Why Aspartame Isn't Scary

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  • RedArizona5
    RedArizona5 Posts: 465 Member
    I will say this super slow>>>>>aspartame causes cancer and is very bad for you. You can't cut corners and expect quality results. IT CANT AND WONT HAPPEN W/OUT ADVERSE SIDE EFFECTS COMPROMISING YOUR HEALTH….UGH No time for this nonsense.
  • TwelfthLady
    TwelfthLady Posts: 15 Member
    "You can't cut corners and expect quality results" I absolutely agree RedArizona.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    I will say this super slow>>>>>aspartame causes cancer and is very bad for you. You can't cut corners and expect quality results. IT CANT AND WONT HAPPEN W/OUT ADVERSE SIDE EFFECTS COMPROMISING YOUR HEALTH….UGH No time for this nonsense.

    I will ask super slow........please show me evidence of such.....
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    I personally think a better question would be:
    Shouldn't we be breaking our dependency on needing "sweet" flavors altogether?

    Sugar, be it natural or artificial gives your body no nutritional benefit so if you're trying to cut it out of your diet to lose weight, you're better off just getting rid of your desire for sweet flavors for good and instead putting things in your body which will actually benefit it.

    So, fruit is not beneficial?
  • stevencloser
    stevencloser Posts: 8,911 Member
    I will say this super slow>>>>>aspartame causes cancer and is very bad for you. You can't cut corners and expect quality results. IT CANT AND WONT HAPPEN W/OUT ADVERSE SIDE EFFECTS COMPROMISING YOUR HEALTH….UGH No time for this nonsense.
    Oh boy.
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    I personally think a better question would be:
    Shouldn't we be breaking our dependency on needing "sweet" flavors altogether?

    Sugar, be it natural or artificial gives your body no nutritional benefit so if you're trying to cut it out of your diet to lose weight, you're better off just getting rid of your desire for sweet flavors for good and instead putting things in your body which will actually benefit it.
    Well this is false. There's a reason our bodies evolved specifically to taste sugar. Because it is actually a very important part of normal human function. If we didn't need it, we wouldn't taste it. Case in point, cats are obligate carnivores, they can't taste sugar at all. Your brain, your nerves, your muscles; they all run on glucose predominantly, and the most efficient source of glucose in your diet is sugar.
  • TwelfthLady
    TwelfthLady Posts: 15 Member
    I personally think a better question would be:
    Shouldn't we be breaking our dependency on needing "sweet" flavors altogether?

    Sugar, be it natural or artificial gives your body no nutritional benefit so if you're trying to cut it out of your diet to lose weight, you're better off just getting rid of your desire for sweet flavors for good and instead putting things in your body which will actually benefit it.

    So, fruit is not beneficial?

    To be fair I didn't clarify by "natural sugar" I didn't mean sugar in fruit, I meant sucrose. By sweet flavors I mean the junk in junk food, not the sugar from fruit or milk which are items that despite their sugar actually give the body nutritional benefit.

    A pop with artificial sweetener for instance doesn't give any nutritional benefit at all and to be so dependent on a sugary item that one has to find a fake fix rather than just learn to make better, healthier choices is a willpower issue that should perhaps be fixed if wanting to pursue a healthier lifestyle.
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  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    I personally think a better question would be:
    Shouldn't we be breaking our dependency on needing "sweet" flavors altogether?

    Sugar, be it natural or artificial gives your body no nutritional benefit so if you're trying to cut it out of your diet to lose weight, you're better off just getting rid of your desire for sweet flavors for good and instead putting things in your body which will actually benefit it.

    So, fruit is not beneficial?

    To be fair I didn't clarify by "natural sugar" I didn't mean sugar in fruit, I meant sucrose. By sweet flavors I mean the junk in junk food, not the sugar from fruit or milk which are items that despite their sugar actually give the body nutritional benefit.

    A pop with artificial sweetener for instance doesn't give any nutritional benefit at all and to be so dependent on a sugary item that one has to find a fake fix rather than just learn to make better, healthier choices is a willpower issue that should perhaps be fixed if wanting to pursue a healthier lifestyle.

    What additional nutritional benefit does water give over and above diet soda? (my point here being, you do not have people telling others to avoid water).

    Also, if something is not "unhealthy", why should they forego? Liking something is not necessarily being dependent.

    "Healthy" is not just about your diet (individual components or as a whole) nor is it even just physiological.
  • mustgetmuscles1
    mustgetmuscles1 Posts: 3,346 Member
    Awesome post OP.

    From now on we have a post to link to every time there is another "diet soda" thread.

    :drinker:

    ETA: Congrats on getting it stickied.
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,302 Member
    "A pop with artificial sweetener for instance doesn't give any nutritional benefit at all and to be so dependent on a sugary item that one has to find a fake fix rather than just learn to make better, healthier choices is a willpower issue that should perhaps be fixed if wanting to pursue a healthier lifestyle."

    I drink diet soda - I agree it doesn't provide any nutritional benifits.
    I don't think anyone is arguing that it does - or that they drink it for the nutritional benefit.

    I like it and there are times when I drink it - just because I want to.
    I wouldn't say that makes me dependant on it any more than liking and sometimes eating, say, bananas or weetbix, makes me dependant on them.

    I don't see this as a will power issue at all - I'm not trying to give up diet soda so not really a question of will power.
  • Reggiefinleysr
    Reggiefinleysr Posts: 11 Member
    A skilled researcher need not be a PhD holder to "play". Beware of the fallacy of equivocation and setting meaningless standards.
  • Kiwi_Made
    Kiwi_Made Posts: 101 Member
    The aspartame doom train was started by a chain email, written by an author who didn't even exist. It was another case of something said on the net that was repeated so many times people believed it.

