Artificial Sweetners - will they kill you or not?
I have been ingesting artificial sweetners since 1974---god love Fresca and Tab Cola - my first 2 carbonated drinks...and i got to 'fit in' with all the other kids in the 70's. All of my life I have been told that these sweetners will cause cancer...do you guys worry about this? My children are not diabetic but I almost always by diet soda/pop/cokes for them and dont think twice about it. I use the Pink without caution - and dont object to yellow or blue...
I always figured that these research studies would feed the rats their body weight in sacchrin and poof they would get cancer.
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I always figured that these research studies would feed the rats their body weight in sacchrin and poof they would get cancer.
This post inspired by:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19424599/wid/11915773?GT1=10109
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Permalink Reply by MikeyType1 on -
Well I'm not 100% sure if they'll kill me or not, but I drink a diet Coke or coffee with various sweeteners like sweet&low or splenda. I keep it to a minimum. Maybe once a day or every other day. I'm sure diabetes will kill me, not the artificial sweetener.
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Permalink Reply by Crystal on -
In most of the tests I have read about over the years where Artificial sweetener caused cancer in rats, It was because they fed them more than a person would ever consume in their life time. I don't worry about it.I've been diabetic for 22 years and haven't had any problems with them yet.
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Permalink Reply by Cathy Jacobson on -
To be honest, Mollie, I don't think about it. I know that something is going to get me...either the diabetes or a complication, maybe heart problems (they run in my family) or other problems. I can't worry about everything, and I choose not to worry about this. I have cut myself down to one diet soda a day, if that....for the salt intake reason more than artificial sweetner, because I eat enough artificial sweetners in other foods anyway. Most of my fruit and vegies are fresh rather than canned.
My father once told me that if you worried about everything that you breathe, drink or eat, your life would be nothing but worry, and that's what would get you...worry and stress.
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