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EnsenadaDr
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What's all the hype about Aspartame?
The news is teeming with negative reports about Aspartame. They are saying that Aspartame, the current popular artificial sweetener, causes diabetes
and brain tumors, and just about everything else, yet the FDA and its equivalent in Great Britain have done numerous studies on the sweetener and have
deemed it safe except for phenylketonurics.
The articles state that most people that use aspartame or drink diet soda containing the substance are more likely to be overweight and have diabetes,
even go blind. Yet the population group that will usually use artificial sweeteners are usually the ones that need to lose weight or have diabetes to
begin with.
What is the real poison for a diabetic, a huge fruit smoothie the morning or a cup of coffee or tea with a few packets of Aspartame? You be the
judge. Here is a typical "healthy" fruit smoothie from Jamba Juice dietary breakdown. Can a diabetic or overweight person really afford the calories
and/or carbs in this drink?
Berry Fulfilling Power
A
Grade
350
Calories
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 serving (798 g)
Per Serving % Daily Value*
Calories 350
Calories from Fat 9
Total Fat 1.0g 2%
Cholesterol 5mg 2%
Sodium 320mg 13%
Carbohydrates 76.0g 25%
Dietary Fiber 9.0g 36%
Sugars 55.0g
Protein 10.0g
Vitamin A 6% · Vitamin C 130%
Calcium 50% · Iron 15%
Read more: Calories in Jamba Juice - Berry Fulfilling Power | Nutrition and Health Facts http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-jamba-juice-berry-ful...
[Edited on 11-3-2013 by EnsenadaDr]
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EnsenadaDr
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In Baja, they have D'Volada smoothies, which I can't even find nutritional information for and McDonald's smoothies, which can be found easily online.
Even a bowl of fruit will cause the diabetic's feet to start aching...sugar and excess carbs are the diabetic's poison if consumed in excess.
[Edited on 11-3-2013 by EnsenadaDr]
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gnukid
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Why not just cut down on sugar intake and eat healthy fresh natural foods?
High sugar diets are the source of diabetic and gut issues problems for many however aspartame is also an unhealthy substitute.
A child completed a study showing that aspartame will breakdown into formaldehyde when exposed to warm conditions.
http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/the-aspartame-contained-in-...
Aspartame is linked to increase in cancer, it can be carcinogenic, toxic and harmful. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/34040.php
http://www.foodmatters.tv/articles-1/aspartame-is-the-sweet-...
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I prefer my food from the farm, not from the lab.
"The future ain't what it used to be"
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| Quote: | Originally posted by monoloco
I prefer my food from the farm, not from the lab. |
Me, too!
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In response to food from the farm, not the lab:
Food has been played with by farmers forever.
That banana you hold in your hand is not the banana from 1000 years ago.
Having said that, I get where you're coming from. I ain't eating any lab food until it's been proven safe and healthier.
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Dr., FDA does not do studies, they review studies presented by drug companies, institutions etc. It is "dirty science" at best and a VERY flawed
system.
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When I worked up at Syncrude the guys handling the barrels of aspertame were dressed in full HAZMAT gear
That stuff ain't safe
sold out and got out !!!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajajudy
| Quote: | Originally posted by monoloco
I prefer my food from the farm, not from the lab. |
Me, too! |
Me too:
https://www.farmerjohn.com/product_types/bacon/
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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Cutting down on high sugar foods sounds reasonable to me. i know what is better to eat, to avoid aspartame altogether.
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Which sweeteners use aspartame?
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There is a reason some cultures have periodic (annual) reduced diets, cutting out all sugars for weeks of will starve yeast in the gut and return to
healthy balance. Starch also become sugar and of course alcohol is sugar too. Try a reduced diet for a few days or a week and see how you feel!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Which sweeteners use aspartame? |
Nutrasweet.
"The future ain't what it used to be"
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| Quote: | Originally posted by monoloco
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Which sweeteners use aspartame? |
Nutrasweet. |
Thank you... never touch that! I use Sweet N Low in my ice tea (as it dissolves easily and is available everywhere I have lunch).
Honey in my hot tea, and flavored creamer in my coffee, fwiw... 
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HAHAHAHA love it Dennis!!
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Yep ! Bacon.....the new chocolate 
Don't believe everything you think....
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Honey in my hot tea, and flavored creamer in my coffee, fwiw...
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Flavoured creamer....ever read the label?
http://bodyandhealth.canada.com/channel_section_details.asp?text_id=5709&channel_id=9&relation_id=26047
http://www.labelwatch.com/prod_results.php?pid=362013
Don't believe everything you think....
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whatever aspartame contains, as soon as I eat anything with it in it, I get an instant headache and feel nauseous.
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Aspartame, yeah! Take a swig of diet coke and the cloying moldy sweetness stays with me for a long time. Sorta like what cheap mescal does to a
margarita - yyckk!
FREAKIN' FRANKENSWEET
I switched to Stevia several years ago and never looked back.
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what's wrong with real sugar? Keep it real and in moderation
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