Friday, August 26, 2005
accursed aspartame; nitwits' nutrasweet
Now THIS is the last straw... soft drink makers and dieticians conspired to allow the cheapest sugar replacement to get the nod - aspartame - when it was known to be... well... basically RAW POISON...?!? However, in their defense, it was believed and I dare hope proven scientifically that it was totally eliminated by the body's natural enzymes - WHEN INGESTED IN SMALL DOSES THAT IS. The problem is that, believing it safe, diabetics and other citizens keen on having a low-sugar diet would overindulge in it... It is in use by the mighty giant corporative Coca-Cola Limited and Pepsi-Cola Incorporated... it MUST BE GOOD, right? WRONG! Cutting calories while shortening your lifespans is simply NOT A SOUND DIETARY PLAN! If it is for Santa Claus and Bill Cosby, well it isn't for me! (Although, it is interesting to note that, for the most part, the two wise old coots were seen sipping from REGULAR COKE CANS AND BOTTLES - never the Diet Crap! How fitting... but, again, as Mustache would say, that is another story... yes!). Note that, of course, the nitwits that I am blasting here are the health officials who, once again, overlook simple common sense and okayed something that slowly undermines everyone's health... Great job guys! I am not calling the poor consumers "nitwits" at all - they cannot be blamed for trusting almost blindly a panel of educated overpaid braggarts who simply do not give a damn.
In short, aspartame is simply not as it seems to be... So many things aren't...
Read the article in the first link (a few sample paragraphs follow the links) and then check out the all-natural alternative - stevia - on the second link.
http://www.dorway.com/kids_sweetener.html
http://www.stevia.net/
"Are Synthetic Sweeteners Safe for Kids? The Feingold Association Weighs In
According to a new Grocery Manufacturers Association survey, almost half of all grocery shoppers now look for product with reduced sugar, and last year, the food industry introduced 2,225 no-sugar or low-sugar food products, including diet sodas, cerealsfruit juices, cookies, ice cream, bread, flavored milk, maple syrup and even bottled water.
With so many low-sugar foods available, the Feingold Association (www.feingold.org) has found that many parents are increasingly concerned about whether synthetic sweeteners are safe for their children.
(...)
According to Hersey, the Food & Drug Administration has received thousands of reports of adverse reactions to aspartame (NutraSweet) since its approval in 1981. (It stopped collecting these reports in early 1996.) The Feingold Association has also received many negative reports, leading it to add aspartame to the list of additives eliminated on the Feingold Program in 2004."
Drink On, nutra sweet chicks - and become living dead girls!
In short, aspartame is simply not as it seems to be... So many things aren't...
Read the article in the first link (a few sample paragraphs follow the links) and then check out the all-natural alternative - stevia - on the second link.
http://www.dorway.com/kids_sweetener.html
http://www.stevia.net/
"Are Synthetic Sweeteners Safe for Kids? The Feingold Association Weighs In
According to a new Grocery Manufacturers Association survey, almost half of all grocery shoppers now look for product with reduced sugar, and last year, the food industry introduced 2,225 no-sugar or low-sugar food products, including diet sodas, cerealsfruit juices, cookies, ice cream, bread, flavored milk, maple syrup and even bottled water.
With so many low-sugar foods available, the Feingold Association (www.feingold.org) has found that many parents are increasingly concerned about whether synthetic sweeteners are safe for their children.
(...)
According to Hersey, the Food & Drug Administration has received thousands of reports of adverse reactions to aspartame (NutraSweet) since its approval in 1981. (It stopped collecting these reports in early 1996.) The Feingold Association has also received many negative reports, leading it to add aspartame to the list of additives eliminated on the Feingold Program in 2004."
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