Aspertaine

[hellosunshine]

its just dawned on me that its giving my stomach jip!AND ITS IN EVERYTHING,well,almost everything,im on day one tomorrow no diet drinks.next week im off the gum,anyone else noiced is not a hiunky dory product?


ps.thinking of you lot 9/11.must have been a tuff time.

[mimitabby]

isn't this the one that was discovered while trying to find a food additive that would INCREASE APPETITE? it tasted so good they marketed it as a sweetener!

good luck.
I don't eat/drink any fake sweeteners either.

[hellosunshine]

isn't this the one that was discovered while trying to find a food additive that would INCREASE APPETITE? it tasted so good they marketed it as a sweetener!

good luck.
I don't eat/drink any fake sweeteners either.

RIGHT!OH SOSOSO PURE,WOW IVE NOT HAD A FIZZY DRINK SINCE I STARTED THIS THREAD AND NOW,DONT I FEEL SO GODDESS LIKE!!!!!BUT 3rd DAY NO CHEWING GUM,AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW I HAVE "BOUNCE" I HAVE NO SUGAR CRAVINGS WHATSEOEVER,HOW VERY VERY ODD..........


AND JSUT TO PROVE HOW BORING IVE BECOME,PLAIN YOGS,THE LOT

[Geonz]

I don't believe caffeine is a poison at all... any more than salt is.

[KnottedYet]

caffeine is my friend...

Aspartame, however, makes me sick. Thought I could get away with half-pieces of gum at work (cuz gotta keep the breath fresh and i was eating a ton of cinnamon Altoids). Ooops. No can do. So I guess if it makes you sick, even a little will still make you sick.

[Dogmama]

I understand that aspartame is a great ant killer.

In March, a paper was published showing that aspartame ingestion in rats caused numerous cancerous changes:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...=pubmed_docsum

If you don't want to read the science - check out the last sentence (APM=aspartame

"The results of this mega-experiment indicate that APM is a multipotential carcinogenic agent, even at a daily dose of 20 mg/kg body weight, much less than the current acceptable daily intake. On the basis of these results, a reevaluation of the present guidelines on the use and consumption of APM is urgent and cannot be delayed."

Consider this:

Aspartame is made by Monsanto. Monsanto gives millions to fund re-election campaigns. Ever wonder why stevia, which is a natural sweetener the comes from a plant, isn't in our soft drinks, etc? Thank Monsanto. The above referenced paper was a result of lab work in Italy. I don't think that the U.S. would fund such a study.

BTW, Ethoxyquin, a common preservative in pet foods, is poison. http://physchem.ox.ac.uk/MSDS/ET/ethoxyquin.html That's why I make my dog's food.

[PAP103]

It gives me incredible headaches. It took me a long time to figure out what was causing them. I blamed it on nerves, anxiety, and anything else you can think of. I was popping Tylenol like candy. That was about 12 years ago. Since then, I've given up diet soda and sugar free almost everything. Now I drink water and herbal tea. If I want something sweet, I for the non diet stuff.

I've read that it can give you MS symptoms too - not sure if thats true or not. But its nasty stuff.

[Running Mommy]

I also cannot tolerate splenda. My tummy just does not like that stuff!

[hellosunshine]

yeah!if it was a bloke id dump him

[spokewench]

No, No, and No. I don't believe in putting fake stuff in my body! Besides it all tastes horrible!

I don't do any light sugared products (they all have the fake sugars in them)

I try not to eat or drink too much sugar, but when I do, it is the real thing

We are what we eat. I really believe that obesity in our world is cauesd by all these pre-packaged pre-prepared foods, these light products, these fake products. Make your own stuff - yes it takes more time but it is an investment in your HEALTH. There is almost nothing more important than your health!

Just remember what you eat is what fuels you to go fast on the bike. Sugar is an empty calorie so remember to try to eat calories that contain nutrition in them. It's okay to have the occassional coke or ice cream or beer but just remember that they are the treats and not the norm. You need to get your calories from good, unadulterated food prepared by you!

Hope I haven't insulted anyone but I'm pretty passionate about this

The Spokewench

[KnottedYet]

Aspertame/Nutrasweet makes me terribly ill. It gave my mom the MS symptoms and had her doc thinking her nervous system was collapsing. It also makes SKnot sick.

So I'm guessing there's a genetic tendency to non-tolerance of Aspertame.

I eat SUGAR when I want something sweetened.

Deep fat fried salted SUGAR is best! (no, really, I eat real sugar and everything is fine. Only 16 calories per teaspoon, and it fuels you for the bike. What's not to love? Just be sure you do ride the bike, and brush and floss your teeth.)