Why is aspartame harmful to the human body and in what ways?
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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. \n\nCarefully 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
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I like Gatorade better. Propel has aspartame in it and it makes my stomach hurt before I can finish on bottle of it. Water is usually my first choice though, unless i have been very active and need the electrolytes from Gatorade.\nAnd to the refrence of Gatorade being dangerous is you drink too much: Any fluid can be dangerous if you drink to much, even water. Drinking to much in a short period of time can dilute your blood and can lead to organ damage or death. A college kid died awhile back during a hazing incident when he was forced to drink glass after glass of water without being allowed to go to the bathroom.
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Yes. Anything which contains aspartame is likely to cause cancer.\nIf you need to sweeten something without using sugar, then use stevis, a herb which is far sweeter than sugar.\nYou can boil it in a little water, and then use the sweetened water.\n\nIf you want to eat heaslthily, then eat fresh fruit and vegetables. Any processed foods should be avoided, because they contain artifcial preservatives, flavourings and colourings which are toxic. Anything which comes in a packet or tin is likely to be unhealthy.
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MSG is just filth!\n\nI avoid it nearly as much as I avoid Aspartame.
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Anythings excessive cause toxic in our system.you need. plenty of water to flush them out.Too much oil cause us to become fat and put a heavy load on the liver,.too much protein put a heavy load on the kidney,too much sugar will lead to diabetes,\ntoo much acidic food is bad for the digestive system,too much meat is bad for the intestine so you need to balance with vegetable and so forth.
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All of those energy drinks have massive amounts of caffine in them. If you drink them regularly, then yes, they are very bad for you because you'll be addicted to caffine. If you just drink it once a week, then there isn't anything wrong with that.
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It's the aspartame in diet drinks that hurt you.  There are a variety of symptoms and illnesses associated with it.\n\nThe College of Physicians has implicated ASPARTAMINE in any number of TERMINAL and SKYROCKETING USA diseases including M.S., Lupus, Fibromialgia, Diabetes, Manic Depression and Brain Tumors.\n\nPersonally, it makes my tongue numb and gives me a headache.\n\nCheck out this site for information.
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yes Aspartame cane kill you it just about killed my son at 18 i never let him have it for that matter because a doctor had told me because he is bipolar only one of and MMR but aspartame messes with mood swings i had also read some ware that diet drink were not good for young brains so when he turned 18 they changed his meds to brand only from generic the insurance did and the brand only was not the same it had aspartane in it and in 5 days he had a seizure so bad it put him in the hospital he had to be life flighted out and put on a respirator and was in a comma for 2 days we almost didn't get him back the only change in anything was that pill i forced the doctors to get a chemist to brake down that pill and find out the different they did it just to get me to shut up and found it had aspartame in it and it was not even listed because it was so small a amount but my son is allergic to aspartame so that small amount in 5 days
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monosodium glutamate; flavor enhancer.  It is free glutamate.  Glutamate is an amino acid that is in many of the proteins in your body.  In proteins, it's bound to other amino acids.  MSG is an unbound form of glutamate.\n\nBy the way, aspartame, the artificial sweetener, contains phenylalanine, another amino acid that most people have in their bodies.
