Is there a Republican conspiracy connected with diet soda?

[Sava]

Originally posted by snoopy369
Sava - artificial sweeteners don't cause anything, with the outside possibility of late in life blindness for people who drink the equivalent of 3 two litres PER DAY of the stuff (Aspartame converts to formaldehyde, which may or may not be processed by the body properly). Even that's pretty ludicrous, but it's the least absurd thing so far.

Basically, there are such small quantities of any of these sweeteners in foods - a few milligrams are enough for most uses - that they couldn't cause problems even if they were literally poisonous.

It's actually possible diet sodas (certain ones) could help with weight loss, anyhow; Caffeine pills are one frequently taken drug for weight loss, and a diet coke is essentially a caffeine pill with water.

read the link I posted before

kthx

[Al'Kimiya]

http://www.google.se/search?q=nutrasweet+rumsfeld+aspartame

[chequita guevara]

When I first gained weight, I switched to diet soda and immediately lost the weight I had gained. Switching to diet staved off my weight gain for a good two years. About a decade later, I switched back to sugary sodas, and within two weeks, I gained twenty pounds. I'm back on diet soda, though I make exceptions for root beer.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by snoopy369
(Aspartame converts to formaldehyde, which may or may not be processed by the body properly).

It's not formaldehyde. Aspartame contains two amino acids which are lined by a methyl alcohol molecule. This fact has caused some people to go crazy with paranoia, but the truth is, you'd get more methyl from an apple than in a can of diet soda.

[Boris Godunov]

Perhaps the Republicans are thinking of diet soda for military purposes:

http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiment/00000109

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
Perhaps the Republicans are thinking of diet soda for military purposes:

http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiment/00000109

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger


You are supposed to drink 8.

It's unrealistic for me to drink eight glasses of water a day.

[Barinthus]

No it is not. Just a lifestyle change

I just realized I probably should add this - you're supposed to drink at least 8 8oz glasses of water. That's equvilant to 8 coffee mugs of water or one liter bottle of water IIRC. Will need to check my calculations later unless you guys want to correct me.

[MrFun]

I drink three to four glasses of ice water, and then I get water from other beverages. So even if I'm not maximizing my hydration, I'm doing a fairly good job, I think.

[Barinthus]

More like two liters of water I believe...

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by MrFun
It's unrealistic for me to drink eight glasses of water a day.

Iowa doesn't look like a desert to me.

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by Sava


read the link I posted before

kthx

The link you posted before was a Google Answer, which is about as reliable as asking Michael Moore if Tom DeLay is guilty ...

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara


It's not formaldehyde. Aspartame contains two amino acids which are lined by a methyl alcohol molecule. This fact has caused some people to go crazy with paranoia, but the truth is, you'd get more methyl from an apple than in a can of diet soda.

Are you sure? My girlfriend is a biologist and is scientifically convinced that it's true. We're not worried about it - quantities are tiny - but she's quite sure that Aspartame converts to Formaldehyde when processed in the body.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger


Iowa doesn't look like a desert to me.

I mean, there is no way I can change my habits to drinking that much water on a daily basis.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by MrFun



I mean, there is no way I can change my habits to drinking that much water on a daily basis.

Pah, and you claimed to have a sense of humour.