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	Why is America deceived into thinking diet soda is better or healthier than regular soda? Artificial sweeteners contain Aspartame, aspartic acid, methanol, and phenylalanine which becomes formaldehyde petrol which your body can't break down. By Worth Repeating Asked Jan 5 2009 2:15PM	23 Pts Rate Question

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by Moonwalker_II on Jan 8, 2009 at 9:51 am Permalink

Aspartame is considered a cancerous agent, their licence has long ago expired and not renewed by the FDA in the United States. In most European countries there is a warning on the bottles with full information.

If you wish to read some medical information please check the enclosed link:
http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/

Regards.

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by Nemo_S on Jan 5, 2009 at 2:46 pm Permalink

The same way they got away with killing so many others with tobacco products --- Doctor approved when I was growing up ---

for profit by any and all means necessary, you know exploitation through fraud, theft, murder and extortion by way of every form of deception possible and imaginable on wall street and having a lot of paid opinions doesn't hurt either ...

~Nemo~

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by Galeanda on Jan 5, 2009 at 2:21 pm Permalink

it's not just the USA, it's many countries, where people are obsessed with calories and being thin and not just being healthy.

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by BigDaddyBS on Jan 5, 2009 at 2:21 pm Permalink

Because it's not true - http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/aspartame.asp - pure and simple. ;-)

You guys need to get your stories straight... http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/622816 says that ingestion CAUSES it to break down in these things. YOU say they combine and your body CAN'T break it down. Which is it? Oh, yeah... It's not true.

Find more at http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/4042265

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Worth Repeating Jan, 05 2009 at 03:04 PM

What i meant was that your body cant break down formaldehyde so it goes into your blood stream, I also didnt say it causes cancer, but rather side effects like sleep deprivation, depression, migraines,
muscle cramps and chronic fatigue.
Find more at:
http://www.prisonplanet.com/.../050406goodforyou.htm
http://www.myaspartameexperiment.com/
http://www.dldewey.com/columns/asparst2.htm
http://www.mercola.com/article/aspartame/index.htm
http://www.thetruthaboutstuff.com/
http://www.safefood.org.nz/diefordrink.htm
http://www.dldewey.com/columns/asparstu.htm
http://www.dorway.com/
http://www.whale.to/a/bowen.html

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by jamamiss on Jan 5, 2009 at 2:19 pm Permalink

I don't think they consider anything other than the fact it is lower in calories. We are obsessed with being thin. Any means justifies the end--just as long as the end means thin.

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Nemo_S Jan, 08 2009 at 12:00 PM

It has to do with "Weight" BUT muscle is heavier than fat so "Weight" should not be the issue,it's a form of psychological warfare of sorts from the misinformation dept ..... it all how it's put together that counts and only real food and exercise can achieve that ...

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by - Pompey Dave - wearing a COAT of blue - on Jan 5, 2009 at 2:17 pm Permalink

Not just America

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Worth Repeating Jan, 05 2009 at 02:56 PM

true

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by SalientAlien on Jan 5, 2009 at 2:16 pm Permalink

Wishful thinking...

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by mellowfellow on Jan 5, 2009 at 2:16 pm Permalink

because americans are easy targets to deceive.

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