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Re: OT NutraSweet (aka EQUAL aka Aspartame) could give you CANCER
On 15 Feb 2006 13:50:49 -0800, [email]onehappymadman@yahoo.com[/email] wrote:
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>Built_Well wrote:[color=green]
>> Wickeddoll® wrote:
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>> > Back when I was an OB/GYN nurse, we advised pregnant women not to use
>> > that stuff - there was no research, but the docs just didn't feel
>> > comfortable with it.[/color]
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>> I hope doctors are still giving that advice, but something tells
>> me it was dropped long ago.[/color]
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>Just over a decade ago, I did a report on aspartame as an assignment
>for my organic chemistry class. I found that people who drank *lots*
>of diet soda (more than, say, 8 cans a day) had more health problems.
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>[url]http://www.greenfacts.org/aspartame/l-3/aspartame-1.htm[/url]
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>I always wondered why they would put a methyl ester group on
>aspartame... (that's the CH3-O-... part on the top of the first
>picture). Gets converted to toxic methanol in the body. I guess an
>ethyl ester group wouldn't be as sweet... (would be converted to
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The answer to this question is the drink Diet Rite Cola with Splenda.
No caffeine.
--
Scott in Florida
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