Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
I see that diet soda is calorie and sugar free, so it seems like a great alternative to regular soda which is loaded with sugar, and the taste really isn’t that different.
Are there any negative health consequences with drinking diet soda?
Thank you.
#1 You gain more weight than from normal sugar. I can link you to some studies for this.
#2 Aspartame is highly addictive, so you will drink more soda than you would otherwise.
#3 Aspartame is incredibly toxic (since it was originally developed as a chemical weapon), and the previous posters have listed some of the many side effects from the substance. It should not be in the food supply, but when Regan came into power, his friend owned the aspartame company and got him to fire the FDA director and replace him with one who would approve it.
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
I’ve been reading that the artificial sweeteners in diet pop is a lot worse for your health than regular. But does it make you gain more weight than the regular kind? One site I read said it does. But a regular soda has 170 calories I am limited to 1300 a day that’s a whole half meal or so for me.
drinking diet pop will not make you gain weight, as a matter of fact that’s probably the only good thing about drinking diet pop. The health concerns that you are referring deal with the side effects of consuming ASPARTAME, a main ingredient on most diet pops. Depending on the individuals immune system, aspartame can case serious health problems in the eyes, ear, brain (neurological), chest, stomach, etc… the most common of all is the memory loss (psychological) as researchers have found that there is a direct correlation with aspartame and Alzheimer’s. You also asked about the calorie counts per day. Nutritionists and Dietitians will agree that a 1300 calorie count per day is good. But, soda is also not recommended to be part of your daily diet.
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Saturday, February 13th, 2010
You can’t imagine how hard soft drinks sweetened with Aspartame are on your body.
A must-see for anybody with a sweet tooth, this exposé reveals the dangers of Aspartame consumption.
The Aspartame / NutraSweet Fiasco
http://www.stevia.net/aspartame.htm
Americans constantly obsess over the latest diet fads and skinny trends, yet we’re one of the unhealthiest nations on the planet.
According to the US Surgeon General, obesity plagues more than 30% of Americans, killing over 300,000 people every year! Heart disease, cancer, and diabetes are also all on the rise, with one of the main culprits in this disturbing trend being sugar. Almost 20% of our daily calorie intake comes from refined white sugar. That works out to about 150 pounds of sugar per year!
Consumed in small amounts, sugar actually helps your metabolism and supplies a quick boost of energy. In excess, sugar adds nothing but empty calories to your body. Many people have recognized this and now opt for sugar free alternatives, allowing for the rise of the artificial sugar industry. The most prevalent artificial sugar in our food supply today is called aspartame, which is also recognized as NutraSweet or Equal. Aspartame has made its way into more than 6,000 products including almost all diet sodas, chewing gum, frozen desserts, yogurt, and even vitamins and cough drops.
200 times sweeter than sugar, aspartame is a combination of two amino acids: aspartic acid and phenylalanine.
Even though the safety of aspartame has been affirmed by the Food and Drug Administration 26 times in the past 23 years, the FDA has received more complaints about adverse reactions to aspartame than any other food ingredient in the agency’s history. In fact, at least 30% of the US population is sensitive to even moderate doses of aspartame and may suffer several symptoms. Immediate reactions include severe headaches, dizziness, attention difficulties, memory loss, throat swelling, and seizures. Long term effects include blood sugar problems, insomnia, diabetes, ovarian cancer, and brain tumours. One study from Kings College in England found that the more NutraSweet is consumed, the more likely tumours are to develop. With all of the hazards associated with aspartame, how did this sweetener get approved in the first place?
The flurry of debate about Searle’s tests prompted the FDA to establish a Public Board of Inquiry, comprised of independent scientists to rule on safety issues surrounding NutraSweet. In 1980, The Public Board of Inquiry concluded that NutraSweet should not be approved pending further investigations of brain tumours in animals.
