So.. A lot of us diet.. A lot of us are told (and believe) that sugar alternatives like NutraSweet or Equal are better for us.. If you must drink pop drink Diet Pop.. Right?? Haven't we all believed this at one point?
Okay.. Here is the truth about it..
Aspartame is the basis of Diet Coke, Diet Pepsi, NutraSweet, Equal, and other foods and drinks. You don't even know how many things!
In an email that John McManamy received this was included.
"The email, together with a number of websites, credits the artificial sweetener with nearly every woe known to humankind, from MS to Gulf War syndrome. In the words of the letter:
If you are using aspartame ... and you suffer from fibromyalgia symptoms, spasms, shooting pains, numbness in your legs, cramps, vertigo, dizziness, headaches, tinnitus, joint pain, depression, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, blurred vision, or memory loss - you probably have aspartame disease."
Wow! Um... WOW! Three byproducts of aspartame are methanol, formaldehyde, and formate! (check them out..)
How about this.. Pop.. Including diet Pop.. "Data from this and other prospective studies suggest that the promotion of diet sodas as healthy alternatives may be ill-advised" Dr. Helen Hazuda, professor of medicine at University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, said in a written statement. "They may be free of calories, but not of consequences." Consequences like weight gain.. And we all know that weight gain causes a lot of other health problems..
Ryan Jaslaw - - "Artificial sweeteners could have the effect of triggering appetite but unlike regular sugars they don't deliver something that will squelch the appetite," Sharon Fowler, obesity researcher at UT Health Science Center at San Diego and a co-author on both of these studies, told the Daily Mail. She also said sweeteners could inhibit brain cells that make you feel full.
Christopher Wanjek - - Drinking diet soda is associated with a 50-percent increase in stroke risk, according to a study presented earlier this month at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference in Los Angeles.
Nicholas Bakalar (NY TIMES) - - Some studies have suggested that consumption of diet soft drinks may be associated with Type 2 diabetes and development of the condition known as metabolic syndrome — high blood pressure, abdominal obesity and other risk factors. Now a 10-year epidemiological study has found a link between diet soft drinks and cardiovascular disease.
And it goes on and on dementia, Alzheimer's.. Google it and see..
There are natural ways to sweeten you drinks or foods.. Cane Sugar, Turbinado Sugar, Stevia.. Which are natural sugars that have not been changed by man to be something else.. And haven't been chemically enhanced..
What do you all think about this??
Cites:
John McManamy - http://www.mcmanweb.com/diet_coke.html
Ryan Jaslow - http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-20075358-10391704/new-study-is-wake-up-call-for-diet-soda-drinkers/
Christopher Wanjek - http://www.livescience.com/12972-diet-soda-increases-stroke-risk.html
Nicholas Bakalar - http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/28/health/research/diet-soft-drinks-linked-to-risk-of-heart-disease.html
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