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Cabincrazyone / All my dishes 1 year, 9 months ago
Here's another non-food post. I feel very strongly about our silly notion that we can manufacture foods better than God.
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daydreambeliever 1 year, 8 months ago said:
nasty stuff, watching your weight should be a health issue, So filling your body with crap like this just defeats the purpose of trying to stay slim! good for you for putting this out
cabincrazyone 1 year, 8 months ago said:
Hi Whuebl, Because inflection and attitude don't come through accurately in typed text, I want to start by saying this is a very friendly reply to your comment which, I'm sure, you intended to be the same.
In the Snopes.com article "Kiss My Aspartame" their message is quite clear:"Claim: The artificial sweetener aspartame has been proved responsible for an epidemic of cancer, brain tumors, and multiple sclerosis. Status: False."
From About.com/urban legends I quote: "I would point out that the (FDA) has common sense and years of accumulated research on its side when it maintains that the sweetener is safe for most people. As to aspartame's critics, it doesn't help their cause that the information presented in the email is disorganized, hysterical and poorly substantiated."
The multiple Sclerosis Foundation at msfacts.org, Publications, Articles, Nutrition and Wellness, Examining the Safety of Aspartame, states (after tactfully tiptoeing on eggshells) that the 1995 article by Nancy Merkle is a hoax.
To all this my response is: Of course Aspartame is not responsible for an EPIDEMIC, and of course it's safe for most people, and yes the article that's labeled a hoax is disorganized, hysterical, and poorly substantiated. If you've read the Nancy Merkle article as it circulated in emails, you may have noticed that I edited out the unorganized hysterical sound it had. When I posted this "recipe" I knew the "allegations" in it weren't backed by large foundations otherwise there would be lawsuits flying in all directions. That article was born from thousands of little folks getting sick.
Whuebl, you implied you don't drink soda, and you said you filter your water. Bingo! You're trying to stay healthy. My message was and is, do you want to drink a chemical from a laboratory that was ACCIDENTALLY found to be sweet, and was later found to be SAFE? [ :^) ] Or would you feel safer taking your chances with sugar (which is not good but is made from NATURAL plants)? If anyone has any of the symptoms in the recipe above, go off Aspartame and see what happens.
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wynnebaer 1 year, 9 months ago said:
I saw on GMA that diet soda actually tricks your body into thinking you've had sugar and everything gets all whacked out...Thanks for the info...Appreciate it...:)
pat2me 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Nasty stuff...like trans fat....not meant to be in our bodies! Thanks!
shirleyoma 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Great post! got my 5
peetabear 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Great info.. nice to see it posted.. you have my 5..
robertg 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Great post,you got my high 5. It seems that the AMA AND THE FOOD AND DRUG dept. should have warned the public and banned the crap. Guess they have a good lobbist...Bob
grandmommy 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Thanks for this post! Very informative to say the least. I printed it for my daughters. A 5!
henrie 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Wow that's a big eye opener, thanks for taking the time to post this one. You have my 5 also.
conner909 1 year, 9 months ago said:
I agree with pat2me! Thanks!
sunpuppy 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Great information! I had no clue why I craved carbs...now I know.
kukla 1 year, 9 months ago said:
You certainly have my '5' for this one!1 I hate HATE Aspartame, though I could never put my finger on why.....I just figured it was... evil :)
In spite of the calories, etc, I am insistant that -- in this house, at least -- it is pure sugar (and butter, etc) that gets used. Used carefully, and in moderation -- like everything else that is supposed to be 'bad' (yeah, right!) for you.
Thank you for posting this & letting everyone know....
kukla 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Cabin, do you know of any such posts on Sucralose?? I know that it is derived from pure sugar, and it's supposedly not chemically altered, but hey.....I'm going to 'Google' it now...
annieamie 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Thank you for passing on this information. I'll be forwarding this to everyone I know who drinks diet cokes.
gingerlea 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Nothing diet for me or hubby. Always knew there was some reason I thought it was yucky.
zanna 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Great post ,I do believe that alot of our diet foods should be rename to-diefood.Thanks,adding to FRIENDS in the KITCKEN group.Come on over.By the way,alot of use like the NON-FOOD recipes too.Like this postof yours they keep us in the know.If some dont like them(just like the food recipes)they dont have to use them. You got my 5.
greekgirrrl 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Excellent..thanks for such an informative post. It's a shame what people do to their bodies and what our society/government allows/encourages them to do. Have a piece of cake and go for a walk. That's what I do!
rml 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Scary! I used to live on Diet Coke
michelle73 1 year, 9 months ago said:
I drink Coke Zero and use Equal, Sweet and Low etc. God this is scary reading! Your post got my 5!
missamberlee 1 year, 9 months ago said:
I too gave this a 5!
