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Diet soda significantly increases your chances of suffering a stroke, new study
Health ^ | 09/14/2022

Posted on 09/14/2022 8:47:05 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

New study raises concerns about diet sodas

Wednesday, a new study was published in the BMJ:

Artificial sweeteners and risk of cardiovascular diseases: results from the prospective NutriNet-Sante cohort

The researchers found a potential link between the consumption of artificial sweeteners and heart disease.

The study involved over 100,000 adults in France.

The researchers concluded that "the findings from this large scale prospective cohort study suggest a potential direct association between higher artificial sweetener consumption (especially aspartame, acesulfame potassium, and sucralose) and increased cardiovascular disease risk. Artificial sweeteners are present in thousands of food and beverage brands worldwide, however they remain a controversial topic and are currently being re-evaluated by the European Food Safety Authority, the World Health Organization, and other health agencies."

According to the article, the objective of the study was to research "the associations between artificial sweeteners from all dietary sources (beverages, but also table top sweeteners, dairy products, etc), overall and by molecule (aspartame, acesulfame potassium, and sucralose), and risk of cardiovascular diseases (overall, coronary heart disease, and cerebrovascular disease)."

According to the FDA:

Aspartame

Aspartame is approved for use in food as a nutritive sweetener. Aspartame brand names include Nutrasweet, Equal, and Sugar Twin. It does contain calories, but because it is about 200 times sweeter than table sugar, consumers are likely to use much less of it.

FDA approved aspartame in 1981 (46 FR 38283) for uses, under certain conditions, as a tabletop sweetener, in chewing gum, cold breakfast cereals, and dry bases for certain foods (i.e., beverages, instant coffee and tea, gelatins, puddings, and fillings, and dairy products and toppings). In 1983 (48 FR 31376), FDA approved the use of aspartame in carbonated beverages and carbonated beverage syrup bases, and in 1996, FDA approved it for use as a "general purpose sweetener." It is not heat stable and loses its sweetness when heated, so it typically isn't used in baked goods.

Aspartame is one of the most exhaustively studied substances in the human food supply, with more than 100 studies supporting its safety.

FDA scientists have reviewed scientific data regarding the safety of aspartame in food and concluded that it is safe for the general population under certain conditions. However, people with a rare hereditary disease known as phenylketonuria (PKU) have a difficult time metabolizing phenylalanine, a component of aspartame, and should control their intake of phenylalanine from all sources, including aspartame. Labels of aspartame-containing foods and beverages must include a statement that informs individuals with PKU that the product contains phenylalanine.

Acesulfame potassium (Ace-K)

Acesulfame potassium is approved for use in food as a non-nutritive sweetener. It is included in the ingredient list on the food label as acesulfame K, acesulfame potassium, or Ace-K. Acesulfame potassium is sold under the brand names Sunett and Sweet One. It is about 200 times sweeter than sugar and is often combined with other sweeteners.

FDA approved acesulfame potassium for use in specific food and beverage categories in 1988 (53 FR 28379), and in 2003 approved it as a general purpose sweetener and flavor enhancer in food, except in meat and poultry, under certain conditions of use. It is heat stable, meaning that it stays sweet even when used at high temperatures during baking, making it suitable as a sugar substitute in baked goods.

Acesulfame potassium is typically used in frozen desserts, candies, beverages, and baked goods. More than 90 studies support its safety.

Sucralose

Sucralose is approved for use in food as a non-nutritive sweetener. Sucralose is sold under the brand name Splenda. Sucralose is about 600 times sweeter than sugar.

FDA approved sucralose for use in 15 food categories in 1998 and for use as a general purpose sweetener for foods in 1999, under certain conditions of use. Sucralose is a general purpose sweetener that can be found in a variety of foods including baked goods, beverages, chewing gum, gelatins, and frozen dairy desserts. It is heat stable, meaning that it stays sweet even when used at high temperatures during baking, making it suitable as a sugar substitute in baked goods.

Sucralose has been extensively studied and more than 110 safety studies were reviewed by FDA in approving the use of sucralose as a general purpose sweetener for food.

New study raises concerns about diet sodas

Wednesday, a new study was published in the BMJ:

Artificial sweeteners and risk of cardiovascular diseases: results from the prospective NutriNet-Sante cohort

The researchers found a potential link between the consumption of artificial sweeteners and heart disease.



TOPICS: Food; Health/Medicine; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: acesulfame; aspartame; diet; dietsoda; potentiallink; stroke; sucralose
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To: ponygirl
When we were about to go out into the aisle with the cart, I opened the door and realized she had heated the cereal. I lifted one of the cups off the tray and this gross, black, sticky goo was underneath each one. On heating, the Splenda had melted into a tarry black mystery substance.

If you have never read up on Splenda which is a brand name of sucralose, it is made from Sugar.

It is synthesized by the selective chlorination of sucrose in a multistep route that substitutes three specific hydroxyl groups with chlorine atoms.
Here is the Sucrose:

Here is the sucralose

They just break three of the Hydrogen-Oxygen bonds and substitute three chlorine atoms in their place.   Please remember that table salt is just NaCl (Sodium Cloride), so it's not like some strange chemical concoction.   Table salt has a chlorine atom and so does Splenda.

