Diet Soda Warnings

Good (and scary) documentary about aspartame: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWVxpeieqdw

A study based on 69 year olds? fact one older adults are more susceptible to vascular conditions, fact 2 a 69year old would have more than likely smoked before the warning, been exposed to lead pain, building materials and chemicals that we now have bans on, their mother would have more than likely smoke and drank through out their pregnancy because they knew better!

In moderation diet soda is ok! I would never reccomend drinking litres a day! the only thing you should drink litres a day of is water!

With several other medical opinions. Mainly that aspartame is a neurotoxin.

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http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10408440701516184

http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/123-1311/4024/

sadly there is no know cause for dementia, as a mental health nurse it breaks my heart to see people with this distress condition. I wish I could tell you the cause and treatment or any miricale for it, Its sad to see your family member/friend/ loved one go through this.

But I think its irresponsible for any practioner to solely blame it on one thing, at this point in time we know possible contributors and that there is some genetic link but one can no pin point one thing, I'm sorry but having something to blame makes you feel better but not your loved one.

Thanks! This is perfect timing as I am trying to quit the diet soda addiction I have!

So aspartame is fine for your brain? Since you're an expert in neuron cell death, does she have other options? Has she been misdiagnosed? Because we'd like her back.

All we are saying is that no one knows what causes Alzheimer's. It's a horrible disease, but that doctor should not have said that it was essentially self-induced through drinking diet soda. It isn't accurate and it certainly isn't kind.

My mom's best friend drank those diet sodas for 35 years. She was there from the time I was a toddler and she helped raise me. About 6 years ago she started showing signs of dementia--in her mid 50s-- and now she has full-blown Alzheimer's. The doctor said it was from 35 years of daily aspartame consumption. She weighs about 80 pounds now and doesn't recognize me, my mother, her children, or her grandkids. You don't have to believe me, but this is reality for us.

Please don't drink those awful things. I'm not interested in my friends' waistlines. I'd rather they were able to grow old with me.

Her doctor is an idiot.

How, pray tell, did he isolate aspartame as the causal link?

plus, Alzheimer's cannot be diagnosed until death - the brain has to be autopsied for a definitive diagnosis.

So aspartame is fine for your brain? Since you're an expert in neuron cell death, does she have other options? Has she been misdiagnosed? Because we'd like her back.

Aspartame is fine for your brain, yes. Your brain has a barrier designed to protect it. In many ways, it's a separate compartment- isolated from the rest of your body. Some things can get past that barrier, but a lot of things can't.

If I were to dump aspartame directly onto neurons, then yes, it would kill them (a lot of things kill them). But the brain never "sees" the aspartame that you drink/eat.

And unfortunately, no. Alzheimer's disease is a progressive, incurable disorder. There are medications that can help alleviate the symptoms, but they will not stop the progression of the disease.

I also can't tell you if she's been misdiagnosed... I'm not an MD. I'm a PhD. But that doesn't make me any less an expert on what causes brain cells to die.

But seriously, please don't blame the patient. Nothing upsets me more. AGE is the single greatest risk factor for the disease, and nobody can stop aging. Educate yourself... and love her while you've got her. Don't blame her for this illness. She did nothing to bring it upon herself.

If you'd like to learn more about Alzheimer's disease, I suggest: http://www.alzforum.org/ and http://www.alz.org/. The link to the mayo clinic above is also excellent.

Condolences to IndyInk, on a loss that is not a death but for intents and purposes is, and with due respect to LPQ22, human dietary needs are so off the wall nowadays

Soda--don't drink it, it's bad - drink diet soda
Diet soda, Don't drink it, it poisonous
Butter is bad, too much fat eat margarine Margarine is good
No margarine is bad, too many chemicals eat butter
water is good,
No water is bad, too many chemicals added, especially the evil mind controlling flouride.
Salt is good, salt is bad
Etc, Etc, Ad infinitum


Sheesh, does anyone else feel like throwing up their hands and giving up sometimes?
It's just my humble opinion, but sometimes it seems like we can't eat, drink or even breath because EVERYTHING causes some sort of illness or incurable disease.

Of course if I am off-base feel free to call me on it. I'm not too stubborn to learn or value other peoples opinions.