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To: neverdem

I thought it was commonly known for at least ten years that diet sodas were really bad for you, mostly because of the Aspartame and other fake chemical sweeteners. They taste awful anyway, if you want a soda drink regular and if you’re on a diet drink water or ice tea. The same with the sushi, it’s been known and recommended forever that pregnant women avoid certain fish that may be high in mercury, its not necessarily sushi but certain fish.

I think they recycle these same studies every so often and act like they’ve made some big new discovery.


30 posted on 07/23/2007 11:09:28 PM PDT by Nomad577
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To: Nomad577
"I thought it was commonly known for at least ten years that diet sodas were really bad for you, mostly because of the Aspartame and other fake chemical sweeteners. They taste awful anyway"

No. It has been a myth for many years. There are plenty of studies that show current artificial sweetners are perfectly safe. And taste is a matter of , well, taste.

I prefer diet soda...regular tastes like drinking syrup to me.

I drink a lot of the stuff, and contrary to this new scare mongering, my bad cholesterol is low, good cholesterol is high, blood sugar is right where it should be, blood pressure is low normal and resting heart rate is low. Guess what? I am also 250 Lbs at 6'. That makes me "obese".

Tell me again how diet soda or any other artificial sweetener is bad for me? It seems if the stuff was going to kill somebody it would kill a fat guy like me, yet despite being fat, I am healthier than most middle aged guys who are in the "normal" weight range.

Maybe all that diet pop is good for me??? LOL

92 posted on 07/24/2007 5:47:52 PM PDT by Nik Naym (If Republicans are your problem, Democrats aren't the answer!)
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