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Aspartame

Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 6:51 pm
by clifford_-
Thoughts?


Re: Aspartame

Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 6:58 pm
by boomphat
avoid

Re: Aspartame

Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 7:00 pm
by AxeD
Last study I read said it wasn't as bad as they originally thought. Not really a big soda
fan anyway.

Big hit at the shop I work at: Stevia. It's natural and even sweeter than aspartame. Quite expensive though.

Re: Aspartame

Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 7:01 pm
by boomphat
first ever GM product

Re: Aspartame

Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:26 pm
by kidshuffle
I wish stevia was legal here

Re: Aspartame

Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:28 pm
by pikeymobile
yeah i've read it's nowhere near as bad as originally thought, it's only toxic at extremely high doses
still, diet coke is shit so i don't drink it

Re: Aspartame

Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:34 pm
by AxeD
pikeymobile wrote:yeah i've read it's nowhere near as bad as originally thought, it's only toxic at extremely high doses
still, diet coke is shit so i don't drink it
Ah probably the same article, haven't been able to find it though.

Re: Aspartame

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 12:08 am
by Lectric
Aspartame gave me boob cancer.

Re: Aspartame

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 12:52 am
by tooms
My thoughts are that the bird presenting it is fit.

Re: Aspartame

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:12 am
by sigbowls
dam aspar

Re: Aspartame

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:52 am
by Sexual_Chocolate
its the illuminati at work













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Re: Aspartame

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 2:23 am
by Hircine
I have a terrible alergy to aspartame, my throat swelled once when I was a kid I couldn't breath. I'm also alergic to phenylalanine.

Re: Aspartame

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 7:03 am
by dickman69
my cynical old organic chemistry professor told me it's really not that bad

but i used to not drink stuff with it ever

Re: Aspartame

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 12:52 pm
by kingldub
I try to stay away from it as much as I can, seems pretty hard to do though, it's in a lot of shit.

Re: Aspartame

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:22 pm
by test_recordings
It's actually anti-biotic and can change gut flora so you're most likely going to get fat even if it's not from the calories of sugar. I did read some preliminary research that suggested that because it tastes 'sweet' it actually causes the body to uptake a an amount of calories proportional to the perceived glucose being ingested therefore negating any benefit from being less calorific itself - don't know if that got followed up though.

Stevia is pretty cool though it's banned in the EU for some strange reason.

I make my own soda with water kefir anyway, just add sugar (I use molasses for the health benefits) and leave it to ferment for a few days - an alcoholic, fizzy, probiotic drink that costs fuck all!

Re: Aspartame

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 2:39 pm
by NilsFG
Stevia is not banned in the EU. A few days ago I bought some Stevia cubes in the shop.

Re: Aspartame

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 3:31 pm
by BNanni
pikeymobile wrote: diet coke is shit so i don't drink it
This.
Full fat coke every time. No ill health for me, just terrible cavities :corndance:

Re: Aspartame

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 4:42 pm
by test_recordings
NilsFG wrote:Stevia is not banned in the EU. A few days ago I bought some Stevia cubes in the shop.
Ahh, must be unstandardised products then, you definitely can't buy the leaf in an unprocessed form.

Re: Aspartame

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 9:09 pm
by clifford_-
tooms wrote:My thoughts are that the bird presenting it is fit.

first post, dickheadddd! haha

Re: Aspartame

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 11:09 pm
by AxeD
test recordings wrote:
NilsFG wrote:Stevia is not banned in the EU. A few days ago I bought some Stevia cubes in the shop.
Ahh, must be unstandardised products then, you definitely can't buy the leaf in an unprocessed form.
It was made legal last December. Don't know about the plant itself but you can buy it in powder form now.
Before we weren't allowed to sell it as a sweetener. Now it's flying out the door.