Posted by mattdds on October 28, 2003, at 21:15:47
In reply to mattdds -- Re: aspartame, posted by Ame Sans Vie on October 28, 2003, at 18:45:49
ASV,
Man, you sound like yourself again, refreshing!
So you cut out the aspartame and have noticed improvements? I guess that's all you need to go on. You stopped taking and you feel better. For me, this is usually all the evidence I need. Any honest person will admit that it's all trial and error.
For a long time, perhaps to defend my overconsumption of Diet Coke, I vehemently defended aspartame, and still am not convinced it is carcinogenic or otherwise toxic (to the vast majority). But, really, I've reached a point where I feel we know very little about nutrition - so now I'm not so sure. I still have a gut feeling that it's relatively benign to most (certainly better than chugging a 44-ouncer of *raw* Coke - up around 1000 calories!), but I'm not such an avid defender of it anymore. I've just seen too many people who do indeed seem sensitive to it.
For me, aspartame seems to have a stimulant property all of its own - in addition to the obviously stimulating caffeine which it usually accompanies (at least in my beverages). Subjectively, a cup of strong coffee and a 44- ouncer of Diet Coke have an entirely different feel. Have you noticed this?
Sucralose seems closer, at least structurally, to natural sugar, so perhaps it is better.
You know what's funny though? Even though Splenda tastes more like sugar, I like the taste of aspartame more, and I can't even drink more than an ounce or two of regular Coca-Cola without getting disgusted - it has the texture of cough syrup to me, lol :).
Anyway, I don't know where I'm going with this, but I was just curious. I'm always looking for opinions on aspartame, no matter how polarized they might be.
Great to have you back, dude!
Matt
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