Is it bad to drink something with aspartame in it?
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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
139319
I've been drinking Diet Sodas for the past few years -- started the same time as I started Weight Watchers. Ironically enough, I now drink more diet drinks than I ever drank regular drinks. The caffeine has me in it's claws! :) I think there are studies that prove aspartame (an ingredient in most diet drinks and flavored drinks) can be harmful. I still drink them. I found the weeks I drank them less and focused on water, I felt much better. So, the best bet is probably just to stay away from them as much as possible.\n\nI always used the dieting mantra "Everything in moderation" and I think that definitely applies to diet drinks as well. Good luck with your dieting.
300644
aspartame is carcinogenic in large quantities (like most chemically-formulated foods). its also linked to neuro-muscular problems and headaches. personally, i won't touch the stuff. i'd rather be fat than dead.
11187
No more so than drinking any liquid. At least with diet soda, you're not adding any calories to the mix.  In my experience, water can have that effect--at least a temporary feeling of fullness.  Plus water is better for you than soda.  Just don't overdo it.
475206
As  a matter of fact, a woman I recently dated insists that Aspartame was the root of her seizures. Apparently it is in tons and tons of products. She switched to a completely organic diet, and the seizures stopped after time. She is in the process now of getting extensive testing done to find out if the Aspartame was really the underlying CAUSE.\n\nShe did have a history of epilepsy in the family and did have a touch of it herself when she was a teenager and she had soem sort of brain operation which totally stopped them.\n\nIt was only many years later when all of these aspartame products started soming onto the market that she started having seizures again.
723322
I saw on the news that Diet Soda is bad for you...worse for you than regular soda because of the ingredient that makes it "diet" or whatever...according to mythbusters, soda can dissolve meat over a few days...if it's ALL you drink, it's very unhealthy...drink a few glasses of water a day to keep you hydrated.
698022
No, it's not good for you so don't consume it at all. I hear a glass or red wine a day is good.
103255
well if u drink it u can die,if u mix it with amonia it can produce harmfull oders that can kill u but it washes your white clothes great.It relly cant hurt u unless u get it in your eyes or drink it.Other then that it is good for cilling jerms
345587
I think its better to drink it after meals, otherwise it will hurt your gastric
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It is not good for you to drink during your meal... Better drink 30 minutes before having your meal & 30 minutes after having your meal... I'm serious, ask any doctor about this, you shouldn't drink during a meal. Before is fine, after is fine, but not in between bites...\n\nI'm not quite sure why we shouldn't drink during a meal, all I know is that 1 of the reason why it's hard to have a flat tummy (eventhough you do lots of sit ups) is because you drink during your meal... Seriously, I'm not kidding...
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Phenylalanine is a hidden danger to anyone consuming aspartame. Most consumers don't know that too much Phenylalanine is a neurotoxin and excites the neurons in the brain to the point of cellular death. \n\nADD/ADHD, emotional and behavioral disorders can all be triggered by too much Phenylalanine in the daily diet. If you are one in ten thousand people who are PKU or carry the PKU gene, Phenylalanine can cause irreversible brain damage and death, especially when used in high quantities or during pregnancy. Phenylalanine is 50% of aspartame, and to the degree humans consume diet products, Phenylalanine levels are reaching a dangerous peak.\n\nIt is important to learn about the ingredients within your foods, especially isolated amino acids like Phenylalanine. They are in combination within nature for a reason - they don't belong in isolated form for the healthy human diet.
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As you may know sodas not that good for you. So you shouldnt drink any kind of soda to much. But otherwize there is a drink called jolt. Jolt has twice the caffine and twice the sugar. I would stay away from that one.
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It is generally accepted that once made you should drink it. It will not go bad as far as taste and health is concerned but it will loose it potency over a relatively short period of time once mixed.
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That sounds incredibly ropy, the water will combine with other contents of your stocmach. the second that occurs, one thing the water isn't, is pure!!\n\nIt is true that drinking *any* reasonably clean water to great excess can cause problems because you start removing salts from your body when you urinate.\n\nLosing electrolyte due to drinking gallons of water in a short space of time (can easily be fatal) is totally different than blaming it on the water being "too pure".\n\nI think I would counter your lab workers comments by asking them how many seconds they feel it takes the water to reach your stomach. Then after they ave said "ooh, about 1 perhaps", then ask them if the water would still be pure - swimming around with dil Hcl and the remains of the mornings breakfast.\n\nThen remind them of the ultra-pure water leaching out the "nutrients".\n\nNutrients?   And where would these leached nutrients "go" ?  Would they be filtered out by the kidneys (retained) ?\n\nLOL I am going to have to stop now or I could write for ages on this and I really need to do a little more work!
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Anything with High Fructose Corn Syrup is bad for you.\nMeaning your blood vessel will hardened and clogged more quickly.\n\nhappy heart attack! *L*
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspartame#Health_risks_controversy
152645
no, not at all.  but with all tastey things, keep the consumption low, no more than two per day (16oz), because drinking soft drinks in excessive amounts has been shown to decrease the absorption of calcium into bones, which could eventually lead to osteoporosis.  also, an excessive intake of sugar is never good for anyone.  i stick to the one soda a day rule, but its ok to cheat and have two.