Don't drink Diet Coke!
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Drink Coke zero. Its great.

I knew about his, and had a LONG talk with my daughter's father aobut giving her diet anything. I'd like to know why it hasn't been taken off the market yet? Too much $$$$ being made? Once again money over the health of the people.

I wouldn't care if Diet Coke were made with arsenic.
I'd still drink it.

--Jaylemurph

I've known about this stuff for awhile. I guess, all artificial sweeteners are bad for you. Not to mention, they taste like a**.

I know! It is so gross tasting, I have no idea why anyone would really want to drink or eat that crap.

I've heard just as many people saying this is a false campaign against the manufacturers, too. I just don't know who to believe.

I pretty much live on Splenda. Love the stuff. It probably mutates your brain cells or something.

Splenda is chemically and genetically altered... no long-term testing has been done on it, so god only knows what it does to you.
At least we know /how/ Aspartame kills you.

--Jaylemurph

I have to have flavored drinks and I can't have the calories so I do try to have the splenda ones but I will take what I can get.

I've heard just as many people saying this is a false campaign against the manufacturers, too. I just don't know who to believe.

Theres been a few clinical trials (especialy in Mexico) where they state that Aspartame causes 'brain cancer'.
Alluminium in aerosol underarm deodrant isn't good either.

Pepsi addict here...hi-octane only....no amount of "do you see what it does to rust?" etc will ever stop me from drinking it. Im an addict. Michael Jackson shilled it, should have made me stop....Deieon Sanders shilled it....almost seriously made me CONSIDER stopping...didn't happen....

There are so many dangerous or potentially dangerous chemicals in the things we use daily. It really makes me wonder if something as simple as bottled water is truly 'pure' and free from harmful chemicals. And on the flip side, I don't think aspartame is doing anymore damage then our polluted environment does every day. But it is good to avoid as many harmful things if you are able to.

It still gets me when people started really drinking this stuff a lot. I'd ask them why they were drinking it and they would say thta it is to help them lose weight. I said fine, why not drink something thta tastes better, like water! Even less calories. They would usually answer with something like "I enjoy drinking colas though". So, they were going to drink something that tasted like litter box because they liked drinking something that tasted like litter box. That was the day that I realized mankind was going to go to hell.

Ever tried sweet tea or lemon tea?

"But, it's an acquired taste". Maybe but, I can't see drinking anything that tastes that bad long enough to acquire a taste for it.

"Hey! That one shot to the head didn't kill me. What say I shoot myself again!". Hee-hee. I know what you are saying though.

Never liked the taste so i don't drink or chew any gum that contains aspartame..... ugh so disgusting

I've been telling my father-in-law for seven years that it was bad for you. Besides, not only does sugar taste far better but, it's natural as well. I used to ask him "Would you rather be fat or have cancer?". I had to stop that campaign though. He got cancer a couple of years ago.

I have been avoiding aspartame since it came out. Only time I consume it is when I eat my gum.

Im sorry to hear that Lord my grandfather was just diagnosed with lung cancer

Don't drink diet coke...the aspartame will kill you. Don't drink regular coke...the High Fructose Corn Syrup will kill you.


Drink Water. Think about it. Before there was anything else....water. Before life...water.

Can't go wrong with water my friend it's delicious and good for the body

I'd have to agree...!




Ain't it?!

I think there's a simple rule.
If it tastes funny, it probably is funny.

Ever drink "Red Bull" (original. It's a bunch of sugar, with some aminos, and electrolytes, and vitamins, and artificial flavors.
Those flavors make me want to choke...whatever they are.

..."What the hell is that flavor anyway!"

The sugar free version has aspartame, and some natural flavors along with the artificial ones...figure that one out!

I about choked. It's probably a cancer causing substance in total...


I recall back in the Apollo days, after Apollo 15, the medics came up with this potassium rich orange flavored junk that they had the lunar crew on Apollo 16 drink alot of, because they saw heart anomalies on Jim Irwin's Apollo 15 ECG (Jim had heart problems it was later discovered, and eventually passed away from a heart attack).

