Why is aspartame bad for you?

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: jjsole
When I drank a ton of it at one point, I had problems with short term memory. I was definitely slower, and when I stopped drinking it, it reversed. Not much of an experience for science, but it has been shown to eat holes in rats brains at very significant levels.

So you have a rat's brain?

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: jjsole
When I drank a ton of it at one point, I had problems with short term memory. I was definitely slower, and when I stopped drinking it, it reversed. Not much of an experience for science, but it has been shown to eat holes in rats brains at very significant levels.

Do you drink booze? That has unequivocally been shown to negatively affect health in humans at commonly imbibed levels.

 

[dabuddha]

Originally posted by: Shawn

Originally posted by: CPA

Originally posted by: Shawn
I don't know but it gives me SEVERE MIGRANES! :| I avoid it at all costs.

That is generally the caffiene.

Nope, only happens when I drink diet soda.

Uh just because it's diet doesn't mean it's caffiene free.

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: CPA

Originally posted by: Shawn
I don't know but it gives me SEVERE MIGRANES! :| I avoid it at all costs.

That is generally the caffiene.

not for me. i cant drink anything that is diet, not only does it tast nasty to me but about 30 minutes after i drink it i have a raging headache. and i dont get headaches when i drink regular pop, coffee or tea.

 

[Electric Amish]

Originally posted by: dabuddha

Originally posted by: Shawn

Originally posted by: CPA

Originally posted by: Shawn
I don't know but it gives me SEVERE MIGRANES! :| I avoid it at all costs.

That is generally the caffiene.

Nope, only happens when I drink diet soda.

Uh just because it's diet doesn't mean it's caffiene free.

He's saying he can drink regular caffeinated soda without headaches. He only gets the headache when he drinks the diet.

It's very common amongst migraine sufferers to have a trigger food or smell or activity.

 

[Phoenix86]

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Is it bad for you?

Everything in life is bad for you......

unless you do it in moderation

The Greeks had it right.

 

[Phoenix86]

Originally posted by: CPA

Originally posted by: Shawn
I don't know but it gives me SEVERE MIGRANES! :| I avoid it at all costs.

That is generally the caffiene.

There are hundreds of triggers for miagranes, with me, caffeine helps a miagrane.

 

[yukichigai]

Originally posted by: DonVito
I don't believe it is a proven carcinogen (unlike saccharine, which it replaced). IIRC the theory about why aspartame is bad has something to do with the fact that it turns into some variation of formaldehyde when it's exposed to temperatures over 200 degrees (though how your body would generate this kind of heat without your dying is anybody's guess).

Snopes.com says you shouldn't believe everything you read on the internet

The test that indicated it caused cancer in lab rats was borked when a new janitor came in and decided to clean the rat cages without keeping track of what rats were in what cages. The results are basically a guesstimate.