Originally posted by: Jackyl
Originally posted by: sixt7gt350
Just a vote for Diet Rite, sweetened with Splenda. No sugar-caused tooth decay and doesn't degrade into formaldehyde like aspartame.
They jacked vending machine prices at work, so I stocked up at Meijer for $2.49/ 12 pack.
$2/ 12 pack is a bargain for any pop. Looks like Target for some more stocking!
You don't really believe Splenda is safer than aspartame? It isn't. It is basically chlorinated sugar. (Chlorine). Chlorine is a known poison if you don't know. Yet it's being used in many ways, in many products, including our water over the past 100 years. You need to read up on Splenda before telling everyone here how much better it is than sugar. What is bad is that the FDA has taken Splenda and other artificial sweetners off it's cancer-causing list. Even though they are known to cause cancer.
Personally I detest all artificial junk and only drink colas with sugar/corn syrup. No so-called "diet" drinks for me. Let me take a guess...you believe that diet drinks only have "one calorie" too? This was a marketing gimiick by Coke, that was allowed to remain.
I'm guessing you "read up" on these sweeteners on the internet. There's all kinds of crazy crackpot theories on the internet, but that doesn't mean they're right.
I know some paranoid people who avoid splenda and other artificial sweeteners, but I also know plenty of people with diabetes.
And hey surprise, when they did a study of women who drank sugar/syrup sweetened soda they were twice as likely to get diabetes versus women who either drank diet or drank sugar soda less than once a month (basically never).
Crackpot theories vs very obvious diabetes risk...hmm...
Even Saccharine-which was part of that fun cancer scare, is only noticably carcinogenic in ridiculous quantities being force fed to rats. Not that I'm saying that it's a great idea to eat tons of saccharine, but even cooked meat is carcinogenic so it's fairly silly to get paranoid about saccharine. Personally I avoid it since it also tastes like crap.
Anyways, I love the splenda, and it helps plenty of people who already have diabetes manage their blood sugar levels better while still getting to taste sweet sugary goodness.
Moreover, just because Chlorine by itself might not be good for you that doesn't mean any frickin' molecule with chlorine on it is toxic. With stupid logic like that table salt must be highly toxic too right? After all it's Chlorine and Sodium. Guess you can't eat anything with salt in it either.
I had a roommate for a short period (before he moved out after I realized he was a complete nutcase-insisted on sleeping on the floor with 3 fans blowing on him with the windows open...when it was 20 degrees outside) who was convinced that aspartame caused all sorts of crazy diseases because he read it on the internet. I went and looked up these websites and they apparently assign pretty much every disease known to mankind as a symptom of aspartame "poisoning." From heart attacks to strokes to alzheimers to cancer to depression, you name it. Which of course is also precisely why it's that much more surprising that someone who got into a college would believe this stupidity-just the fact that they're attributing everything under the sun to aspartame should make it pretty obvious that they're just making crap up. And of course it turns out that it's usually shady companies who want you to buy either idiotic books by them or idiotic food products by them to live "healthy". Basically the same kind of con artists who would tell you to use their natural remedies for cancer instead of getting chemotherapy.
Oh look, she's the creator of the "aspartame detox program" and surprise! Every single sweetener ever to come out is evil. But there aren't any natural poisons secreted by plants to keep animals away! No, everything natural must be good! So buy my book! Buy buy buy!
http://www.sweetpoison.com/aspartame-sweeteners.html
Funny thing is if you read the part about aspartame on that page it basically says there's no bad side effects on normal people, and that pretty much every experiment ever showed no side effects. But of course there's a huge paragraph about "anecdotal evidence" which is to say, the kind with no proof or any real link whatsoever. And I really like the part where the depressed patients had more bouts of depression while taking aspartame versus non-depressed patients (wow..no way, depressed people are more depressed than non-depressed people!?!?! HOLY CRAP ASPARTAME IS EVIL!). Oh and they had more temper outbursts and nervousness and nausea too, except all those things (and the other stuff listed) could just have been the depression. Funny thing huh.
So even though no apples to apples comparison of normal people on aspartame vs normal people on aspartame has shown actual side effects, you need to detox yourself and buy her book.*sigh*
Oh and if you're wondering "Doctor" Hull has a Doctorate in nutrition from...
http://www.ccnh.edu/
Which of course, is a non-government accredited school.
What is your accreditation? Clayton College is accredited by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners and the American Naturopathic Medical Accreditation Board. These are private, professional associations that offer accreditation in naturopathy and other areas of natural health. Both are private accrediting associations designed to meet the needs of non-traditional education and are not affiliated with any government agency.
Yes...that sounds like quite the doctorate. Maybe I will accredit myself to start my own university then give myself a PhD in crackpot hunting.
Haha I guess the school doesn't want to be sued into oblivion, so here's the hilarious disclaimer:
What are the laws in my state? How do I practice? Do I need a license? Students are responsible for determining the legal issues involved in conducting a natural health practice in his or her state. The laws differ in each state or locality and our policy is to not offer detailed legal information. We recommend you contact your state or local government for legal interpretations, conduct Internet research or visit your public library as it is important for you to know what your legal boundaries as a consultant are.
They list 7-Up, A&W Root Beer, Sunkist, Diet Rite and more. Maybe someone can report back tomorrow and tell us what the "and more" is.
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