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Old 12-06-2009, 07:22
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http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090611/...h-3fd0ae9.html

At long last a country with sense to ban these nasty, evil diet drinks. Stopped drinking anything with artificial sweetners in 2 years ago.
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Old 12-06-2009, 07:32
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Evil?? really?? A little OTT isn't it?

Taste damn good to me.
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Old 12-06-2009, 07:46
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http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090611/...h-3fd0ae9.html

At long last a country with sense to ban these nasty, evil diet drinks. Stopped drinking anything with artificial sweetners in 2 years ago.
Maybe you could have started this thread in the 'Broadcasting' section.
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Old 12-06-2009, 07:47
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You forgot to put "...in a place that has no relevance to 99.9% of people reading this". Do you work for a tabloid by any chance?
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Old 12-06-2009, 08:15
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So what's the advice being looked for here? I'd advise changing your opinion and stop being led by sensationalist scaremongering.
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Old 12-06-2009, 08:51
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If you dont like it, dont drink it, why get soo worked up over it?
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Old 12-06-2009, 11:05
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Actually I have to agree with the OP. I try to avoid artificial sweetners because they taste vile and they are made from chemicals. Also Venezuela is a sugar producing country and they would want to encourage the increased use of sugar.

I found this on the interweb:

Venezuela’s sugar production does not meet domestic demand. The lack of incentives to plant more area to sugar cane is defined by the existence of controlled prices at the retail level and increasing costs of production. Nevertheless, during 2005/06 there was an effort from growers and millers to achieve better yields as well as to increase sugar content of sugar cane. Imports of raw and refined sugar are expected to continue in order to keep up with demand.
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Old 12-06-2009, 11:15
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Actually I have to agree with the OP. I try to avoid artificial sweetners because they taste vile and they are made from chemicals.
Not chemicals.. OMG!!11!!! NOT CHEMICALS!!!
Next they will be pumping artificially produced poison gas through the stuff just to make it taste better.
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Old 12-06-2009, 14:58
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http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090611/...h-3fd0ae9.html

At long last a country with sense to ban these nasty, evil diet drinks. Stopped drinking anything with artificial sweetners in 2 years ago.
What is so dangerous about them? Go on, enlighten us.
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Old 12-06-2009, 15:00
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Anything other than proper Coke out of the proper glass bottles is evil.
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Old 12-06-2009, 16:56
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Having read Mark Thomas's Belching out the Devil I would disagree with the above comment.
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Old 12-06-2009, 21:54
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phew, crisis averted
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Old 13-06-2009, 17:26
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I think the issue the OP is/was raising is that Aspartame is said to be a carcinogenic, but I think (IIRC) its is very much dependant on the level of intake.
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Old 13-06-2009, 17:40
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I think the issue the OP is/was raising is that Aspartame is said to be a carcinogenic, but I think (IIRC) its is very much dependant on the level of intake.
The evidence for Aspartame being dangerous is very circumstantial, it has been declared safe by most countries, including the American FDA.
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Old 13-06-2009, 17:54
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The evidence for Aspartame being dangerous is very circumstantial, it has been declared safe by most countries, including the American FDA.
Yes, I'm aware of that, but there are still a lot of sceptics out there, that's all. I assume the OP is amongst them.
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Old 14-06-2009, 10:39
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Yes, I'm aware of that, but there are still a lot of sceptics out there, that's all. I assume the OP is amongst them.
It's the same as with MMR, someone said it was dangerous then loads of other people proved it wasn't, but people still believe the hype.
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Old 14-06-2009, 23:48
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Not chemicals.. OMG!!11!!! NOT CHEMICALS!!!
Next they will be pumping artificially produced poison gas through the stuff just to make it taste better.
They worry about coke zero being evil when 71% of the planet is covered with dihydrogen monoxide - and I turned on the tap last week and a load of hydrogen hydroxide came out. We're all doomed I tells ya
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Old 15-06-2009, 14:30
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At long last a country with sense to ban these nasty, evil diet drinks. Stopped drinking anything with artificial sweetners in 2 years ago.
Good for you OP, Aspartame the silent killer. More people need to know about this. Ignore the sheelp people taking the pi$$ on here its a hopeless battle.

http://www.sweetpoison.com/aspartame-side-effects.html
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Old 15-06-2009, 19:12
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Good for you OP, Aspartame the silent killer. More people need to know about this. Ignore the sheelp people taking the pi$$ on here its a hopeless battle.

http://www.sweetpoison.com/aspartame-side-effects.html
I think i'll believe all the food agencies that say it is perfectly safe over that woman. Who is she?
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Old 16-06-2009, 17:07
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I think i'll believe all the food agencies that say it is perfectly safe over that woman. Who is she?
Some alternative health quack.

Her Ph.D is from Clayton College of Natural Health

Incidentally the same place Gillian McKeith got her 'qualification' from.
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Old 16-06-2009, 21:18
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Her Ph.D is from the internet.

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Old 17-06-2009, 19:02
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Well I avoid aspartame because the after taste is absolutely awful. I would prefer saccharin if I had to choose.
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Old 19-06-2009, 13:00
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Plenty of us diabetics enjoy the flavour of colas but must limit our sugar intake. I hope the Venezualan economy doesn't collapse because we choose diet/zero/max varieties
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Old 20-06-2009, 09:43
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But Coke Zero tastes so good i love it.
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Old 20-06-2009, 21:41
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It's the same as with MMR, someone said it was dangerous then loads of other people proved it wasn't, but people still believe the hype.
Nothing is never actually 'proved' in such cases... we can only give a best guess with the technology and evidence at the time.

Look at medication, all of it goes through endless tests and trials before it is declared/proved safe, then either years or sometimes months later they discover it has side effects that harm or worse.
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