Guest guest Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 Hello all, Aspartame can most certainly cause weight gain and/or stop weight loss. Apparently it messes with the pancreas in some way... which is really bad for healthy folks but even worse for someone with diabetes. Aspartame is a dangerous poison and causes many, many health problems besides weight. Other countries are getting wise to this and have either banned Aspartame or never approved its use in the first place. Maybe if people complain and boycott and draw more public attention to this problem, we could succeed in banning it in the US and getting it out of all our food and drinks. Please, if you are still consuming this toxin, try to eliminate it from your diet as much as possible and as soon as possible. Peace, Mouse Dieting Without Aspartame? In a cruel and ironic twist, aspartame may actually cause weight gain. Phenylalanine and aspartic acid, found in aspartame, stimulate the release of insulin. Rapid, strong spikes in insulin remove all glucose from the blood-stream and store it as fat. This can result in hypoglycemia and sugar cravings. Additionally, it has been demonstrated to inhibit carbohydrate induced synthesis of the neurotransmitter serotonin, which signals that the body is satiated. Inhibition of serotonin leads to food cravings, increased carbohydrate consumption and, ultimately, weight gain. In a recent study, a control group switching to an aspartame-free diet resulted in an average weight loss of 19 pounds. from: http://www.aspartamekills.com/lydon.htm Here are some more sites to check out.... http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/ http://www.dorway.com/badnews.html http://www.dorway.com/indexnew.htm http://www.aspartame.com/ Carol Ann Rowland wrote: >Hi Ellen, > >This is interesting. I remember last summer there actually was a report on the news that a study had been done of women's diet habits, and that they had found that women who drank diet pop gained more weight than those who didn't. And, that the more diet pop they drank, the more weight gain they had. > >They said they are theorizing that the effort to trick the body just doesn't work - that either the sweetness of the pop triggered more hunger, or the body overcompensated in some other way. > >They can't really say for sure that the pop caused the weight gain - it was a correlation. Some I wondered also if women who drank more diet pop tended to also eat more processed " diet " foods that often advertise as being " low fat " but often have more sugar and empty calories than non-diet versions. > >It was interesting for sure. > >Take care, > >Carol Ann > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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