Why diet drinks r NOT safe

[lebanese_a]

Originally Posted by Justin

The reason: ASPARTAME
Frequent consumption can cause many many health problems including memory loss, and symptoms mirroring MS.

I already forgot I read this article

seriously now, nearly everything we eat have the potential to kill us, so khalas 3icho, if you're gonna read all these article bit batlo teklo chi, 7ato braskone, you're gonna die eventually so live now!!
a couple of years ago a prof de sport bil jamhour died from a heart attack, he used to exercise every day, followed a strict healthy diet w ma3 kel holeh met!!!!! I am not saying ma tehtamo bi your health w bi what you eat, be carefull akideh, bass don't be paranoid!

[sarah32]

-Aspartame is an extremely toxic chemical that is produced by a chemical company called Monsanto.
-Aspartame is being marketed around the world as a sugar substitute and
is found in all diet soft drinks, such as Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi. It is also found in artificial sweeteners such as NutraSweet, Equal, and Spoonful; and it is used in many other products as a sugar replacement.
-Aspartame will cause you to GAIN weight because it makes you crave carbohydrates.
-Aspartame is a toxic chemical that changes the brain's chemistry. It can and does cause severe seizures. This chemical changes the dopamine level in the brain, and it is particularly deadly for anyone suffering from Parkinson's disease.
-One of the toxic ingredients of Aspartame is wood alcohol. When the temperature of Aspartame exceeds 86 degrees F, the wood alcohol in the Aspartame is converted to formaldehyde (which by the way u find in some shampoos too – beware), and then to formic acid, which in turn causes metabolic acidosis.
Formaldehyde is grouped in the same class of poisons as Cyanide and Arsenic - which are very deadly toxins. The only difference is... Formaldehyde kills quietly, and it takes a little longer. And, in the process of killin people, it causes all kinds of neurological problems.
-One of these symptoms is Lupus, which has become almost as rampant as
Multiple Sclerosis, especially with Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi drinkers.
When someone develops Lupus as a result of using Aspartame, they usually do not know that the Aspartame is the culprit. They then continue to use Aspartame, which aggravates the Lupus to such a degree that it sometimes becomes life threatening. When people finally get off the Aspartame, the severity of the Lupus decreases.

-Aspartame Poisoning is also very often diagnosed as Multiple Sclerosis. The methanol toxicity mimics Multiple Sclerosis, and therefore, people are being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis when in fact they do not have it. Multiple Sclerosis is not a death sentence, where Methanol Toxicity usually is..
- If you are using Aspartame and you suffer from Fibromyalgia symptoms such as spasms, shooting pains, numbness in your legs, cramps, vertigo, dizziness, headaches, tinnitus, joint pain, depression, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, blurred vision, or memory loss, you probably do not have Fibromyalgia, you very likely have Aspartame Poisoning.

-Aspartame is especially deadly for diabetics. The Aspartame keeps the blood sugar level out of control, causing many patients to go into a coma.
-Several thousand pallets of diet drinks were shipped to the Desert Storm troops. (Remember that heat can liberate the methanol from the Aspartame at 86 degrees F). These diet drinks sat on pallets in the 120-degree F.
Arabian sun for weeks at a time. The service men and women drank them all day long, and all of their symptoms are identical to Aspartame Poisoning.
- consuming Aspartame during pregnancy can cause birth defects. When the Aspartame attacks the nervous system it does not allow the unborn child to develop properly.
-Aspartame consumption has also been shown to lead to cancer. In the original lab tests on Aspartame, animals that were given Aspartame developed brain tumors. The phenylalanine breaks down into DXP, which is a brain tumor agent.

[Grim]

Thank you for this useful article Dr. 32 But why giving it such an importance while media isn't making a propaganda to boycott the products and share the informations in public ?

[sarah32]

akdi the media r not gona boycott those products ! eno 3am yerab7o menon from ads n stuff ... but if u know what those products do to ur health u can stop using them and notify the pers. around u ... eno u dont need the media to boycott a product !

[J()e]

as mentioned aspartame is used in light coke and diet pepsi and pepsi max
i asked a doctor if we can get rid of aspartame he told u can bass lezim tichrab water la yom el water
w sarah 32 are u willing to quit on light coke??

[sarah32]

i already did 3 days ago .. n not willing to drink any light product ... because i noticed lately that ktir 3am bi namlo idayeh n ejrayeh n m having trous de memoire .... and thats not good ... n it scared me ! ... so no more diet products !