The following year, Ronald Reagan became President of the United States. His transitional team, which included Donald Rumsfeld, CEO of Searle (manufacturer of aspartame), then handpicked Dr. Arthur Hull Hayes Jr. to be the new FDA Commissioner. In one of his first official acts, the new FDA commissioner overruled the Public Board of Inquiry’s recommendations and authorized aspartame in dry foods and carbonated beverages. In fact, The National Soft Drink Association (NSDA) to delay approval of aspartame for carbonated beverages because of its instability in liquid form. When liquid aspartame reaches a temperatures above 85 degrees Fahrenheit, it breaks down known toxins and side effects become worsened.
Arthur Hull, FDA commissioner who pushed through aspartame, later left the FDA under allegations of impropriety and took a position with Burson-Marsteller, the chief public relations firm for both Monsanto and GD Searle, revealing his apparent conflicts of interest with aspartame’s manufacturer. The first carbonated beverages containing aspartame hit the market in 1983 and for the last twenty-five years aspartame has made its way into thousands of food and beverage products.
Even in the face of its sordid past, weight-conscious Americans will likely still opt for products containing aspartame because it is marketed as a weight loss aid. Ironically, studies have shown that it actually increases appetite and sugar intake because the empty sweetness from artificial sugars makes your body expect food. When it doesn’t arrive, you actually get hungrier! Recently, many people are jumping on the sucralose, or Splenda bandwagon, but this might not be the best substitute.
http://www.sweetpoison.com/phenylalanine.html
Aspartame Symptoms Submitted to the FDA
http://www.sweetpoison.com/articles/0706/aspartame_symptoms_submit.html
Aspartame (NutraSweet) Toxicity Info Centre
http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/
Abuse of the Scientific Method Seen in Monsanto Aspartame Research
http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/abuse/
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http://www.stevia.com/SteviaArticle.asp?Id=2269
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Monday, February 8th, 2010
Research shows potential health risks of sugar substitutes, especially those containing Aspartame. Is diet soda causing cancer and obesity? CBN News reports.
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Saturday, February 6th, 2010
Is the only difference between a diet soda and the regular version of it that the diet as no sugar? Please tell me all the differences between diet and regular.
Webpages that link to the information are REALLY appreciated.
10pts to best answer
PLEAS HELP
To sweeten diet soda sugar is NOT used but rather sweetened with artificial sweeteners such as Splenda, aspartame and aceytelfame potassium. These are calorie-free and do not spike insulin which is why it is recommended for diabetics, especially.
Regular sodas are sweetened with regular sugar (high fructose corn syrup).
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Thursday, February 4th, 2010
I am wanting to drink a diet soda that is not made of aspartame.. this stuff is dangerous to the body.
I think the only one out there without aspartame or splenda would be Tab, which contains saccharin.
None of them are any good for you. Better to brew some tea and drink it unsweetened.
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Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
Is one safer than the other? Can I drink one diet soda a day and be safe??
I used to drink ALOT of Diet Coke with Aspartame …upwards of 12 cans per day, until I noticed I was forgetting things I always knew. Things like the word, "monitor" when looking at a computer monitor. I thought at fiirst I was just going "stoopid!", but someone told me that it’s memory loss caused by Nutrasweet/Aspartame. When I cut out the Diet Coke and went back to regular Coke, within 30 days, my memory returned again and I’ve been fine ever since.
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Monday, October 19th, 2009
The only difference ingredient-wise is that regular soda has sugar and diet doesn’t. Are all the calories in the sugar? They put 100-150 calories worth of sugar in a soda?
Yes.
Ordinary soda has 100-150 calories worth of sugar. Diet soda usually has a roughly equivalent amount of aspartame, though some diet sodas (such as Coke Zero) use sucralose (a.k.a. Splenda.)
diet soda isn’t all it’s cracked up to be though; aspartame doesn’t get the endorphins (pleasure sensors) in your brain going like sugar does, and it may cause severe health issues.
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Saturday, October 17th, 2009
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