Are artifical sweeteners safe?

Artificial sweeteners are TERRIBLE for you. Watch "Hungry for Change" on Netflix. It will change your opinion of food altogether. I try to live a very clean lifestyle.

Here's what the experts from this documentary says:
Aspartame, (E951) more popularly known as Nutrasweet, Splenda, Sweet n Low, and Equal, is often found in foods labeled "diet" or "sugar free". Aspartame is believed to be carcinogenic and accounts for more reports of adverse reactions than all other foods and food additives combined. Aspartame is not your friend. Aspartame is a neurotoxin and carcinogen. Known to erode intelligence and affect short-term memory, the components of this toxic sweetener may lead to a wide variety of ailments including brain tumor, diseases like lymphoma, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, fibromyalgia, and chronic fatigue, emotional disorders like depression and anxiety attacks, dizziness, headaches, nausea, mental confusion, migraines and seizures.

Always choose raw, unprocessed sugars, or if you don't want the extra calories, try Stevia. It's derived from a leaf and completely natural and safe.

Go to Dr. Mercola.com. He has great info, and, yes, avoid artificial sweetners at all costs. you are better off having sugar. Avoid high fructose corn syrup, genetically modified foods, and overdosing on wheat products. your life will be better, and your body will thank you

susan

Mercola is a quack. I'd avoid doing anything he says.

Here's what the experts from this documentary says:
Aspartame, (E951) more popularly known as Nutrasweet, Splenda, Sweet n Low, and Equal,

Those "experts" obviously have no clue what they're talking about, since they clearly don't know the ingredients of the above sweeteners.

Ants will not go to artificial chemicals because they don't know what it is. LOL. I try and stick by a mostly natural/organic diet (splurging occasionally), and I won't do chemicals. One of the things asparatame breaks down into is formaldehyde. Ew!

This does worry me, I cut so much junk food out (after I had quit smoking too). No more full-fat coke etc...

But the one last vice I have is Pepsi Max... Now I dont drink litres of it a day, at the beginning of my diet it was like 2 cans... now its like a can every other day...

But I do hear aspartame does cause severe damage?

My experience with aspartame is horrifying. I like sucralose (Splenda) but stopped using it daily because it's sooo expensive. I know exactly what's in sugar and can handle the whopping 15 calories per teaspoon, so that's my sweetener of choice. YMMV.

If you've ever seen "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead" or "Food Matters" on Netflix, they have really great points from various nutritionists, including those that focus on cancer fighting/ causing foods. A lot of things are stuffed with chemicals so manufacturers get you hooked on certain products such as combining caffeine and aspartame sweeteners which is why a lot of people have addictions to diet soda.

You're never going to get a definitive answer on what to eat and what not to eat because people have such varying opinions, so it's really up to you. My personal opinion (like a lot of people that have already answered haha) is if it has a ton of ingredients that you can't even pronounce or know where they come from, they're probably not good for you. I don't think our bodies were built to consume foods that are loaded with chemicals. Our bodies were meant to be sustained on natural vegetables and lean meats. But-- I enjoy Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper as much as anyone else, so I don't think it will horrible if you treat yourself once in a while. You know your body best, so whatever you feel is right for you.

Hate to tell you but natural vegetables and lean meats are also chock full of chemicals

Haha yep! There's this really common chemical... you actually drink it everyday and it makes up the majority of your cells, it's called H20. That breathe of air you just inhaled? Yep full of chemicals. That movement that just happened in your hand? That was a chemical reaction.

Oh and for the OP, if it's said on TV it must be true right? Just like how Splenda is aspartame?? Actually, it's not. It's sucralose.

I use Stevia. Sweetleaf brand is the most highly recommended or Stevia in the Raw is fine. Just what for any fillers. It is by far the most natural sweetner available. You can buy Sweetleaf in healthfood stores or on line. Walmart and other grocery stores typically carry Stevia in the Raw.

Due to chemicals in food, I've died three times, and grown 2 extra arms and one leg.

Also, I drive a tonne of metal around, fly at 600mph and talk to people via a plastic thing on my desk that all emit radiation and one I hold to my ear, but they are all safe.

I just spit my water out while reading this hahahaha