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Originally Posted by heyday
Sorry to burst everyones bubles here but I can't beleive that everyone is falling for the "Aspertame" is bad for you mythology.
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The truth is, neither you nor I know for a fact whether or not it's harmful. I'm not a scientist, I haven't done the tests myself. Who do you trust?
Regardless of whether or not there's any scientific evidence, the sheer lobbying efforts of the NutraSweet people seems deeply suspicious to me. Powerful lobbies and lawyers are obscuring any truth there is to be had. Just like the cigarette issue, it will take a few decades before we know anything for certain. Same deal with MSG - it's everywhere, but it's so hard to find the truth about it. Yet when I have a food product prepared with MSG, I get quite sick. Similar food, prepared without MSG, and I'm fine. Go figure... :!:
For me at least, I don't need to drink diet pop or chew aspartame gum - better to be safe than sorry. The consequences of avoiding aspartame as much as possible as minimal. The consequences of sucking down four Diet Coke's a day and finding out ten years later that aspartame gave you cancer? Very high indeed.