Posted by Ame Sans Vie on March 27, 2004, at 10:42:25
In reply to Relationship Between Artificial Sweetners Depres, posted by laurie_lu on March 26, 2004, at 21:44:32
I posted about this at length on the Alternative board a few months back. Here's a link: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/alter/20031218/msgs/295365.html
Aspartame is *poison*, and it's toxic to absolutely everyone. While MSG, a similarly excitatory compound, may only cause adverse reactions in certain populations, aspartame contains *wood alcohol*. And unlike other things we ingest that contain methanol (wood alcohol), such as fruits and fruit juices, the methanol in aspartame is not balanced out with its natural antidote -- ethanol. Using aspartame in any form is killing yourself slowly. Period.
Also, I'd like to say regarding snapper's post that Diet Rite sodas are the best! They taste so much more similar to sugar sodas than aspartame-sweetened versions (especially their cola!!), which I've always found to taste repulsive when comparing Diet Coke to Coca Cola back-to-back, for example. So far all I've found in the big chain grocery stores around here are the Rite Aid cola and raspberry sodas, but I think I'll make a trip to the health food store here (Basic Foods) to see what else I can find.
poster:Ame Sans Vie
thread:328912
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20040325/msgs/329048.html