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by Lady Alathia of Vulcan on May 9th, 2008
Forget your stomach, Diet Coke has enough Aspartame in it to keep you addicted for life. And Aspartame is not a pretty thing -- it makes you crave carbs, which is NOT conducive to dieting, as well as myriad other awful side effects.
by csimme01 and Ninja Cooper UNMASKED on May 9th, 2008
If I drank regular soda like I drink diet soda, I would weigh twice as much as I do now, so would it be better or worse for me?
As with all things, moderation is the key. Even drinking to much water can kill you.
NOt to mention, the most dangerous thing we do every day is ride in or drive a car. The odds of this killing us are much greater than so many other things that get so much more attention. Sometimes I think people lose perspective.
by Galeanda on May 9th, 2008
Diet Coke is even worse for you. It still has the acid and the carbonation PLUS the aspartame which is bad for you, too.
by Cyndi Ninja on May 9th, 2008
Yes, the only difference is in the sweetener...it's the acids that get you.
by B.fife My honesty makes people angry... on May 14th, 2008
I know that at the Coke bottling plant here they use Diet Coke to clean and degrease the engine compartments of the delivery trucks it supposedly works unbelieveably well!
by Anonymous on May 10th, 2008
I'm not familiar with this “penny test” but I think I can make a pretty good guess as to what it involves, what the results will be, and what conclusion you are expected to draw therefrom.
In a nutshell, I think that you are intended to put a penny in some cola for a while, observe that the cola corrodes the penny, and then to conclude that if it does that to the penny, that it must be very bad for your stomach. Have I got this right?
I'm not going to try this experiment, as I already know what will happen. Go ahead and try it yourself, if you want. The cola corrodes the penny, so it is bad for you, right?
Go ahead, then and try this experiment with something that you know is good for you, such as orange juice. What happens? The orange juice corrodes the penny. In fact, I think you will find that it is considerably more corrosive than the cola.
I guess this means that orange juice is worse for you than cola, doesn't it?
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Wow, I did not know that. Thank you very much for your answer. I need to re-examine by diet soda habits. Very helpful, thanks for sharing that!
by BeccaBaby on May 9th, 2008
This answer is pure nonsense. There has never been any credible scientific evidence that indicates aspartame to have any such attributes.
by Anonymous on May 9th, 2008
Bob, that's frankly incorrect.
by Lady Alathia of Vulcan on May 9th, 2008
I don't think there has ever been any chemical that has been subject to so much uncalled-for hype, junk science, and scaremongering than aspartame. There are also very, very few artificial chemicals that have been subject to as much scientific scrutiny and found as reliably to be relatively harmless.
If there was even the tiniest bit of truth to all the crap going around about aspartame, then by now, with it having been in very wide use for a quarter of a century, we would be seeing massive epidemics of all the ills that are being falsely attributed to it. Where are these epidemics?
See also: http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/11988
by Anonymous on May 9th, 2008
It's interesting, Bob, that one of the biggest skeptics of th safety of aspartame is a Blaylock. I've read a couple of his books and they sure tell a very different story. But then again, he's not in league with the chemical companies now.
http://www.russellblaylockmd.com/
http://www.wnho.net/blaylock_blasts_aspartame.htm
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Sorry we all got DRed, Lady Alathia:-)
by Galeanda on May 9th, 2008
For the record, I am not, as far as I know, related to the crackpot junk-scientist Russell Blaylock. I do have a cousin by that name, but it's not the same person.
by Anonymous on May 9th, 2008
It would, indeed, be very ironic if the aforementioned crackpot and junk scientist was a relative. Type II diabetes is heavily pervasive among my father's side of the family, and aspartame is one of the modern products that has made being a diabetic much easier and more tolerable. I've had two uncles who have died from diabetic-related complications (including the father of my cousin who has the misfortune to share the same name as the aforementioned crackpot).
I doubt if you'll find anyone among my relatives who is as active as the crackpot junk-scientist Russel Blaylock in fighting a mindless jihad against a product that allows diabetics to live longer, healthier, easier lives.
by Anonymous on May 9th, 2008
You don't need to rely on aspartame, you can use a much safer product that doesn't have the dangers associated with. Try stevia and enjoy healthy living, instead of all the problems consuming an excito-toxin can give you.
by Galeanda on May 9th, 2008
All the crazy rumors notwithstanding, there is not a shred of credible scientific evidence that aspartame is unsafe, or that it is any less safe than any other sweetener. In fact, there are some hints of possible adverse effects from stevia, though at this point, the evidence is not sufficient to call for any aspartame-like fear of it. More research on stevia is certainly called-for. Aspartame has been much more than sufficiently examined and proven to be safe.
by Anonymous on May 9th, 2008
Right and the studies done on pilots using aspartame, or that there are no safe level for excito-toxins and all the others ones I should just ignore. I'm sure that Monsanto is such a credible company and a stalwart of truth and honesty with no pressures ever applied to governments or other agencies. That's fine. I've done my research. I can see that you haven't:-)
by Galeanda on May 9th, 2008
If there is, as you say, “no safe level for excito-toxins” and if aspartame is such an excito-toxin, then I would be dead by now; or at least exhibiting obvious signs of aspartame poisoning; and so would millions of other Americans who consume diet soft drinks on a daily basis.
Can you produce credible evidence of even one person — just one — who is suffering significant ill effects that can be demonstrated to have been caused by aspartame?
by Anonymous on May 9th, 2008