awhile back there was a talk show on a christian station...they were talking about the artificial sweetners and diet pops....
I can't remember the gentleman's name speaking, but he was a doctor and a researcher...They did a research on the artifical sugar and regular sugar.. they placed a pile of each into an area covered with ants....the ants literally ran from the artifical sugar...What he was trying to get across was that the artifical sugars have a drop of siniade in them...it is sooo small that it is permissible to use...The doctor said that over time and using sooo much of it (because peopple have been given the wrong impression) that it causes cancer... some Diet pops also have this aspariton in it........we had a friend that developed cancer down his throat lining...He also drank diet coke very heavely and was told by his doctor to quit drinking diet pops...
When my brother in law was sick and diagnosed with cancer the first thing the doctor said was do you drink Diet pop? Randy drank 3-5 diet cokes a day....
My DH smokes...when he went in for a check up his doctor (a different one) said he would rather my hubby smoke a pack a day than drink 1 diet pop a day....It was afterwards that my hubby told him about his brother.
Too many doctors are realizing that the sugar-free products are more harmful than we the public has been taught....especially the ones with asparitume (however that is spelled)...those really big words on the packages for ingredients are not what you think and should be put in terms we understand and spelled out for the common folks to understand
If you ever look at people who drink diet pop, you will notice that they slow down more and more as time goes by and that the so called diet
product in all actuality does the very opposite of why people started drinking them for...We get the impression that because it says diet, we won't take in the calories therefore helping not to gain weight....what it really does is slow down our metabolism so much we cannot burn the calories of the food we ingest....
I am not a doctor or nurse, I just thought you might like this bit of food for thought. that was publicised on tv...and hopefully someone will look more into it and change their outlook on it....
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I had some catching up too but alas, I found your article. It is now day 3 since I threw away my sweeteners and my chewing gum. I haven't sewed a stitch in 2 days, reason being I cant concentrate or see straight. Jasane added an interesting link, I noticed a 60 day test. That gives me hope since I have another 56 days to go before I reach the light at the end of this tunnel. The thing that gets me the most is that I didn't realize how I felt inside, now that I'm on healthier choices I hope to be feeling better and fit soon.
8733I have never been able to drink diet drinks, I found many years ago when they first came out that I got a headache whenever I tried a diet drink so have stayed away from them. Don't drink any kind of pop, tea and water are about it for me...
27071thanks!
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by camylow
13 Jun 2009
anyone that I get this to is so important to me...Please pass this info to your friends and family...you could possible save someone along the way
211079Thanks for this. It is well worth reading the piece mentioned below. I have never bought coke or fizzy drinks for my family and my daughters preferred to drink water as children. There are many addatives to food and drink that I avoid. Coke is brilliant at cleaning metal like copper!
My friend years ago changed her son's diet and avoided some addatives and his health improved dramatically
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by jasanne
12 Jun 2009
When I was young and my parents were new immigrants from the UK they owned a dairy - the locals used to buy the large bottles of coke to use as Drain Cleaner. It worked well - put me off drinking it though. Also the fact you can leave a copper coin or tooth in a glass of coke and it will dissolve it!
by jasanne
14 Jun 2009
They were living in Hornchurch I think just before they immigrated to NZ. Most of my relatives are still in the UK. Only my parents and mum's parents came out to NZ.
115776I have NEVER liked the taste of the "DIET" pop....My husband was diabetic and ONLY could drink diet...I tried to get him to drink the Koolaid but even that has it in it!!
31942Here is just one digitizers story about aspartame. If you start researching you will find many many similar stories about the dangers of artificial sweeteners. But people still use them!!!
www.dollarstitch.com
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by pennifold
12 Jun 2009
Thanks Jasanne, what a great article. I stopped drinking Diet Coke about 3 months ago. I just drink water and Peppermint or Earl Gray tea these days. Love and blessings Chris
by lflanders
13 Jun 2009
I have no idea if this has anything to with my severe arthritis but it is very possible. I drank diet Sprite for many many years. I do not like tea or any other soft drinks. During one of my Dr.'s visits I was asked if I drank diet drinks. I answered with more than a case a week of Diet Sprite. I was told to never drink another diet drink again. It was suggested to me that I replace it with Sam's flavored water. Well, I went and got some Key Lime water and that and coffee along with V-8 juice is all that I drink now. I did have withdrawal symthoms from the Diet Sprite but the taste of the Key Lime water is so much like the same thing that I did not miss the taste of my regular drink. I also drank blk. coffee from morning to night at the time I was drinking D.Sprte. I quit drinking coffee for 5 yrs. I only just started back drinking coffee about 6 months ago but do it in sm. amts. I have had severe arthritis for almost 20 years and nothing has helped that but I would hate to think it would have gotten worse if I had continued to drink D. drinks. It has been proven that they do cause alot of bad things to happen to your body because of their contents. My bone/cartilage deterioration did not reverse itself but I am sure I would be bed bound by now if I had not made some changes in my diet. Please, if nothing esle, get some material and read about the side effects and the damage that diet foods and drinks can do to you system. Linda
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