Aspertame? How depressing!

Plus it tastes like shit. Really am surprised those diet cola drinks keep selling.
 
Glaucus said:
Plus it tastes like shit. Really am surprised those diet cola drinks keep selling.
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blech. I know. But they are still the fastest movers from the fridge in the office. Mind you, that could be because the regular pops are just too damned sweet. I'd like to get some low sweetness pops - but even the juices taste like they're amped up.

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Agreed. Coke/Pepsi are too sweet for me. I get about half way and then decide I've had enough. Perhaps we need more of those half sized cans. And perhaps we'd see more of them if they chose to charge half as much as well.

I'm also wondering what kind of contracts have been signed. Nutrasweet is fairly old, there are newer sweeteners out there that are far better, but for some reason they continue with that old crap. OceanSpray however uses Splenda, and I find that to be far tastier - although I don't drink that either. Typically, I prefer fruit juices that are NOT from concentrate. Expensive, but worth it.
 
Find something sweetened with Splenda, much better. Regular soda? No HFCS for me! Worse than NutraSweet!
 
Aspartame doesn't make you fat. It may not have a filling effect but there is no calories there. Stack up 0 calories vs 150 in a can of hfcs in pop.
 
Stevia

Stevia has a negligible effect on blood glucose, and may even enhance glucose tolerance;[25] it may be useful as a natural sweetener for diabetics and others on carbohydrate-controlled diets.[26]
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Stevia Cane is a 50/50 mix of sugar cane and stevia extract
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevia#cite_note-gregersen-26
 
Stevie isn't in many popular sodas. It too has a strange taste and after taste. When I'm done it tastes like my throat is sugar filled. I prefer Nutrasweet.
 
Just make sweet foods a treat again by eating/drinking it just on holidays or birthdays. And let it just be sugar as artificial sweeteners triggers the urge for the calories the sweet taste "promises".

Getting rid of sugar is easier than you might think. A lot easier.
 
Splenda (sucralose or 1,6-Dichloro-1,6-dideoxy-β-D-fructofuranosyl-4-chloro-4-deoxy-α-D-galactopyranoside) seems to be another one of those things you want to stay away from if you are a rat. Apparently "Splenda Alters Gut Microflora and Increases Intestinal P-Glycoprotein and Cytochrome P-450 in Male Rats". It seems that most of the sucralose is not absorbed in the intestine (about 30-40% is absorbed) but what remains in the gut affects the bacterial population and even at low doses is can lead to weight gain in rats.
Most of it passes through though and it also seems that sucralose passes through sewer waste processing systems and goes out into the environment where not much breaks it down - so it tends to accumulate.
 
Interesting. A few things to note however:
  • Some of your facts were not actually listed in that article, so I'm not sure where that 30-40% absorption rate comes from
  • The dose given to the rats seemed low compared to the max dosage for humans, but for rats it's probably a really massive dosage.
  • The study states that the findings indicated:
    • reduction in beneficial fecal microflora
    • increased fecal pH
    • enhanced expression levels of P-gp, CYP3A4, and CYP2D1, which are known to limit the bioavailability of orally administered drugs
  • The study doesn't really explain the significance of any of these findings. Is it a big deal if the fecal pH changes? If so, by how much does Splenda change it.
These might be serious things, or they might not. I would want to see someone who is qualified to translate these findings into "English". If we did a chemical analysis of what happens to the body when we ingest sugar it might actually sound rather scary until we realize it's just sugar and it's just normal. Well, assuming we keep the dosage realistic and rule out things like diabetes and obesity.

Btw, I finally got to use some bullets!
 
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