So many people suffer from metabolic syndrome and simply cutting out the fake sugar can stop that.
That and, it tastes like sh*t.
army88mwife 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Wow this is so crazy, im actually on a diet and substituted pepsi for diet pepsi....looks like water is my safest bet. Thanks for the info.
invisiblechef 1 year, 9 months ago said:
GREAT POST!! I suggest people actually look up Aspartame. http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/
invisiblechef 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Hi I added this to a new group I just started, You are what you eat. Do you mind joining? also if you do could you copy and paste this article and post it under aspartame?
jimrug1 1 year, 8 months ago said:
Great post.... My GF has Lupus. I don't think she drinks diet soda but will find out. Lucky for me, I don't like diet soda or soda in general. Just empty calories that make you more thirsty than before you drank it.
notyourmomma 1 year, 8 months ago said:
Wow, printed and saved for daughter. I used to live on diet coke, seriously, 6 to 8 a day. No wonder I felt so bad. I drink water now and I'm a lot thinner and happier.
whuebl 1 year, 8 months ago said:
Isn't this exciting that just about every post here agrees with you? I turned to SNOPES.COM, the debunkers of myths such as this for the answer... and in an article called "Kiss my Aspartame," http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/aspartame.asp SNOPES.COM says this is a myth that started in 1998 and has been circulating around the internet every since. So if you want to substitute water for soda, ok by me. BTW, recent research shows 63 impurities found in water - that is why I distill mine... especially since I am on a well. Cheers.
cabincrazyone 1 year, 8 months ago said:
Hi Whuebl, Because inflection and attitude don't come through accurately in typed text, I want to start by saying this is a very friendly reply to your comment which, I'm sure, you intended to be the same.
Of course Aspartame is not responsible for an EPIDEMIC or it couldn't stay on the market. Nancy Merkle sounds unorganized and hysterical, yes. That article was born from THOUSANDS OF COMMON FOLKS GETTING SICK.
Whuebl, you implied you don't drink soda, and you said you filter your water. Bingo! You're trying to stay healthy. My message was and is, do you want to drink a chemical from a laboratory that was ACCIDENTALLY found to be sweet, and was later found to be "SAFE"? Or would you feel safer taking your chances with sugar (which is not good but is made from NATURAL plants)? If anyone has any of the symptoms in the recipe above, go off Aspartame and see what happens.
cabincrazyone 1 year, 8 months ago said:
The GD Searle Corporation and the Food and Drug Administration have something to lose if you don't believe them about aspartame. If you'd like to read about aspartame from someone who has nothing to lose and nothing to gain from it, go to www.DouglassReport.com. Dr. William Campbell Douglass has been called medicine's most popular mythbuster.
whuebl 1 year, 8 months ago said:
Thanks.... and I use sugar, aspartame, stevia (powdered leaves of the stevia plant) and saccharin (OMG). Each generation seems to have their own likes, dislikes and fears. I guess only time will tell as to the toxicity of any of these sweeteners.
And my posts are always intended in the most friendly way - I must say it is hard giving an opposing viewpoint when there are over 20 posts agreeing with you and none with me...
pascale 1 year, 8 months ago said:
One thing that HAS been proven is that artificial sweeteners like aspartame do something to people's metabolisms that results in them putting on weight. I always had an aversion to diet drinks, but when I had my brief dalliance with Diet Vanilla Coke, I did just that. I started to put on weight. I had my own non-scientific theory that the sweeteners made you gain weight and it has recently been substantiated! I quit, switched to Pellegrino and the ocasional tonic water or Coke and am much thinner again. A lot of physicians have gone on record that they would never use these sweeteners due to their chemical structure... and that's not hooey. There are alternatives for diabetics who do not wish to consume this nastiness.
jasmilez 1 year, 8 months ago said:
If God had intended me to have artificial sweetners he would not have made the sugar cane.
sweetwords 1 year, 7 months ago said:
My absolute main beef with all artificial sweeteners is that no one who uses them ever loses their taste for sweets. If you just stop eating sweets so much, you lose your taste for them - one or two bites is plenty. Nowadays, sweets make me swimmyheaded. More than I usually am, I mean.
mystic_river1 1 year, 4 months ago said:
Great post..nature is good chemicals are bad even if they don't make you sick(but they do).
went to your zazzle.com and I love it!
blondeberry 1 year, 4 months ago said:
I personally would never touch the stuff...any of it. LIMIT the butter and sugar, but always eat the "real thing".
latenightcook 9 months ago said:
Ok..... Weird