Guest guest Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 , " Karen M. Chan " <kmchan@l...> wrote: > Sorry Michelle, > > A search on snopes.com says this report is false. > > http://www.snopes.com/toxins/aspartame.asp > > Karen > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi Karen, While I found it strange that there was no reference to the " letter's " author or that person's credentials, nor any scientific references... I'm sorry but it is NOT false that aspartame is dangerous. When I was much younger... I was dating a chemical engineer from Northwestern Univ. This was *right* when aspartame came out. He told me to never touch the stuff and then handed me the research completed by one of his professors (published in JAMA). It did indeed detail what aspartame is and does (formaldehyde...) Come on, most of what was in the 'letter' can be easily researched and found through reliable sources. I am hoping that you are not saying that the dangers reported/being passed around about aspartame are false! I have not/will not ever touch the stuff and my children have never been allowed to either. I just had a patient in front of me about 2 weeks ago who was telling me that she had to give up diet sodas. I asked her why... she said that she had ringing in her ears constantly and never associated the cause until her mother (who also had the ringing) was asked by her doctor if she drank a lot of diet sodas. The doctor then told her of the connection. This patient reported that the ringing decreased almost immediately when she cut the amount. She 'was hoping' that it would not be a permanent 'disability'. The above 2 examples are not heresay (well... now, they are for you as you were not there) and I wish I could remember to way-back-when and give you the actual data on the research... but, it is out there and you can most certainly find it. As for snopes...... I don't trust them either. Who is checking up on their " false reports " ? Do they even list credible references? Anyway... that is my viewpoint on the stuff and I won't change it. Andrea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 The link's an interesting read, including info from the FDA, The Lancet, American Council on Science and Health...looks like the Snopes site did substantiate. Serra On 5/10/05, Andrea <itsmedrea1 wrote: > , " Karen M. Chan " <kmchan@l...> > wrote: > > Sorry Michelle, > > > > A search on snopes.com says this report is false. > > > > http://www.snopes.com/toxins/aspartame.asp > > > > Karen > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > As for snopes...... I don't trust them either. Who is checking up on their " false reports " ? Do they even list credible references? Anyway... that is my viewpoint on the stuff and I won't change it. -- For your daily dose of cranky Serra http://scentedstuff.blogspot.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 I didn't say that aspartame was not dangerous, I just said that I had found it on Snopes and Snopes said it was false. Personally, I eat by the credo " if it's diet, I won't buy it " . I avoid artificial sweeteners, fat replacers, etc. as much as I can, and the rest of my food intake is (mostly!) sensible and in moderation. The brother of a college friend of mine worked with the people who developed saccharin, and he said that because of the huge push to get something to replace sugar out to the public, they didn't come as clean as they should have with some of the test results. That's why I avoid them. I won't even touch Crystal Light, which a lot of gals in my workout class swear by (bleah!), and I tried to steer my boyfriend away from Diet Coke, but he's stupidly hardheaded. I'd rather exercise away the calories from sugar to avoid the cancer from the artificial junk. My main point was that if some email says " forward this to everyone you know " , don't. All that dreck is usually just a waste of bandwidth, and it's usually wrong. Karen At 2:23 AM +0000 5/11/05, Andrea wrote: > , " Karen M. Chan " <kmchan@l...> >wrote: >> Sorry Michelle, >> >> A search on snopes.com says this report is false. >> >> http://www.snopes.com/toxins/aspartame.asp >> >> Karen >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > >Hi Karen, > >While I found it strange that there was no reference to the " letter's " >author or that person's credentials, nor any scientific references... > I'm sorry but it is NOT false that aspartame is dangerous. > >When I was much younger... I was dating a chemical engineer from >Northwestern Univ. This was *right* when aspartame came out. He told >me to never touch the stuff and then handed me the research completed >by one of his professors (published in JAMA). It did indeed detail >what aspartame is and does (formaldehyde...) Come on, most of what >was in the 'letter' can be easily researched and found through >reliable sources. I am hoping that you are not saying that the >dangers reported/being passed around about aspartame are false! > >I have not/will not ever touch the stuff and my children have never >been allowed to either. > >I just had a patient in front of me about 2 weeks ago who was telling >me that she had to give up diet sodas. I asked her why... she said >that she had ringing in her ears constantly and never associated the >cause until her mother (who also had the ringing) was asked by her >doctor if she drank a lot of diet sodas. The doctor then told her of >the connection. This patient reported that the ringing decreased >almost immediately when she cut the amount. She 'was hoping' that it >would not be a permanent 'disability'. > >The above 2 examples are not heresay (well... now, they are for you as >you were not there) and I wish I could remember to way-back-when and >give you the actual data on the research... but, it is out there and >you can most certainly find it. > >As for snopes...... I don't trust them either. Who is checking up on >their " false reports " ? Do they even list credible references? >Anyway... that is my viewpoint on the stuff and I won't change it. > >Andrea > > > > > >Step By Step Instructions On Making Rose Petal Preserves: >http://www.av-at.com/stuff/rosejam.html > >To adjust your group settings (i.e. go no mail) see the following >link: /join > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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