Diet Coke [Aspartame]survey,,,,,,,Dangerous or safe??

[scarecrow]

I stopped drinking alcoholic drinks about 5 years ago,but as I have an addictive nature and also tend to put on weight really easily, I started to drink a real lot of diet coke.Now as you might know diet coca cola uses Aspatame as it's sweetener and in animal trials it has been linked with cancer,so I would like to know what you lot think about Aspartame's safety..If it gets to many negative answers I will have to go back to being an alcoholic!,dont know what the wife will say about that one....

[lafrancaise]

Unfortunately, except for water there's nothing you can drink in this world in excess which is good for you. Try varying your drinks throughout the day so you're not getting too much of one thing eg orange juice (add fizzy water if you like fizz) on a morning, tea in an afternoon and coke in the evening.

[robertbaggio]

Aspartame is addictive in nature and has been linked to all sorts of mental problems, i wouldn't bother if i were you...

[happi_red]

I did hear that diet coke can make men impotent, but that was not off a reliable source. But still not worth the risk if you ask me!

[Jenny Tools]

OK long answer, I recevied this as an email.

ASPARTAME: Something you should know!!

. If it says "SUGAR FREE" on the label, DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!!! I have spent several days lecturing at the WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE on "ASPARTAME," marketed as 'NutraSweet' , 'Equal', and 'Spoonful'. In the keynote address by the EPA, it was announced that in the United States 2001 there is an epidemic of multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus. It was difficult to determine exactly what toxin was causing this to be rampant.



I will explain why Aspartame is so dangerous: When the temperature of this sweetener exceeds 86 degrees F, the wood alcohol in ASPARTAME converts to formaldehyde and then to formic acid, which in turn causes metabolic acidosis. Formic acid is the poison found in the sting of fire ants. The methanol toxicity mimics, among other conditions, multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus. Many people were being diagnosed in error. Although multiple sclerosis is not a death sentence... methanol toxicity is!



Systemic lupus has become almost as rampant as multiple sclerosis especially with Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi drinkers. The victim usually does not know that the Aspartame is the culprit. He or she continues its use; irritating the lupus to such a degree that it may become a life-threatening condition. We have seen patients with systemic lupus become asymptotic, once taken off diet sodas.


This also applies to cases of tinnitus and fibromyalgia. During a lecture, I said, "If you are using ASPARTAME (NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc.) and you suffer from fibromyalgia symptoms, spasms, shooting pains, numbness in your legs, cramps, vertigo, dizziness, headaches, tinnitus, joint pain, unexplainable depression, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, blurred vision, or memory loss...you probably have ASPARTAME poisoning!"

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[scarecrow]

Jenny Tools,,,,,,,Really good answer,,I must admit some of the symptoms you mentioned at the end, I can relate to..Food for thought though,,How come if this is true Diet Coke is the biggest selling cola drink in British supermarkets,,Really ,really scary!!

[Toadstool]

psshhhh....everythings gonna kill ya. I drink 4 litres of diet coke a day and I'm DEEPLY in denial about everything you just said. I'm as fit as a fiddle. (save for the heart palpitations, spasms, bad circulation, diziness, insomnia , occasional loss of feeling up the entire left side of my hands...i could go on) but apart from that its all just scaremongering ;-)

[beejaybee]

I have a colostomy & aspartame or sorbitol (another artificial sweetner) is "lethal" & not recomended. I know that a lot of sugarfree things have these in them. They can also affect diabetics.

[Ravforu]

To Jenny Tools or anyone else who knows. Formic Acid? I've heard from various sources that aspartame is nothing more than two proteins that have been bonded together. So how can you get formeldahyde or formic acid from two proteins? Or have I been mislead?

[Jenny Tools]

Aspartame is made by joining two protein components, aspartic acid and phenylalanine, and a small amount of methanol