Posted on 03/03/2006 4:34:40 AM PST by ShadowDancer
I smell lawsuits far and wide.
If the drink makes you lose weight, shouldn't it contain negative calories?
The second sentence contradicted the first.
I guess meth would do the trick, too. Eating a healthy diet and moderate exercise are their own rewards.
You are the coaster b'neath my drink, ShadowDancer.
Sounds like about million other, pre-existing, 'sport' drinks that have thermogenic properties. Hell, sugar-free Red Bull would fit the bill.
Pour a can in your gas tank, get up to 60 miles per gallon. Contains pheromones...also said to cure baldness.
Splenda is next to being poisonous.
It will definitely screw you up: [http://www.wnho.net/splenda.htm]
SPLENDA IS NOT SPLENDID!
By James Bowen, M.D.
In a simple word you would just as soon have DDT in your food as Splenda, because sucralose is a chlorocarbon. The chlorocarbons have long been famous for causing organ, genetic, and reproductive damage. It should be no surprise, therefore, that the testing of sucralose, even at less than the level demanded by FDA rules, reveals that it has been shown to cause up to 40%shrinkage of the thymus: A gland that is the very foundation of our immune system. It also causes swelling of the liver and kidneys, and CALCIFICATION of the kidney.
Lying and deceit on the artificial sweetener issue has been the FDA's Modus Operandi ever since Donald Rummsfeld broke everything decent in the US government to put Aspartame on the market as a "contract on humanity". It has no commercial purpose other than a contract on humanity. Either they have done but little testing of sucralose, or they are so afraid of what the public would think of sucralose, and the government if the public but knew what was going on, that they will not tell us! BECAUSE: we have been told nothing about the extensive studies which would have to have been done if very reasonable, and scientifically sound FDA rules had been followed.......................
So is this stuff canceled out if you drink it over ice, or what?
"The company said that if you merely replace a regular soda with this drink, one has the potential to lose up to 17 pounds in a year without exercising...
You'll pay about $2 for a 12-ounce drink."
Sounds to me like one also has the potential to lose about 365 bucks a year without batting an eye!
So why don't I just drink a chilled, 0-calorie diet beverage? My body will burn calories heating the beverage up to 98.6F, and voila, net calorie loss.
Pretty good 'get rich' gimmick.
Well, let's see here.
A pound of fat stores 3500 calories. That is to say, you lose one pound if you burn up 3500 calories more than you consume over a period of time.
A 12 oz. can of regular Coca-Cola contains 132 calories, and this contains 10 calories per 12 oz.
So if you substitute this product for one can of regular cola, daily, over a year, you lose (132-10) * 365 / 3500 = 12.723 pounds.
However, if you substitute this for a truly zero-calorie beverage, like water, unsweetened iced tea, or Caffeine-Free Diet Coke, you will gain 10 * 365 / 3500 = 1.043 pounds.
For best results, drink cold. A large portion of your metabolism is concerned with keeping your body temperature constant. Bringing your stomach contents up from 34 degrees will burn more calories than from 70 degrees.
/Dieter
//Already lost 5 pounds in two weeks
I am so addicted to Red Bull it's not funny. Does it have thermogenic properties? I just know it's an expensive habit. I assume it's the caffeine, rather than the B-Vitamins in it which perk me up.
I have noticed that after I drink one, I can remember longer number sequences...
Hell, I'd rather drink Jack Daniels...at least I'd get a real buzz! RedBull and Jack...oh yeah nice buzz
It's hard to take seriously someone who believes Donald Rumsfeld, in his former service in government, purposely approved Aspartame because he secretly wants humanity dead.
At $2 for a 12 ounce drink, the weight loss is likely to occur in the wallet.
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