The stuff on the burner was sticky black goo like burned Sugar.

21 posted on 09/14/2022 10:17:38 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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To: SeekAndFind

This stuff has been around for forty years or more and just now they’re finding this out? At a time when strokes are skyrocketing in atypical populations? Color me skeptical...I’d say some trickery is afoot.

Maybe they need something to blame for their heart dart shots.


22 posted on 09/14/2022 10:23:50 PM PDT by Rural_Michigan
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To: SeekAndFind

I drink diet soda all the time. I suppose if anybody notices I’ve stopped posting someday you will know what happened.


23 posted on 09/14/2022 10:26:43 PM PDT by Nateman (If Mohammad was not the Anti Christ he definitely comes in as a strong second..)
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To: higgmeister

I’m thinking it’s all that foy gra they eat. I know my spelling sucks😝.
Or those little birds they eat while they’re holding them by the beak…


24 posted on 09/14/2022 10:29:12 PM PDT by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: Nateman

You are not the only one I drink diet Pepsi eveyday


25 posted on 09/14/2022 10:43:03 PM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!you)
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To: one guy in new jersey
Safe and effective.

I'll bet 99% of the FREEPERS think this article was written to show a dangerous side effect about the drinks.

The real purpose is to address climate change causing heart attacks

Cold showers cause heart attacks

ANYTHING but the vaxxxxxxines cause heart attacks, strokes, Sudden Adult death...

The vaxxxxxxines are extremely safe and effective. Now line up and get your booster and make sure your 6 month old child is up to date on it's vaxxxxxxines too.

Just because excess deaths is causing the life insurance companies to pay out record high premiums in 2021 at the same time the vaxxxxxines started to be injected is NOT proof the vaxxxxxines are killing thousands and thousands above normal (unexpected deaths). It might really be climate change, or soft drinks, or cold showers or..../sarc


26 posted on 09/14/2022 10:49:04 PM PDT by politicianslie (Those who got vaxxed need to update their wills. You are a guinea pig in a dangerous drug trial.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Did it occur to any of these Einsteins that people who drink diet soda in the first place are already a high risk group?


27 posted on 09/14/2022 10:59:40 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: higgmeister

It certainly didn’t smell like burned sugar. It smelled like chemicals.


28 posted on 09/14/2022 11:10:16 PM PDT by ponygirl (An Appeal to Heaven )
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To: SeekAndFind

Have read that diet drinks are better than sugary drinks at the moment in terms of sugar consumption but that the diet drinks make you crave other sugars later. So you consume a diet soda but then want a bigger piece of cake later in the day. I often give up diet sodas and sweets for Lent and after a few weeks I feel calmer, lighter, and better, with more energy and better, deeper sleep.


29 posted on 09/14/2022 11:20:55 PM PDT by MDLION ("Trust in the Lord with all your heart" -Proverbs 3:5)
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To: SeekAndFind

Only six diet Dr Pepper a day

I’m cool


30 posted on 09/14/2022 11:24:10 PM PDT by wardaddy (Sound and Fury Republic)
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No, no, no... it’s not the vax... it’s the diet soda — so SADS, so very SADS


31 posted on 09/14/2022 11:25:46 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: higgmeister

So it looks like the saccharine rat poison in Sweet ‘n Low is AOK!


32 posted on 09/14/2022 11:26:22 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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To: gnarledmaw
Ahh, no. Its not 1970 and we arent talking about TAB.

Tab goes back father than the 1970's. My Spinster Aunts were drinking TAB in the early 1960's and back then it had cyclamates where were banned before the 1970's.   I hated the taste back then and actually love it now.   I wish they hadn't discontinued it again.

Your complaint seems to be with permissive parents that don't watch what they give their children.

I have used Splenda many years and started including Stevia which gives a smoother taste than either one by itself.

I was diagnosed as diabetic at least seventeen years ago and right then I made myself a promise to never purchase anything with more than six grams of sugar per serving.   For example I just bought Nabisco Social Tea biscuits that are labeled as 7 grams of sugar per a seven cookie serving.   I can eat six cookies and be satisfied with no problem. & I drink diet cola with sucralose with no problem.

33 posted on 09/14/2022 11:30:51 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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To: ponygirl

Well, it had the chlorine in it too so it was much more toxic than simple burned sugar.


34 posted on 09/14/2022 11:33:23 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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To: Rural_Michigan

Exactly; but they started screaming about aspartame right out of the chute. You could probably find similar articles from 1980. Meanwhile, , they can’t see a correlation between excess deaths and nRNA vaccines, except in the European countries withdrawing them one age group and one country at a time.


35 posted on 09/15/2022 3:24:27 AM PDT by sopo
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To: higgmeister

Yes, that is what I was thinking.


36 posted on 09/15/2022 4:04:57 AM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: higgmeister

Do you take insulin with the cookies?


37 posted on 09/15/2022 4:06:38 AM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: higgmeister

I don’t think any major soda uses stevia.


38 posted on 09/15/2022 4:09:25 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Rural_Michigan

They’ve known about this for a long time.


39 posted on 09/15/2022 4:14:42 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: MDLION

Aspartame is an excitotoxin like MSG.


40 posted on 09/15/2022 4:17:21 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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