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Originally Posted by Sage
Man, don't go anywhere within earshot of my mom and ask how bad aspartame is. She's queen of hatin' some aspertame.
Anyway, why not just drink Splenda? I'm usually not one to jump on the diet bandwagon, but it *is* not some crazy man-made sweetener. Or, gasp, why not just drink water? I like to get a glass of water, squeeze in two lemon slices, and put in two packets of Splenda. Presto! Lemonade! I have also found that when I drink said lemonade when I have a meal, I don't feel bloated afterwards and I also digest faster. Fizzy drinks are (supposedly according to my mother the health nut) bad for you anway- something about the carbonation leeching out minerals and water in your system.
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I like the way your mom thinks Sage. Aspartame is not meant to go into the human body, its certainly not there naturally, so why put it in.
And Yes! Splenda rocks. I use it in everything that I would normally put sugar in. I will have to try your form of lemonade, it sounds tasty.
A few years ago, I gave up on pop, it just hurt my stomach too much to bother with drinking it. I don't miss it at all. But that doesn't mean I gave up on gingerale, I love drinking that stuff once in a blue moon. And I mean the real gingerale, not 7up and Sprite, no way.
I am usually found drinking water, sometimes with lemon in it, home-made iced tea, or cranberry juice.
Now, how bad Aspartame is for you? I'd say its not needed in our systems, so its unhealthy, not necessarily bad, just more junk our body has to figure out how to break down. If you google it, you'll find all sorts of info and data from studies on it.
