Diet drinks advice..

No my doctor couldn't believe the diagnosis because I was diagnosed at age 5 in 1983 after having an EKG and cat scan that clearly indicated that I was epileptic. At that time donahu had a show on stating that 1 in 10 children was having reactions to nutra sweet. My dad happen a crossed it and realize that he was giving me nutra sweet in the form of coolaid. My pediatrician said it couldn't be and sent he for another EKG and cat scan which then confirmed I did not have epilepsy. It was at that time that the neurologist confirmed it was the nutra sweet. My rest of the family has had some form of reaction to it. I have known other people not related to me that had migraines and memory loss from it. My husband which knows the dangers has issues with it, So don't tell me that I don't have the documentation to back it. Snopes will say anything as long as it sided for the government who is behind this. You wanted documentation I gave you the first 4 out of 1000's. You research it, the reason he had trouble believing it is because my problems started with the introduction into drinks which if you read the research was two years after it was approved. I believe. There were no real scientific evidence being brought to light at that time so nothing for my physicians to go on. There have been many studies since the. That showed all this information not by just mercola but by others,

Okay. I've taken to much time to try to show you why it's so bad for you. It's up to you to research it and find out if you are one of the very lucky 25% percent of people who can drink this. (Math was off in a previous post. ). But you have to willing enough to test what the FDA and these food companies tell you is okay. 10 years ago mono sodium glutinates where okay. Now they are bad. Now it's gmo's. You find the truth and go for it. I personally just want to be healthy.

Have a few glasses of pepsi max a day. Helps with cravings and has NOT stopped me losing weight. I don't really believe in the scare stories.

You should. I am severely allergic and intolerant to the evil stuff. It is cancer causing and causes me the have seizures. I have to check everything for nutra sweet/aspartame!

I'm severely allergic to capsaicin (anything spicy, basically). Just because it's bad FOR ME doesn't mean it's bad FOR EVERYONE.

I drink diet soda a few times a week and I think my weight loss speaks for itself. Zero calories means it cannot physically make you gain any weight.

I think where it CAN sabotage people is if you're the kind of person who does mental "trade-offs." Statistically many people tend to underestimate how many calories they're consuming and overestimate how many they're saving. Like if you are the kind of person to say "I was 'good' and had a diet soda instead of a regular soda for lunch... so it's okay for me to have an extra slice of chocolate cake for dinner." I see people at McDonald's getting a super-sized meal with a large Diet Coke all the time, I'm sure they think they're trading off, too. But since weight loss is about creating a calorie deficit from the number of calories you consume, if you play these kinds of mental bargaining games with yourself with diet soda, then it's possible you can overdo it with some other food. I hope that makes sense!

Yeah I don't go to mcdonalds either. I don't eat anything they make. Yuck! Chicken isn't even real.

Have a few glasses of pepsi max a day. Helps with cravings and has NOT stopped me losing weight. I don't really believe in the scare stories.

You should. I am severely allergic and intolerant to the evil stuff. It is cancer causing and causes me the have seizures. I have to check everything for nutra sweet/aspartame!

I'm severely allergic to capsaicin (anything spicy, basically). Just because it's bad FOR ME doesn't mean it's bad FOR EVERYONE.

I drink diet soda a few times a week and I think my weight loss speaks for itself. Zero calories means it cannot physically make you gain any weight.

I think where it CAN sabotage people is if you're the kind of person who does mental "trade-offs." Statistically many people tend to underestimate how many calories they're consuming and overestimate how many they're saving. Like if you are the kind of person to say "I was 'good' and had a diet soda instead of a regular soda for lunch... so it's okay for me to have an extra slice of chocolate cake for dinner." I see people at McDonald's getting a super-sized meal with a large Diet Coke all the time, I'm sure they think they're trading off, too. But since weight loss is about creating a calorie deficit from the number of calories you consume, if you play these kinds of mental bargaining games with yourself with diet soda, then it's possible you can overdo it with some other food. I hope that makes sense!

Yeah I don't go to mcdonalds either. I don't eat anything they make. Yuck! Chicken isn't even real.

And I'm not trying to sabotage anyone which is why i said y'all should test it. Are you opposed to testing when it could be bad for you. If you were sick and they said let's test and see what's causing it then you would not oppose that so why not do your own test just to see. It is on the 7 high intolerance foods list.

He we go again...I am drinking a glass of crystal clear pure mountain spring water and eating a pack of gummy bears. OR I am drinking a soda. What is the difference? Nothing.

even carbonate water was bad for weight loss ?

Have a few glasses of pepsi max a day. Helps with cravings and has NOT stopped me losing weight. I don't really believe in the scare stories.

You should. I am severely allergic and intolerant to the evil stuff. It is cancer causing and causes me the have seizures. I have to check everything for nutra sweet/aspartame!

Do you have phenylketonuria? Aspartame is an amino acid that can build up in people who lack the enzymes to digest it. Other than that, unless you consume HUGE quantities of it, it doesn't cause problems unless you have phenylketonuria.

ETA: Things sweetened with aspartame always have a warning label on them for phenylketonurics to avoid ingesting.

Diet soda has no sugar or calories and will not actually effect true weight loss. The sodium in diet drinks could cause some water retention.

True. You might get some insulin response from artificial sweeteners, but if you take in less calories than you burn, you'll lose weight.

I lost about 60lbs in about 8 months while drinking probably 2 liters of diet coke and a couple cans of Rockstar Zero Carb per day.

Have a few glasses of pepsi max a day. Helps with cravings and has NOT stopped me losing weight. I don't really believe in the scare stories.

You should. I am severely allergic and intolerant to the evil stuff. It is cancer causing and causes me the have seizures. I have to check everything for nutra sweet/aspartame!

Do you have phenylketonuria? Aspartame is an amino acid that can build up in people who lack the enzymes to digest it. Other than that, unless you consume HUGE quantities of it, it doesn't cause problems unless you have phenylketonuria.

ETA: Things sweetened with aspartame always have a warning label on them for phenylketonurics to avoid ingesting.

Honestly I don't know. I talked to my allergist about back in March and was not at all surprised he said that it's with the proteins that the ingredients break Down into but that's all I got out of him. I would be thrilled to be approached for testing on it but I research it daily and there hasn't been any research panels since around 2011. I've been doing research on this stuff since I was 18. All of my medical documents come from when I was 5 and they just started seeing a problem with it and my neurologist with the help of my dad determined it was the nutrasweet. I have been a big advocate for the dangers of it for a very long time. Longer than doctor who posted the links that I posted earlier. It's not a fun thing to go through as a child not knowing why you just face planted into a concrete garage floor and woke up still reaching and struggling for your grandmother who was standing beside you seconds later and not knowing what caused it let alone going through the massive tests for it. I would not be opposed to doing them again as long as I'm in a controlled environment in a hospital hooked up to machines with drs standing present so that they can give me dilatin to bring me out if I seize for to long. But gotta find that study first!