SpaceChampion Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 The hysteria against aspartame is as lacking in credibility as thinking autism is caused by vaccinations, but Pepsi is bowing to pressure from the chemical purity crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman of the North Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Well, I prefer my food and drink completely chemical free, but it's really hard. Did you know that even so called "pure" water is rim-full of H2O? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkhangel Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Well, I prefer my food and drink completely chemical free, but it's really hard. Did you know that even so called "pure" water is rim-full of H2O? Not in Switzerland. In Switzerland we like our water rim-full of cocaine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fez Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Regardless of the health science, if aspartame is the reason Diet Pepsi tastes so damn gross I'm all for getting rid of it. If its not the reason, let's find the real criminal, I say! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solmyr Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 People still drink Pepsi (and Coke)? I'd rather snort that aspartame stuff, for it probably would be healthier than drinking it in the form of aforementioned beverages, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IheartIheartTesla Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Aspartame (and saccharin as well) were discovered by licking/tasting the stuff by accident. And then re-tasted deliberately in the lab. The saccharin guy took 10gms of it and waited 24 hrs to see what would happen. That sort of thing wont fly these days, oh to live in those wild times. No point to this anecdote, just thought I'd share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Killer Snark Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 I'm trying to eliminate my soft drink addiction totally because it's done considerable damage to the toned abs I used to have. And it had taken me half a year of daily exercise to get them. But I hate the taste of diet drinks in general; I can't abide the aftertaste of the sweetener. I started to lose weight a while back by switching to Coke Life, which replaces about 40 percent of its sugar with stevia, a natural plant product ten times sweeter than sugar but with no calorific content. It just tastes much the same as regular Coke, but slightly more cinnamony. I really do believe that all soft drinks companies should start doing the same, because it gives a far better set of choices than either to drink something that tastes like it was concocted in a chemical lab or to drink something you like the taste of that rots your teeth and makes you fat. Tesla - It was a mortician who discovered that. The chemical was then in use because it was a corpse preserving agent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazydog7 Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 I drink enough Pepsi that the corperation should probably put my face on the box. If aspartame actually caused health problems I would have died years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moriath Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Aspartame is a synthetic sugaring substance that decomposes when heated. Unless you put your coke uin the sun or in a very hot place or heat it, I doubt you'll encounter any problems. Isn't coke supposed to be taken chillled anyway? I've never ttried warm soft drinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo498 Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 I hardly ever do softdrinks and never the diet version. This stuff is poisonous either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IheartIheartTesla Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Tesla - It was a mortician who discovered that. The chemical was then in use because it was a corpse preserving agent. Both aspartame and saccharin were discovered serendipitously in research labs....not sure which chemical you are referring to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maarsen Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Can't help but improve the taste. I cannot stand the bitter aftertaste of aspartame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEyedGhost Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 I couldn't remember how aspartame was discovered, so I googled it, and this was the second link that popped up. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Killer Snark Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Tesla - Nutrasweet. You got me. I was wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrddin Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Most diet drinks make the skin on my face tingle. Really weird feeling. Not that I plan on drinking this new Diet Pepsi, but I wonder if aspartame was causing that reaction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyenon15 Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Donald Rumsfeld is rolling over in his yacht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Killer Snark Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 I don't think there are significant health effects related to aspartame at all. It just tastes bad, the same as all other sugar substitutes with the exception of the entirely natural stevia. The banning of asp[artame strikes me as having about the same basis as the long-standing ban in Canada of absinthe because thujone is regarded as poisonous, even though it exists in absinthe in a completely harmless, if mildly stimulant quantity, and nutmeg, in its raw state, is a potentially fatal hallucinogen which can be bought by anyone in any grocery store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mance Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 I couldn't remember how aspartame was discovered, so I googled it, and this was the second link that popped up. :lol:I like to mix a bit of aspartame in with my raw milk, for a combined risk/benefit factor of 0**guessing here, I haven't actually done the math. But i will say i haven't seen any change in my rate of birth defects, athelete's foot, or brain tumors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted May 3, 2015 Author Share Posted May 3, 2015 It turned me into a newt. Got better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isis Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 How ridiculous. When I worked at Yoplait the fruit that got mixed with the base (plain yogurt) was sweetened with aspartame. Good luck eating fruit yogurts (whether diet or full fat) made with unsweetened fruit as you'll be surprised by how dull and flat they taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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