it ignorant because it doesn't fall in line with your beliefs.

And good for you for knowing what sucralose and aspartame are....I think the rest of the country probably knows what they are as well. Go back to Google and impress us with some more fun facts.

Keep consuming your aspartame and have some respect for other people's beliefs....Even if you don't agree with them.

Is this stuff in wine?

There is caution in everything you consume. In November, 16 people fell ill in my state from e.coli tainted spinach. It was also organic!

You can eat clean all you want but thats not practical for some people and families. Sometimes after all the bills are paid, we only have enough to boxed foods filled with DHMO

Yes.. Dihydrogen Monoxide, which is water, is certainly in wine in massive quantities.