John Young complained once, from the surface of the Moon, that the crap made him pass gas way too much, and that it was essentially crappy tasting (I'm mellowing the actual terminology). He said some thing to the effect of, 'I gotta tell ya, after this flight I ain't evcer eatin' an f-ing orange again.'




One of the flight directers ordered the Surgeon to bring him some of the stuff, and, upon tasting it...agreed wholeheartedly with the colorful lunar assessment.




It wasn't "Tang", by the way, "Tang" was never used on manned space flights, to my knowledge ( I think that was somewhat of an urban legend). It was some crazy concoction loaded with artifical nonsense ( and potassium)that created profound flatulence....now, think about that aboard a spacecraft, and you get the drift.




The medics thought Jim had a potassium deficiency, and in their zeal, they wanted to make sure everyone to follow had sufficient potassium supplies. What they gave them was an elegant sufficiency of gas....which of course caused all sorts of trouble aboard ship!

Often, medicine amazes me. What ever happened to some freeze dried bananas? Guys? You know, those yellow things that are LOADED WITH POTASSIUM, easily assimilatable, etc...? Stick the potable water gun in there, squish it up, and suck it down. Tastes like...a banana, oddly enough, and, you've got all the K you need for a day in a damned banana (even monkees know this stuff!)!



With a lunar mission to run, imagine dealing with an astronaut, or two, suffering from chronic farts because of some artifical junk they have to drink!


If it's got a bunch of crap in it, you can likely bet that it's crappy!
...I am willing to bet that 35 years hence, John Young has still not eaten an orange (believe me, that was an annoying problem!).


Fact is...water would've been just fine in the lunar drink bag...

lmao great post MID lol i was laughing all the way through and yes i have tried to drink red bull... and i wish i never spent 3 bucks on a can of crap ugh just terrible. lol i can only imagine how uncomfortable the mission would have been!

Glad you liked the post! I get a little nuts sometimes!


And yea, what about that price of a 12 ounce can of that stuff?
I think I spent about $2.50 for a couple of slugs of that stuff...only to need a drink of water to wash that taste out of my mouth!
If we put that stuff in the Apollo EMU drink dispenser, we'd probably have had to stop the program because of mutiny among the ranks!

Have you ever tried Stevia??? Very sweet and comes from a leaf. I have used it for several years now and think its great.

great movie about this called "sweet misery" you can find it here http://question911.com
I hand out burned copies at the grocery store.
its amazing what it doing to us its not just that its unhealthy, its freakin deadly.
not to mention the history of how it passed the fda...donald rumsfeld etc..

CC good call,the film looks quite objective and comprehensive
Aspartame should be banned immediately-heres the 'Google video' link for the film.
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=...h&plindex=2

Oh, it is pretty good stuff, and certainly a viable substitute for refined sugars, and of course, anything like aspartame.

Not long ago, I read a report from the Israeli army wherein the medics grabbed 100 soldiers and tested them for endurance on desert marches. Can't recall where I read this thing but it made a lot of sense to me.
Fifty of the soldiers were given the normal ration of water per day, something like 1 quart. The other fifty were required to drink 1 quart every hour, and the whole lot was put on a 12 hour desert forced march.
The medics determined that the 50 with rationed water reached fatique within 4 hours. The other 50 was nearly as fresh after the 12 hours as when they started. Interesting, yes?
There were no salt tablets or any other supplements issued; the entire thing was to determine the effect of adequate versus rationed water. While we are all aware, I think, that supplements for electrolyte replacement are a good thing, this study indicates that the water itself is far more important than previously thought. Also, if one goes into Death Valley, it's highly recommended that enough water is taken so one can drink at least a quart an hour.
As for artificial sweeteners, I can't stand them, like everyone else here.
Chemicals! Ugh!