Aspartame

Griff · 02-12-2006, 07:25 AM

The stuff always tasted like cancer to me anyway. How applicable rat studies are is always a question but the amount ingested in the study is not out of line for what some folks drink.

The research found that the sweetener was associated with unusually high rates of lymphomas, leukemias and other cancers in rats that had been given doses of it starting at what would be equivalent to four to five 20-ounce bottles of diet soda a day for a 150-pound person. The study, which involved 1,900 laboratory rats and cost $1 million, was conducted at the European Ramazzini Foundation of Oncology and Environmental Sciences, a nonprofit organization that studies cancer-causing substances; Dr. Soffritti is its scientific director.

wolf · 02-12-2006, 02:16 PM

I never touch the stuff. Haven't since the day it came out.

I knew that the secret behind the "same stuff in it as Bananas and Milk" advertising campaign was "long chain hydrocarbons" and that the similarity between Nutrasweet and anything natural ended right there. Nothing cracked a step or two off wood alcohol can be good for you.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-12-2006, 03:32 PM

They said Saccharin was bad, now they're not sure.
Those lab rats have all kinds of health issues. They rarely do a study that the damn rats don't get sick and they have to end it.

elSicomoro · 02-12-2006, 03:36 PM

Sucralose tastes way better than aspartame, but I'm sure someone will eventually find something wrong with that, too.

Rhoda was a big fan of stevia...I've never tried it.

wolf · 02-12-2006, 04:39 PM

I have a lot of new agey friends that try to foist crap like that on me. Had some at a picnic where the only available lemonade was sweetened with that stuff. I learned my lesson ... immediately went back to drinking beer.

Granola Goddess · 02-13-2006, 06:18 PM

I grew a stevia plant in my backyard. It actually lived. I was shocked.

footfootfoot · 02-13-2006, 07:28 PM

I am totally down with maple syrup. From trees. The sap.

Bee poop has its moments too.

molasses makes ginger bread yummy.

Many Years ago I worked in a bakery in Vermont. It had mainstream stuff and a selection of whole wheat cookies and such. Folks would come in ask for whole wheat croissants.

Croissants are supposed to be light and flaky and filled with butter. They are not health food. If you need the fiber in a whole wheat croissant THEN YOU ARE EATING TOO MANY CROISSANTS!

Have a carrot.

I think the same is true of sugar. If you can't do the time, then don't do the crime.

FallenFairy · 02-14-2006, 06:08 AM

Stevia is awesome and it is totally natural
I use it in everything...

footfootfoot · 02-14-2006, 10:57 AM

Stevia freaks me out for some reason. Irrational? maybe.

FallenFairy · 02-14-2006, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Stevia freaks me out for some reason. Irrational? maybe.

Why so?? it is all natural... and although it does have a bitter aftertaste if you use too much - it really is safe...

dar512 · 02-14-2006, 12:01 PM

Nutrasweet makes me sick. Literally. If I drink anything with Nutrasweet in it, it exacerbates the Crohn's disease and I get painfully ill.

barefoot serpent · 02-14-2006, 02:00 PM

I've heard that aspartame can negatively influence short-term memory... but I don't recall where I saw that.

BeardedOne · 02-18-2006, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by FallenFairy

Why so?? it is all natural... and although it does have a bitter aftertaste if you use too much - it really is safe...

Actually, if you think about it, "all natural" isn't always a good thing. I mean, cyanide is all natural and I wouldn't want to eat that.

Dude111 · 06-15-2017, 02:13 AM

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Originally Posted by elSicomoro

Sucralose tastes way better than aspartame, but I'm sure someone will eventually find something wrong with that, too.

Sucralose IS JUST AS BAD as aspertame but in different ways!!

http://www.naturalnews.com/045824_su...weeteners.html

I AVOID ANYTHING WITH THIS CRAP AS WELL!!!

classicman · 06-16-2017, 08:28 AM

Chemicals or sugar? Hmmm... Natural sugar only has 16 calories per tsp.
There are a ZILLION better ways to reduce your caloric intake.

02-12-2006, 07:25 AM	#1
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Aspartame The stuff always tasted like cancer to me anyway. How applicable rat studies are is always a question but the amount ingested in the study is not out of line for what some folks drink. The research found that the sweetener was associated with unusually high rates of lymphomas, leukemias and other cancers in rats that had been given doses of it starting at what would be equivalent to four to five 20-ounce bottles of diet soda a day for a 150-pound person. The study, which involved 1,900 laboratory rats and cost $1 million, was conducted at the European Ramazzini Foundation of Oncology and Environmental Sciences, a nonprofit organization that studies cancer-causing substances; Dr. Soffritti is its scientific director. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-12-2006, 02:16 PM	#2
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I never touch the stuff. Haven't since the day it came out. I knew that the secret behind the "same stuff in it as Bananas and Milk" advertising campaign was "long chain hydrocarbons" and that the similarity between Nutrasweet and anything natural ended right there. Nothing cracked a step or two off wood alcohol can be good for you. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-12-2006, 03:32 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	They said Saccharin was bad, now they're not sure. Those lab rats have all kinds of health issues. They rarely do a study that the damn rats don't get sick and they have to end it. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-12-2006, 04:39 PM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I have a lot of new agey friends that try to foist crap like that on me. Had some at a picnic where the only available lemonade was sweetened with that stuff. I learned my lesson ... immediately went back to drinking beer. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-13-2006, 06:18 PM	#6
Granola Goddess I'll Have Sprouts With That Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: North of You Guyz Posts: 61	I grew a stevia plant in my backyard. It actually lived. I was shocked. __________________ Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things...

02-12-2006, 03:36 PM	#4
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Sucralose tastes way better than aspartame, but I'm sure someone will eventually find something wrong with that, too. Rhoda was a big fan of stevia...I've never tried it.

02-13-2006, 07:28 PM	#7
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I am totally down with maple syrup. From trees. The sap. Bee poop has its moments too. molasses makes ginger bread yummy. Many Years ago I worked in a bakery in Vermont. It had mainstream stuff and a selection of whole wheat cookies and such. Folks would come in ask for whole wheat croissants. Croissants are supposed to be light and flaky and filled with butter. They are not health food. If you need the fiber in a whole wheat croissant THEN YOU ARE EATING TOO MANY CROISSANTS! Have a carrot. I think the same is true of sugar. If you can't do the time, then don't do the crime. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

02-14-2006, 06:08 AM	#8
FallenFairy nope Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 322	Stevia is awesome and it is totally natural I use it in everything... __________________ ~going, going... gone now

02-14-2006, 10:57 AM	#9
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Stevia freaks me out for some reason. Irrational? maybe. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

02-14-2006, 12:01 PM	#11
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Nutrasweet makes me sick. Literally. If I drink anything with Nutrasweet in it, it exacerbates the Crohn's disease and I get painfully ill. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

02-14-2006, 02:00 PM	#12
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	I've heard that aspartame can negatively influence short-term memory... but I don't recall where I saw that.

06-16-2017, 08:28 AM	#15
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Chemicals or sugar? Hmmm... Natural sugar only has 16 calories per tsp. There are a ZILLION better ways to reduce your caloric intake. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

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