Artificial Sweeteners Can Seriously Harm You
Coca-Cola Co. will launch a no-calorie version of its trademark soft drink, called Coca-Cola Zero, in June.
But there’s some good news and bad news for you…
The good news is that it contains ZERO calories. Nadda. Zip.
No worries about adding any calories to your diet with this baby. So, it looks like some nectar from the gods, right?
Now here’s the bad news — the reason why it has zero calories is because it uses the articifial sweeteners aspartame (NutraSweet) and acesulfame potassium (Sunette or Sweet One).
Now, I can hear some of you asking, “these artificial sweeteners are all approved by the FDA, so why is this bad news?”
Well, according to studies, these artificial sweeteners can seriously affect your health.
And when I say it’s serious, I mean they can cause problems such as birth defects, brain cancer, diabetes, emotional disorders, epilepsy and seizures. *gasp*
The problem is that too many people have had the wool pulled over their eyes for a long time about the dangers of these artificial sweeteners.
And if this is the first time you’re learning about this, well, it’s better late than never, right?
There’s still time for you to do something about this. Go tell all your friends. Point them to this blog and ask them to read this immediately.
Stay away from all these artificial sweeteners!
Too much sugar is bad for you, but replacing natural sugar with artificial sweeteners is not the solution. What’s that old saying? “To jump out of the pot and into the fire?”
Tracy Lee
Weight Loss for Women Over 40
January 13th, 2006 at 9:07 pm
I am new to your blog but am glad to see that you have identified aspartame and other artificial sweeteners as dangerous to our health. I have never been a soda or diet soda drinker but recently started to research aspartame. A friend of mine came for a visit for an appointment with a local doctor because she is experiencing migraines and doctors in her town cannot find a cause. While she was here I observed that she, almost unconciously, drinks 6-8 diet Cokes a day. In their 1995 report, the FDA lists headache at the top of their own list of 92 known side effects. I would like to see more warnings about artificial sweeteners on your site. I am convinced that it is a major cause of our current obesity epidemic.