[Sniper]

Some of the 92 long-term and immediate adverse effects of aspartame ingestion are:

• Abdominal Pain
• Anxiety attacks
• Arthritis
• Asthma
• Asthmatic Reactions
• Bloating, Edema (Fluid Retention)
• Blood Sugar Control Problems (Hypoglycemia or Hyperglycemia)
• Brain Cancer (Pre-approval studies in animals)
• Breathing difficulties
• Burning eyes or throat
• Burning Urination
• Can't think straight
• Chest Pains
• Chronic cough
• Chronic Fatigue
• Confusion
• Death
• Depression
• Diarrhea
• Dizziness
• Excessive Thirst or Hunger
• Fatigue
• Feel unreal
• Flushing of face
• Hair Loss (Baldness) or Thinning of Hair
• Headaches/Migraines dizziness
• Hearing Loss
• Heart palpitations
• Hives (Urticaria)
• Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)
• Hysterical pregnancy
• Impotency and Sexual Problems
• Inability to concentrate
• Infection Susceptibility
• Insomnia
• Irritability
• Itching
• Joint Pains
• Laryngitis
• "Like thinking in a fog"
• Marked Personality Changes
• Memory loss
• Menstrual Problems or Changes
• Migraines and Severe Headaches (Trigger or Cause From Chronic Intake)
• Muscle spasms
• Nausea or Vomiting
• Numbness or Tingling of Extremities
• Other Allergic-Like Reactions
• Panic Attacks
• Phobias
• Poor memory
• Rapid Heart Beat
• Rashes
• Seizures and Convulsions
• Slurring of Speech
• Swallowing Pain
• Tachycardia
• Tremors
• Tinnitus
• Vertigo
• Vision Loss
• Weight gain

In addition, aspartame can mimic symptoms or worsen the following diseases:

• Fibromyalgia
• Arthritis
• Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
• Parkinson's Disease
• Lupus
• Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (MCS)
• Diabetes and Diabetic Complications
• Epilepsy
• Alzheimer's Disease
• Birth Defects
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• Lymphoma
• Lyme Disease
• Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
• Panic Disorder
• Depression and other Psychological Disorders

[mr_j]

1)I have been drinking 2 litres of diet coke(on average !! there are days where I drank 4 and 5 litres) every single day since 2005, that is equivalent to 2920 litres of aspartame, I never had migrains abdominal pains or whatever

2) the most accurate post in this whole thread is abousoun's post

Nice Topic Justin ...
Aspartame is an artificial sweetener used is most diet and sugar free products and it contains: Methanol and formaldehyde, Phenylalanine, Aspartic acid, Aspartylphenylalanine diketopiperazine


After reviewing scientific studies, FDA determined in 1981 that aspartame was safe for use in foods. In 1987, the General Accounting Office investigated the process surrounding FDA's approval of aspartame and confirmed the agency had acted properly.

However, FDA has continued to review complaints alleging adverse reactions to products containing aspartame. To date, FDA has not determined any consistent pattern of symptoms that can be attributed to the use of aspartame, nor is the agency aware of any recent studies that clearly show safety problems.

Now Is aspartame safe?
Carefully controlled clinical studies show that aspartame is not an allergen. However, certain people with the genetic disease phenylketonuria (PKU), and pregnant women with hyperphenylalanine (high levels of phenylalanine in blood) have a problem with aspartame because they do not effectively metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine, one of aspartame's components. High levels of this amino acid in body fluids can cause brain damage.

Therefore, FDA has ruled that all products containing aspartame must include a warning to phenylketonurics that the sweetener contains phenylalanine.

so unless you have genetic disease as PKU or hyperphenylalanine, you don't have any worries ... and all the symptoms mentioned above are due to high consumption and toxicity ...

Thank You ...

I have done my researches, I have read everything there is to read and yes I came accross your sources, bas they are not accurate. I'll tell you what aspartame toxicity is, you need to drink rediculously high amounts of energy drinks to start to feel anything. aspartame is 180 times sweeter than sugar, iza a regular 2 litres of pepsi needed 50 grams of sugar a diet bottle would take 0.4 gram masalan for the whole bottle(aspartame has a higher molecular weight) ba3den aspartame breaks in the stomach to products the body produces anyway

Methanol and formaldehyde, Phenylalanine, Aspartic acid, Aspartylphenylalanine diketopiperazine

it's not some alien compounds here, the excess of these may hurt pregnant women and people with a certain genetic disease but other than that no real symptomes were recorded on regual use

talking about nausea and whatever, these the outcomes of over doses of the products of aspartame but an overdose would be equivalent to more than 10 and 14 litres of aspartame within 24 hours !

you can't get aspartame toxication even you set out to do it and you try your best

[Neoxter]

I dont know why u keep showing off that u drink a lot of coke,u should try seriously to lessen drinking pepsi its very harmful for ur health.

[mr_j]

why why is it harmful?
aspartame is not shown to have seriously bad effects
caffeine has as much good effects as bad ones
caffeine increases the effect of drugs like panadol, reduces the risk of getting parkinson disease, and reduces the risk of getting alzeihmer, improves concentration and alertness
the bad effects include trouble sleeping and addiction

no one is gonna die because of it

until someone shows me a real health hazard for this I don't see why I should try quiting and go through the hell of withdrawal symptomes