Any one consuming diet colas and artificial sweetener...Please Read!!!

Philippines
November 30, 2006 11:57pm CST
From what i read,diet colas and artificial sweetener contain aspartame,and its very dangerous. This can lead to headache,stomachache...and other illness...so if you are on a diet or has diabetes please resort to other natural sweetener because this will just worsen your condition.
3 responses
@brokentia (10389)
• United States
1 Dec 06
Please read the following referring to FDA's take on aspartame. After reviewing scientific studies, FDA determined in 1981 that aspartame was safe for use in foods. In 1987, the General Accounting Office investigated the process surrounding FDA's approval of aspartame and confirmed the agency had acted properly. However, FDA has continued to review complaints alleging adverse reactions to products containing aspartame. To date, FDA has not determined any consistent pattern of symptoms that can be attributed to the use of aspartame, nor is the agency aware of any recent studies that clearly show safety problems. Carefully controlled clinical studies show that aspartame is not an allergen. However, certain people with the genetic disease phenylketonuria (PKU), and pregnant women with hyperphenylalanine (high levels of phenylalanine in blood) have a problem with aspartame because they do not effectively metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine, one of aspartame's components. High levels of this amino acid in body fluids can cause brain damage. Therefore, FDA has ruled that all products containing aspartame must include a warning to phenylketonurics that the sweetener contains phenylalanine. http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/qa-adf9.html
• United States
1 Dec 06
In my opinion artificial anything is bad for you. I try to stay away from it all.
@jaginfo2006 (1757)
• India
1 Dec 06
i am not