Why Aspartame IS scary!
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Btw op better figure out how to get rid of the bacteria in your gut because they are pooping as we speak....INSIDE YOU
I laughed so suddenly and forcefully at those last 2 words that I actually hurt my face somehow.0 -
Honestly any fake sweatener is questionable in my mind. Stevia being the odd duck out as it's an extract from a plant [hard to be concerned there]. I had a diet pop every now and then [yes has aspartame] but otherwise keep sugars [including artificial ones] to a minimum.
It's natural, so it must be safe. It is not like there are naturally occuring poisons out there...
In fact: http://listverse.com/2013/04/03/10-poisons-and-their-horrifying-effects/
I think 5 of those are naturally occuring?
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Aspartame has been noted to cause medical problems. (headaches, vision problems, weight gain, heart problems).
That's why I won't drink DC anymore and I absolutely love(d) it0 -
I love the way the phrase fecal matter is used to disgust people and make them think of human or animal waste. In reality we eat many things that are waste products from biological processes just using shock words doesn't automatically make something bad. Calling it poop is just silly, rather childish and actually technically wrong but hey ho whatever you wish to believe0
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Aspartame Is Fecal Matter of Genetically Modified E. Coli Bacteria. Want proof? Here you go. http://www.freepatentsonline.com/EP0036258.html
Do you drink alcohol? Because if so, alcohol is the metabolic waste of yeast
Also, feces is not metabolic waste, it's egested food. Urine is metabolic waste, so even the analogy is wrong. Aspartame is the equivalent of *urine* of bacteria.
Oh, and oxygen is the metabolic waste of plants so you'd better stop breathing it. Breathing in plant urine can't be any good for you, can it....?0 -
See I knew I was gonna need my hat today...and everyone laughed...
I did not laugh. I asked where I could get one.
<<<<< I covered my whole body in tinfoil, because you can never be too careful!
My avatar Wilma wanted a tin foil hat but she only has middle palaeolithic technology, so no tin yet. Would an animal skin hat do just as well? It looks kind of shiny when wet...0 -
Aspartame Is Fecal Matter of Genetically Modified E. Coli Bacteria.
Yeah, and bread rises because of the farts of yeast. So what?0 -
See I knew I was gonna need my hat today...and everyone laughed...
I did not laugh. I asked where I could get one.
<<<<< I covered my whole body in tinfoil, because you can never be too careful!
My avatar Wilma wanted a tin foil hat but she only has middle palaeolithic technology, so no tin yet. Would an animal skin hat do just as well? It looks kind of shiny when wet...0 -
See I knew I was gonna need my hat today...and everyone laughed...
I did not laugh. I asked where I could get one.
<<<<< I covered my whole body in tinfoil, because you can never be too careful!
My avatar Wilma wanted a tin foil hat but she only has middle palaeolithic technology, so no tin yet. Would an animal skin hat do just as well? It looks kind of shiny when wet...
There is also some kind of fungus that grows in the forest that glows in the dark.0 -
Sigh.
Here's a pretty thorough debunking by David Hattan, Ph. D, Acting Director of the Division of Health Effects Evaluation in the United States Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition:
http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/aspartame.asp
Thanks for this. VERY interesting read, especially the following...
"There is absolutely no reason to take this product. It is NOT A DIET PRODUCT!!! The Congressional record said, "It makes you crave carbohydrates and will make you FAT". Dr. Roberts stated that when he got patients off aspartame, their average weight loss was 19 pounds per person. The formaldehyde stores in the fat cells, particularly in the hips and thighs."0 -
Sigh.
Here's a pretty thorough debunking by David Hattan, Ph. D, Acting Director of the Division of Health Effects Evaluation in the United States Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition:
http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/aspartame.asp
Thanks for this. VERY interesting read, especially the following...
"There is absolutely no reason to take this product. It is NOT A DIET PRODUCT!!! The Congressional record said, "It makes you crave carbohydrates and will make you FAT". Dr. Roberts stated that when he got patients off aspartame, their average weight loss was 19 pounds per person. The formaldehyde stores in the fat cells, particularly in the hips and thighs."
Can you please clarify what you are trying to say? It sounds like you are agreeing with the part of the article that the remainder of the article debunks.0 -
See I knew I was gonna need my hat today...and everyone laughed...
I did not laugh. I asked where I could get one.
<<<<< I covered my whole body in tinfoil, because you can never be too careful!
My avatar Wilma wanted a tin foil hat but she only has middle palaeolithic technology, so no tin yet. Would an animal skin hat do just as well? It looks kind of shiny when wet...
There is also some kind of fungus that grows in the forest that glows in the dark.
But can all this stuff be found in Pleistocene Europe?
