kelpdiver 2 #26 March 31, 2006 QuoteSafe or not, there's plenty of evidence that it's an addictive stimulant. Ever seen an aspartame junkie deprived of their daily diet pepsi? It's scary. Way worse than caffeine addiction (to which I happy subscribe). My friends who have tried to quit smoking have all been able to do so eventually. No one I know has been able to give up aspartame completely once they were hooked on it. sorry, this is a load of crap. I switch between Diet Coke, Diet Coke (Splenda), Diet Pepsi, Coke Zero a 12 pack at a time and do just fine. Aside from any qustion of calories, my dentist would prefer that I not drink sugary soda any more. and if we're going to be heaping attacks on the artificial sweeteners, let's include high fructose corn syrup, which clearly has done far more harm to America since it became the primary (cheap) form of sugar being used. Half the reason I don't drink regular coke anymore is that I can't stand the taste of HFCS. Visiting Canada, otoh, where sugar is used, I go nuts for a week. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #27 March 31, 2006 QuoteSafe or not, there's plenty of evidence that it's an addictive stimulant. Ever seen an aspartame junkie deprived of their daily diet pepsi? It's scary. Way worse than caffeine addiction (to which I happy subscribe). My friends who have tried to quit smoking have all been able to do so eventually. No one I know has been able to give up aspartame completely once they were hooked on it. Are you serious? I've never known anyone who was addicted to aspartame. And I've gone through times where I was drinking a lot of it but then stopped for whatever reason, and I've never had any kind of withdrawal symptoms from giving it up. I've heard claims of it being addictive, but I've never seen anything that was very convincing. But I've seen people form addictions to all sorts of things, so I'm sure it's possible... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skygeek 0 #28 April 3, 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4683371.stm Here is an article from the bbc about it being re-examined for possibl links to cancer. "Aspartame's ADI is set at 40 milligrams per kilogram of body weight. This is equivalent to 2,800 milligrams for an average British adult. For an average three-year-old child the amount is of the order of 600 milligrams. An adult would have to consume 14 cans of a sugar-free drink every day before reaching the ADI, assuming the sweetener was used in the drink at the maximum permitted level. " http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=7936222&dopt=Abstract Welcome to the New World Order. Expect no Mercy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 3 #29 April 3, 2006 OK, let me get this straight. We're skydivers, and here we are, debating the health risks of too much diet soda. Am I the only one that sees a little irony in that? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #30 April 4, 2006 no shit. I suspect there's a greater cancer risk breathing in those fumes while boarding. Nevermind all the drinking at the end of the day. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
