Diet Drinks

stevencloser wrote: »

TheNerdyMonkey wrote: »

You can look up recipes for healthier sweet teas. Don't drink Gatorade or other sports drinks because they are designed for athletes, people who train hard every day and burn hundreds to thousands of calories a day. Just do your research, low calorie foods and drinks aren't always that good either. People will often miss out on nutrients they need, because they go for low calorie stuff. A lot of low calorie items will lack protein, fiber or other nutrients needed. So just read the nutrition facts before you eat or drink something, that way you know if it's okay or not. I drink a lot of tea's (real tea, not the fake bottled kind) especially green tea. I also drink a lot of water, sometimes a black coffee and I also like the Bai5 drinks, they are low calorie and high in antioxidants. Best of luck on your health and fitness journey

Hey, you were on the other thread too. May I ask you here too where you got that sucralose causes acne?
And if you think we shouldn't drink water because it doesn't have protein or fiber?

jerber160 wrote: »

cityruss wrote: »

hanymamdouh wrote: »

Try to stay away of any artificially sweetened beverages or drinks link Pepsi Diet and Cola Zero, they contain aspartame as sweetener which is very harmful, I got a lot of problems regarding to my thyroid gland because of using aspartame.

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You do realise that the official line from the FDA is that aspartame is "one of the most thoroughly tested and studied food additives the agency has ever approved"?

Please provide us with evidence that this is not the case?

The British Food Standards Agency funded a clinical study of people who claimed to experience side-effects after consuming aspartame. The double blind controlled study has concluded there was no evidence of safety issues or side effects even amongst those volunteers who had previously claimed sensitivity. No differences were observed in clinical, biochemical, psychological and metabonomic parameters following consumption of aspartame in either group.

The FSA's Committee on Toxicity evaluated the results at its meeting in October 2013, and determined that "the results presented did not indicate any need for action to protect the health of the public

http://www.food.gov.uk/science/research/foodcomponentsresearch/t01programme/t01projlist/fs231010

The European Food Safety Authority re-evaluated aspartame as part of the systematic re-evaluation of all food additives authorised in the EU prior to 20 January 2009. All 600 datasets are available publicly. This includes previously unpublished scientific data including the 112 original studies on aspartame which were submitted to support the request for authorisation of aspartame in Europe in the early 1980s.

The EFSA draft report found that aspartame and its metabolites "pose no toxicity concern for consumers at current levels of exposure. The current Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) is considered to be safe for the general population and consumer exposure to aspartame is below this ADI".

http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/dataclosed/call/110601.htm
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/press/news/130108.htm

Again, do you have evidence to show that the FSA and EFSA are wrong in their findings?

I saw an article a few months back that said artificial sweeteners go straight to your liver and your liver spends so much time breaking them down its ability to process sugars and fats is adversely affected. I can't find it again, but it makes sense to me.