[gusopol3]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/07/28/health/webmd/main712605.shtml

[clearlight]

Whenever I drink something with Aspartame in it, it causes a sweet, metallic taste in my mouth that can last for hours. No more for me, thank you.

[Paradox]

This is quite interesting, but I do think someone is going to have to do another study. I wouldn't panic because of this, but I'll probably cut back on the diet stuff I drink. I am not an alarmist at all, but if I can do without all that crap anyways, why bother?

[hopperbach]

Meanwhile, I think consumers should switch to Splenda, the sweetener known as sucralose."

Until he finds something wrong with that as well. I'm sick of these ninnies telling me what I'm allowed to comsume. Last time I checked, I didn't have whiskers and a long pointy tail.

I can tell you this much though...eveyone who drinks Aspartame is going to die.

[garyhope]

More pseudo science baloney. Always check with Snopes first: http://www.snopes.com/toxins/aspartame.asp

[zerosix]

Actually, the truth about Aspartame, is that it has been found in connection with a certain kind of brain tumor and not by "Science and the Public Interest" liberal lobby but the industry has kept this information from being made public for years but my doctor told me "under no certain circumstances, eat or drink anything at all containing any form of it."

[CARDINALRULES]

I get headaches if I eat, drink or chew anything with this junk in it. Besides it just tastes nasty.

Glad a lot of companies are either switching to Splenda or adding another line like Coke and Pepsi have.

The Diet Coke with Splenda is pretty good, not as sweet as reg. Coke but still a lot better than Diet Coke.

Now they need to expand the line to include all the other Coke products, especially Cherry, Vanilla and Lime.

Diet Rite uses Splenda - the best flavor is the Tangerine.

[Echo Talon]

To reach a dose of 20 mg/kg, a 140-pound woman would need to drink three cans of diet soda a day. A 180-pound man would need to drink four cans of diet soda a day.

uhhh... RUT-ROH SHAGGY!

[Redcloak]

Everything causes cancer in rodents.

[Finalapproach29er]

Rummy's old company. He was CEO when this product came out.

SEARLE products. MMMN. I've seen this twice this month. Don't know what to make of it.

[John Lenin]

If it tastes like poison, it is poison.

[facedown]

the Center for Science in the Public Interest

Three lefties with a fax machine.

[VeniVidiVici]

I was young but the first product I remember them actually pulling was Gatorade because of cyclomates(sp?).

Or was I hallucinating that year?

[denydenydeny]

A daily dose of 20 milligrams of aspartame per kilogram of body weight was linked to lymphomas and leukemias in female -- but not male -- rats.

So if I'm reading this correctly--since no previous study showed any link to cancer at all--not one study has ever linked aspartame to cancer in males.

[cyborg]

I hate nutrasweet and anything with aspartme. Feels like I'm drinking clorox. I do like splenda but most of the time I use raw honey or sugar.

[wildbill]

A diagnosis of good health only means you are dying with excruciating slowness.