[slow5poh]

“Oh, the false sense of security by ordering an extra large Diet Coke at McDonalds along with a tub of French fries. Why bother?”

Yeah i used to work at mcD’s when i was younger. It was really quite amusing when a person would order a double quarter pounder with cheese and fries, supersized, but with a diet coke? Geez, your already ingesting like 1500 calories, you may as well go for the real coke. Too funny.

[slow5poh]

I am not in favor of banning anything. I don’t think aspartame should be banned. They always say something is bad for you, then years later a new study will say it’s not. And basically everything seems to cause cancer. LOL. I just think moderation is best. That way, if you only have a few bottles of pop a week you can afford to have the non diet version. Especially if your a coke person like me, cause diet coke is nasty. I kind feel like if your going to drink diet caffeine free soda, you may as well drink water.

[William Tell]

slow5poh said: "... you may as well go for the real coke. "

Some people, like me, are sensitive to having too much sugar in the diet, but aren't particularly worried about the total calories.

Until recently, I was consuming several diet sodas per day sweetened with aspartame. After readinga book which claimed that aspartame upsets the proper operation of a key neuro-transmitter, I decided to eliminate them.

Much to my surprise, it would appear that the aspartame is very habit-forming. It took weeks for my cravings to subside.