Wilma will look for them just in case.0 -
Aspartame has been noted to cause medical problems. (headaches, vision problems, weight gain, heart problems).
That's why I won't drink DC anymore and I absolutely love(d) it
And "correlation" isn't the same as "causation".
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Sigh.
Here's a pretty thorough debunking by David Hattan, Ph. D, Acting Director of the Division of Health Effects Evaluation in the United States Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition:
http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/aspartame.asp
Thanks for this. VERY interesting read, especially the following...
"There is absolutely no reason to take this product. It is NOT A DIET PRODUCT!!! The Congressional record said, "It makes you crave carbohydrates and will make you FAT". Dr. Roberts stated that when he got patients off aspartame, their average weight loss was 19 pounds per person. The formaldehyde stores in the fat cells, particularly in the hips and thighs."
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IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition0 -
Aspartame is scary because it does this:
and this:
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Aspartame has been noted to cause medical problems. (headaches, vision problems, weight gain, heart problems).
That's why I won't drink DC anymore and I absolutely love(d) it
And "correlation" isn't the same as "causation".
You don't say.
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Aspartame has been noted to cause medical problems. (headaches, vision problems, weight gain, heart problems).
That's why I won't drink DC anymore and I absolutely love(d) it
And "correlation" isn't the same as "causation".
You don't say.
And since the anti-vacc/anti-gmo super broscience hybridization theory was brought up earlier:
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Just because what OP wrote is junk science, doesn't mean diet soda is a healthy thing to put into your body. By all means, go ahead if you must. I don't really care. But it will still harm tooth enamel and all that caffeine can hurt your body. It you're serious about a lifestyle change (the only way weight will actually stay off IMO) then you will choose healthier alternatives most of the time. Water is still much healthier. The occasional diet soda won't do much harm but come on, we're former and current heavyweights here, we don't just have one of anything and occasional isn't our thing. A lot of people drink WAY too much diet soda and probably have no idea that there are still serious health risks. They aren't exactly sodium free either.
Also people using alcohol and honey (sugar) as proof that byproducts are healthy are being a bit silly. Yes, beer is just SO good for you. What a stunning example.0 -
Just because what OP wrote is junk science, doesn't mean diet soda is a healthy thing to put into your body. By all means, go ahead if you must. I don't really care. But it will still harm tooth enamel and all that caffeine can hurt your body. It you're serious about a lifestyle change (the only way weight will actually stay off IMO) then you will choose healthier alternatives most of the time. Water is still much healthier. The occasional diet soda won't do much harm but come on, we're former and current heavyweights here, we don't just have one of anything and occasional isn't our thing. A lot of people drink WAY too much diet soda and probably have no idea that there are still serious health risks. They aren't exactly sodium free either.
Also people using alcohol and honey (sugar) as proof that byproducts are healthy are being a bit silly. Yes, beer is just SO good for you. What a stunning example.
Alcohol reduces heart attacks, ichemic strokes and circulatory problems through a number of identified ways. They include:
Improving blood lipid profile by increasing HDL (“good”) cholesterol and decreasing LDL (“bad”) cholesterol.
Decreasing thrombosis (blood clotting) by reducing platelet aggregation, reducing fibrinogen (a blood clotter) and increasing fibrinolysis (the process by which clots dissolve).
Other ways such as increasing coronary blood flow, reducing blood pressure, and reducing blood insulin level.
The moderate consumption of alcohol appears to be more effective than most other lifestyle changes that are used to lower the risk of heart and other diseases. For example, the average person would need to follow a very strict low-fat diet, exercise vigorously on a regular basis, eliminate salt from the diet, lose a substantial amount of weight, and probably begin medication in order to lower cholesterol by 30 points or blood pressure by 20 points.
http://www2.potsdam.edu/alcohol/Controversies/1088441583.html#.U5x_jrHfTcg0 -
Just because what OP wrote is junk science, doesn't mean diet soda is a healthy thing to put into your body. By all means, go ahead if you must. I don't really care. But it will still harm tooth enamel and all that caffeine can hurt your body. It you're serious about a lifestyle change (the only way weight will actually stay off IMO) then you will choose healthier alternatives most of the time. Water is still much healthier. The occasional diet soda won't do much harm but come on, we're former and current heavyweights here, we don't just have one of anything and occasional isn't our thing. A lot of people drink WAY too much diet soda and probably have no idea that there are still serious health risks. They aren't exactly sodium free either.
Also people using alcohol and honey (sugar) as proof that byproducts are healthy are being a bit silly. Yes, beer is just SO good for you. What a stunning example.
Actually, some beers ARE good for you. Researchers from the University of Wisconsin found that Guinness contained antioxidant compounds similar to those found in certain fruits and vegetables. These compounds slow down the deposit of cholesterol on artery walls.0
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