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Artificial sweeteners

Poll: artificial sweeteners (20 member(s) have cast votes)

Do you ever consume food or drinks with artificial sweeteners?

  1. Yes, for health reasons, and I [i]don't mind[/i] the flavor (1 votes [5.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 5.00%

  2. Yes, for health reasons, but I [i]don't like[/i] the flavor much (1 votes [5.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 5.00%

  3. No, solely because I don't like the flavor (7 votes [35.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 35.00%

  4. No, because I think they're unhealthy (11 votes [55.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 55.00%

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Posted 05 June 2008 - 03:38 AM

One thing I found when switching briefly to Diet Coke was that because it was diet, I felt like I could drink lots and lots of the stuff, and probably quite badly overdosed on caffeine. Now that I drink the full sugar stuff, I limit myself to one can or bottle a day, which seems to be working out well for me.

I tried Coke Zero the other day, and the thing left such a horrible chemical aftertaste in my mouth I couldn't drink more than one sip. Was horrible.
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Posted 26 June 2008 - 01:02 AM

Hmm...I wasn't aware that aspartame was owned by Monsanto...interesting.

For me just seeing how artificial sweeteners were discovered sort of makes my blood boil. I don't know if there are health risks associated with them, but I'm willing to take the extra time to exercise to not have to find out. I also avoid High Fructose Corn Syrup which is more or less an "artificial sweetener" in the fact that it is heavily processed. I also wasn't aware that Fructose actually can't be synthesized by the vast majority of the bodies red blood cells...so most of it is processed through the liver and thus is turned straight into fat.

Regardless, my primary problem is eating enough, not dieting.

Here are some links if you'd like to read more. If you want to hear both sides of the aspartame controversy, the topic actually has its own topic. It is kind of interesting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccharin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspartame

http://en.wikipedia....ame_controversy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sucralose

http://en.wikipedia....lfame_potassium

My favorite one is saccharin by far...it was discovered while looking for a coal derivative. Mmmm...love the taste of petrol!

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Posted 01 August 2008 - 02:52 PM

I don't care for artificial sweeteners. They taste terrible and I take issue with eating anything my body can't digest. That may be the whole point, but why don't you just eat bark then?
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Posted 17 August 2008 - 05:21 PM

View Postmrxak, on Aug 1 2008, 03:52 PM, said:

I don't care for artificial sweeteners. They taste terrible and I take issue with eating anything my body can't digest. That may be the whole point, but why don't you just eat bark then?

But if you didn't eat things you don't digest, you'd never poop! Imagine how lame life would be if you didn't poop.
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Posted 18 August 2008 - 06:48 AM

Amen to that brother.
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Posted 18 August 2008 - 11:53 AM

View PostMispeled, on Aug 17 2008, 06:21 PM, said:

But if you didn't eat things you don't digest, you'd never poop! Imagine how lame life would be if you didn't poop.

It would certainly make urban planning much easier.
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Posted 18 August 2008 - 02:30 PM

I'm naturally sweet! :P

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Posted 19 August 2008 - 02:52 AM

*vomit*
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Posted 19 August 2008 - 07:20 AM

View PostRickton, on Aug 18 2008, 09:53 AM, said:

It would certainly make urban planning much easier.


This reminds me of a joke:

There are three men sitting at a bar, enjoying an evening on the town. The first man, we'll call him TheJ, says, "You know, I really think God has to be a Mechanical Engineer. I mean, look at our bones, the way our joints work is just amazing!"
The second man, we'll call him Mackilroy, says "What TheJ?! You must be nuts! Just look at our nervous system! God has to be an Electrical Engineer!"
The third guy, Pufer, says, "Both of you are dispicably uninformed! God has to be a Civil Engineer! Only a Civil Engineer would put a waste disposal system right through the middle of a perfectly good recreation area!!"

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Posted 19 August 2008 - 10:44 AM

hahaha!

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Posted 19 August 2008 - 08:17 PM

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Posted 19 August 2008 - 10:17 PM

A Frenchman sits down in an American restaurant and asks the waitress for a piece of toast and a hard-boiled egg.

After eating his food, he asks for another piece of toast. The waitress also asks if he would like another egg.

"No thanks," he says. "Un oeuf's enough."

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Posted 21 August 2008 - 07:39 AM

Hey guys did you hear about this?:

Announcement: Pfizer Corp announced today that Viagra will soon be available in liquid form and will be marketed by Pepsi as a power beverage suitable for use as a mixer. It will now be possible for a man to literally pour himself a stiff one.
Obviously we can no longer call this a soft drink and it gives new meaning to the names ‘cocktails’, ‘highballs’ and just a good old-fashioned ’stiff drink’. Pepsi will market the new concoction by the name of: MOUNT&DO

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Posted 21 August 2008 - 11:41 AM

I've apparently been drinking that my whole life... :P

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Posted 21 August 2008 - 12:14 PM

View PostmWalk, on Aug 21 2008, 12:41 PM, said:

I've apparently been drinking that my whole life... :P

Uh...what?
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Posted 21 August 2008 - 09:10 PM

Heh, I saw someone wearing a "mount & do" shirt the other day.
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Posted 22 August 2008 - 06:09 AM

mWalk, my dear...

If it lasts more than 12 hours you need to seek the help of a medical professional...

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Posted 22 August 2008 - 10:26 AM

But it makes for a good tool! You guys don't get the big picture here... Bottle opener, garden hoe, hammer, car jack, etc.

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Posted 22 August 2008 - 01:14 PM

View PostmWalk, on Aug 22 2008, 11:26 AM, said:

But it makes for a good tool! You guys don't get the big picture here... Bottle opener, garden hoe, hammer, car jack, etc.

You must have a cock of steel!
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Posted 23 August 2008 - 12:06 AM

Not to mention a very oddly shaped one. To be a tri-purpose bottle opener, garden hoe, and jack, there's gotta' be some weird curves going on there.

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Posted 25 August 2008 - 05:43 AM

It's a Swiss Army Cock.
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