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Not only does diet coke make you fat, it also makes you sick because of the dangerous additives it contains.  Diet sodas are very toxic to our organs.\nThe chemicals put in all soda products are very addictive, which is only one of the reasons we crave them and have to keep drinking them.  They never satisfy our thirst.\nDo some research on it..the facts and truth are very scary.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BAD FREAKIN IDEA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\n\nhere is an example of deit soda using the aspartme \n\naspartme is comprized of phenylalanine(amino acid) and aspartic acid(amino acid), joined together by methyl alcohol(powerful toxin)\n\nthe methyl alcohol is converted to formaldehyde and formic acid in the body, both are potent toxins. formic acid is the posoin used by fire ants that cuase intense pain. formaldehyde is used in perseving corpses as an embalming fluid. it is also a known carcinogen (causes cancer)\n\nin other words STOP DRINKING THE FUCKIN SODA
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Splenda is an artificial sweetner made from sucralose.\nIt was discovered about 20 years ago and as a product has had about 100 different Pk or safety studies conducted on it.\n\nThe process to manufacture Sucralose does take sucrose, the normal sugar we consume and bind it with a chlorine atom. This makes a chemically stable bond that is only broken apart under some very specific parameters, none of which are normally encountered in everyday use.\n\nTo make it appear as a replacement for sugar, Sucralose is bulked up with Maltodextrin a carbohydrate derived from corn, giving it some calories but making it measure and act more like sugar. This combination is called Splenda Granular.\n\nUsing lab animals, many studies concerning cancer, toxicity, kidney and liver damage have been done. Surprisingly, rats do make excellent models for humans for this type of research, and opinions about lab animal research aside, the chemicals involved in this product have been well researched.\n\nSucrose is treated in a specialized process and some molecules are moved as a chlorine is substituted. In gheneral, we consume a lot of chlorise., Sodium Chloride is one atom of sodium and one atom of chloride bound to make table salt. All srts of presevatives and processes utilize chloride in this fashion.  A small percentage of os sucralose does  break down into small amounts of 1,6-dichlorofructose, a chemical that has not been adequately tested in humans.\n\nIn general, the product should be deemed safe in most people. There are some documented, and MANY UNDOCUMENTED reports of health issues among people. The documented are from peopel with current throid or kidney problems having those problems get worse. The undocumented problems blame anything from eyesight loss, to arthtitis on artificial sweetners. As a scientist, I have to question any report that is not duplicated or one that you cannot rule out other unrelated problems. \n\nI think common sense should apply here. In normal consumption doses this product will behave as expected in nearly all people. Meaning, don't consume 40 cans of Diet cola and eat 20 diet twinkies, etc. Normal consumption will be fine over a lifetime.\n\ni could do a study over 25 yeras that shows the adverse effects of sugar, versus aspartame and sucralose. Bottom line is that all will have some impact. One can cause diabetes and obesity. The others may cause enlarged kidneys or livers (whch goes away if you stop use). In terms of public health and lifestyle, which threats are worse? Eating poorly, consuming fast food and not exercising are far worse than sonsuming diet drinks and foods. \n\nThese products can help eliminate the guilt of empty calories, but you should not reley on them for weightloss without proper diet and exercise.\n\nAs for safety, they are as safe as any processed food product is.  Look at a label of cereal, or cheese slices, or a frozen meal. They all contain some complex molecules that in some are probably very reactive, but in most are just fine.
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Our body uses amino acids in many ways. When an amino acid is degraded (e.g. phenylalanine to acetyl CoA) ammonia (NH3) is released as a byproduct. Ammonia itself is highly toxic to the human body, however, so we incorporate it into the less toxic urea molecule. Urea has pretty much no other role other than being a nitrogenous waste, and is a component of urine.
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People get fat because they eat more calories than they burn off.\nSugar, fats, and starches are all high in calories and so take a lot of exercise to burn off the calories.\nChocolate has a lot of sugar and fat in it.  Chips are nothing but fat and starch.\n\nWater is the best drink because it has no calories in it, it helps the body clean itself out, and it replaces the water we lose every day through sweat and breathing.\nThe guideline is 8 glasses of water a day - a few more than that can't hurt but you can drink too much and that's not healthy either.
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I won't touch the stuff because it uses an altered chlorine molecule and I already get headaches from Aspartame.\nThe best sweeteners are real food.\nIf blood sugar is a concern, the LIQUID form of a plant called Stevia is a sweetener that is easy on the palate & no spike in sugar levels. I believe no calories either. Just 3 drops sweetens my cocoa (which I make very strong).\nHoney, unprocessed molasses, chickory root syrup, agave (from cactus) nectar- there are so many alternatives at a good health food store. Also I find that I can eliminate or decrease sugar if I use a drop of Vanilla.\nKudos to you for listening to your body. Ingestion of chemicals is a good thing to avoid- some of us are lucky enough to have a sensitive system to remind us of this. Best of health to you!
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Coca-cola and candy will eventually eat away your teeth. They also can make you gain weight and drive your blood sugar rapidly up and down. These can all elad to diabetes as an adult. \n\nTo answer your question: no, there is nothing wrong exactly about having candy and soda for breakfast. However, if you do this every day for breakfast, it is bad for you. There is a lot of stuff you used to do in high school that you shouldn't do anymore. Your body forgives you when you are 17. It doesn't when you age.\n\nTry a little healthy cereal, some fruit, or sm eoatmeal for a change. It ain't exactly candy, but it won't kill you.
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its not too bad unless you drink too much of it or if you use too much artifical sweetener like equal or splenda because it has that in it and it causes cancer if you have 6 a day of those little sugar packets of equal or splenda