I am trying to get real about Aspartame

[eclectikat]

The side effects of artificial sweeteners like aspartame and Splenda: get the truth!

The link above is to a bunch of information on aspartame. It is the kind of site that presents the info and lets you make up your mind.

I am simply looking for validation to stop consuming artificial sweeteners all together...

I daily have a lapse of judgment and consume diet coke... I need to quit.. not because it is stalling me. I need to quit because I want to eliminate chemicals from my body...I want to live clean. I quit flour/ sugar/ white stuff in April. I went without coke for about a month and a half then justified having it only when I went out to eat... and somehow after about a month of justifying that I kept coming home with a case of diet coke... I swear... just blind to even buying it... kind of when I used to buy refined crap....

SO I was reading around on the WWW and wanted to share...

kath

[OzLover]

This thread has a ton of fantastic information regarding this subject. Check it out!

2008 How Long Can You Go? "No Sweet" CHALLENGE

[fat4now]

Been using stevia since Sherri posted her article on splenda. Can not find drinks with stevia yet but you can make your own. Good luck quiting the white stuff

[Sherri]

Hello Kath,
Good for you wanting to get off of the chemicle based sweetners.
Glenda is right! I have some great information at the No Sweetner Challenge regarding sweetners.
This one is a must read Link to: APARTAME---the shocking story of the world's best seeling sweetner "The Ecologist by Pat Thomas
http://www.wnho.net/the_ecologist_aspartame_report.htm
As Glenda pointed out (thanks Glenda), you can go to http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...challenge.html to learn more.
The information begins with this post here #15 . And continues on with more post.
Sincerely, Sherri

[2MuchMike]

I swear quitting cigarettes was easier than giving up diet coke. I'm like you - quit for a month, then it kinda creeps back into my life without really noticing. I've switched to splenda-based drinks because aspartame definitely stalls me, but I'd like to get off the stuff entirely.

Hang in there!

[steady as she goes]

Originally Posted by fat4now

Been using stevia since Sherri posted her article on splenda. Can not find drinks with stevia yet but you can make your own. Good luck quiting the white stuff

ZEVIA - WITH STEVIA - NATURE'S ANSWER TO DIET SODA

i've had the cola, orange, and lemon-lime, and a big thumbs up to all three! it is sweetened with stevia and erythritol (a safe sugar alcohol, not as good for you as xylitol but still good). yes, it has a bit of aftertaste, but it's the sweet stevia taste, and is 1000000 x better than the grody, chemical-y aspartame aftertaste.

I always carry around vanilla stevia and add drops to soda water when I'm out. it tastes like cream soda.

[Sherri]

Thanks for the info on the soda and the link Steady!
Sherri

[steady as she goes]

you're welcome! those are definitely worth sharing!

[TheFinalSQL]

Originally Posted by eclectikat

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I daily have a lapse of judgment and consume diet coke...
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kath

With or without caffeine?

If you are having a hard time quitting I think with. If without, wow! that is some addiction.

Try adding lemon to the water you drink, nice, fresh squeezed lemon. Add some lime at times for a change of pace.


Norm