    Aspartame is not the Grim Reaper, but it no health benefits either.
  • kirstyfoy
    kirstyfoy Posts: 139 Member
    I feel there may be some people here that need to enjoy life a bit more than worrying about what will kill them quickest.

    Diet Coke & Science fan here... Loving Aspartame... Loving Life... My highlight of the thread was seeing that someone doesn't eat barbecue food in fear of chemicals.. Oh Dear God!

    Just off to sip on a cold Diet Coke :)
  • comeonnow142857
    comeonnow142857 Posts: 310 Member
    Personally, I'd rather wear sunscreen and not risk getting sun caner. No, I doubt aspartame is causing cancer, but I'd rather avoid a man-made chemical like that.

    You're slathering yourself in man-made chemicals and accepting their risks (are they as well tested as aspartame?) to mitigate a natural risk factor.
  • MarcieSwitzer
    MarcieSwitzer Posts: 18 Member
    I'm going to trust my doctor and my body. I have been tested no less than three times for MS. It was getting bad enough that we were looking at the 4th MRI because no one could believe that it wasn't showing up. My doctor, a wise and dedicated woman saw a bottle of soda in my bag. "What is that?" She explained in detail what Aspartame does to the brain as well as the muscles and organs. I was carrying a diagnosis of fibromyalgia already.
    I heard all the scientific propaganda when Aspartame was being pushed on the food industry in order to push out saccharin. It is another 'follow the money' issue. I still like my Diet Pepsi but I know when I give in for more than a week or two I get more headaches, more leg and joint pain, and my thyroid (already being treated) goes off.
    I'm not a super gung-ho organic food fanatic, but I have more and more food allergies popping up, some with life-threatening reactions. I have discovered some of those allergies are not the food, but the additives and chemicals.

    I am using fewer and fewer chemicals in my home and finding great health benefits. But, I never want to have that pain, dizziness, loss of control, and life on pain killers again.
  • stevencloser
    stevencloser Posts: 8,911 Member
    She explained in detail what Aspartame does to the brain as well as the muscles and organs.
    Like what?
  • comeonnow142857
    comeonnow142857 Posts: 310 Member
    I heard all the scientific propaganda when Aspartame was being pushed on the food industry in order to push out saccharin. It is another 'follow the money' issue.

    If I follow the money to infer where and what the scientific propaganda on Aspartame is, it takes me to the far larger sugar industry.

    Luckily I can just see what claims are repeatable in studies with proper controls and what ones aren't, and what the controls tend to be like regarding certain claims.
  • Charlottesometimes23
    Charlottesometimes23 Posts: 687 Member
    She explained in detail what Aspartame does to the brain as well as the muscles and organs.

    Please share.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    She explained in detail what Aspartame does to the brain as well as the muscles and organs.

    Please share.

    I would be interested also.
  • Branstin
    Branstin Posts: 2,320 Member
    I will say this super slow>>>>>aspartame causes cancer and is very bad for you. You can't cut corners and expect quality results. IT CANT AND WONT HAPPEN W/OUT ADVERSE SIDE EFFECTS COMPROMISING YOUR HEALTH….UGH No time for this nonsense.

    If you are going to post this scare mongering nonsense then apparently you have more time than you realized.

    Proof please?
  • SynDiet13
    SynDiet13 Posts: 10
    Great scientific exp. Thank you !! I love diet soda & drink about 2 liters a day!!! I'm losing weight & happy...When I was about 16=17 i switched from regular soda to diet & was 112 pounds!!! That's what really happens if you cut out sugar!!! but drink about a gallon of water a day too....water if you are thirsty or not really...soda just for the taste..
  • Scarecrowsama
    Scarecrowsama Posts: 85 Member
    In this link http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/08/09/artificial-sweeteners-worse-than-sugar.aspx
    you can find a whole bunch of links with researches that show all the danges of aspartame, including the weight gain through insulin spikes, and there is not only one, you've got 8 studies with information.

    Enjoy your sweet death.
  • mustgetmuscles1
    mustgetmuscles1 Posts: 3,346 Member
    In this link http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/08/09/artificial-sweeteners-worse-than-sugar.aspx
    you can find a whole bunch of links with researches that show all the danges of aspartame, including the weight gain through insulin spikes, and there is not only one, you've got 8 studies with information.

    Enjoy your sweet dead.

    Mercola.....researches.....LOL
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  • Scarecrowsama
    Scarecrowsama Posts: 85 Member
    Have you checked the studies shown in the link? No, but you talk, typical...
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  • mustgetmuscles1
    mustgetmuscles1 Posts: 3,346 Member
    Have you checked the studies shown in the link? No, but you talk, typical...

    Did you look at the links? How many of the cited material were actually published studies that showed aspartame to be dangerous in humans?

    How many were just links to other articles?
  • s_pekz
    s_pekz Posts: 340 Member
    In this link http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/08/09/artificial-sweeteners-worse-than-sugar.aspx
    you can find a whole bunch of links with researches that show all the danges of aspartame, including the weight gain through insulin spikes, and there is not only one, you've got 8 studies with information.

    Enjoy your sweet death.

    Mercola is an idiot who thinks you can cure depression by taping your forehead. seriously. this guy is not a scientist.
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    Doctors say the aspartame is bad.

    The guy who taught me Organic Chemistry (of which I remember NONE, except that it was the most horrible, difficult and boring class in the history of the world and I hated it and even got my only damn B, so don't come at me with ether, double bonds or alkenes, I don't remember anything!) held my bottle of Diet Pepsi up for all to see when he ranted about aspartame. (And he *****ed at me when I showed up for the next class with another bottle, lol.)

    There seems to be a lot of different opinions on the stuff.

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