FDA rebuffs call for aspartame probe

CNN ^ | 06.30.07

[HiTech RedNeck]

Diet drinks have been a Weight Watchers freebie for decades. Their diets still slim people down.

[rxgalfl]

This is why you should drink purified water only...

[Maelstorm]

Phenylalanine has been shown to cause mood changes though I would imagine the caffeine would be the more likely culprit for hyperactivity. I have drank the stuff forever and don’t notice any mood changes except if I don’t get my caffeine. I do prefer the new sweeteners which taste better to me. I think you did the right thing though by eliminating it since you noticed it was causing a problem for you.

[shield]

Yep, aspartane is an extremely dangerous drug. I've known this for yrs. Everyone I love I've tried to get off this god awful sweetner. Causes brain tumors...causes people to actually gain weight from it...the list is endless...My Mom drank it one time and one time only it immediately caused her throat to close up...

This once again proves the FDA is actually not looking out for the public...it's there to protect the profits of companies.

[rxgalfl]

Diet drinks have been a Weight Watchers freebie for decades. Their diets still slim people down.

For how long do they manage to maintain the weight loss? And cancer and death also slim people down. Forget diets, proper nutrition and exercise is what keeps one healthy. We've all gotten lazier and lazier,,,I caught myself this week wheeling myself in my chair down to read a report off a diagnostic screen 10 feet away! SHAME ON ME!

[HiTech RedNeck]

Pesticides are often made out as an unalloyed evil. It is more honest to note that the better nutrition made possible by fighting destructive pests has aided public health more than microscopic residues of these substances has harmed it. If it weren’t for pesticides many of us wouldn’t even have the luxury of complaining about pesticides. We’d be too busy scrabbling after that last bit of food.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Shame yourself all you want.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

According to the article there is no statistically significant correlation between aspartame unless the child is averaging over 5 cans/day everyday or an adult male is taking over 20 cans/day every day. If you took that many cans of regular soda you’d get diabetes, or that much water and you’d disturb your electrolyte balance enough to pass out!

[rxgalfl]

Shame yourself all you want.

I believe your sense of humor has been decimated by the WW freebies.

[HiTech RedNeck]

And in other news, a moose bit your sister.

[at bay]

major mood changes

Ever consider all the caffeine?

[rxgalfl]

If you took that many cans of regular soda you’d get diabetes, or that much water and you’d disturb your electrolyte balance enough to pass out!

Exactly how much water do you have on mind (pending of course you have no health issues!) of consuming that you worry you might...disturb your 'lytes? :)

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

Anecdotal evidence is worthless in science, there are no statistically relevant studies demonstrating your claims.

[Perdogg]

or electrolytic imbalance.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Millions of people are sensitive, some even deathly allergic to very common foodstuffs. This used to be a place where there was room for some personal responsibility. If a food or beverage gave you problems, you would avoid it in the future. Now you try to project your personal preferences in food and beverage onto the entire nation. No thank you.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Quite so. People think that because something has nutrasweet or splenda, they somehow become immune to the caffeine in a daily quantity of cola beverage that they would never think of imbibing in its original sugary form.

[Perdogg]

I have been drinking Diet MD for 22 years. The vision out of my third eye has never been better.

[rxgalfl]

Actually I was stating common sense facts so spare me the preaching. At no time was I advocating banning the product. Proof and point: as of September 1st all Cleveland Clinics in US will stop hiring smokers. Do I think smoking is dangerous? Absolutely! But it's legal and I do not find it fair from CC to take such drastic measures. Where do we stop? Chocolate? Aspartame? Butter?

However, in your self-righteous rush to prove a nonexistent point you made an assumption about me and my posts (clearly without reading them!). This does not change reality of the fact that we are #1 in the world when it comes to obesity and I am not blaming the food industry. It's a personal choice which we make every single day in our life. So get a grip of yourself, drink all the diet soda you want and be positive.

[turnrightnow]

Can’t feed it to my husband or daughter either. Aspartame gives them violent headaches. It’s scary.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Spare the preacher the preaching? This is richer than full sugar Coke.