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Re: Virtues of Veganism?
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Sun, 10 Jun 2001 20:08:52 GMT
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Christopher Weeks wrote:
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> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher Tracey writes:
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> > I believe there's been a lot of coverup regarding the health effects of
> > aspartame that Monsanto isn't releasing.
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> I don't know the conspiracy side of it at all, but it make head head feel
> like an over ripe walnut waiting to explode. I just can't drink diet bevs,
> etc. Mostly I drink water and whole juices, so it's not really problem, but
> I do occasionally enjoy the rush of a bottle of coke. I've mentioned it to
> doctors who seem to hem and haw about whether or not what I'm describing is
> clearly possible. I don't know what they think I'm describing, but it
> simply happens.
I mostly drink water and juice (and root beer). I can drink a coke
every so often, but pepsi makes me sick.I don't know why.
My mother was a diet coke drinker/diet food consumer until just a few
years ago when she started to get severe migrine headaches. She kept
going to doctors about the problem but none of them could find anything
wrong. I asked her to stop eating things with aspartame as an
ingredient and they went away. Coincidence? Maybe. I've heard lots of
other similar stories about it.
There's also a story of an 11-year old girl from NJ who did a science
fair project on Diet Coke and found that a significant fraction the
aspartame in the product breaks down into two neurotoxins (formeldahyde
and something else) under warm to hot storage conditions. I shudder
everytime I see these big stacks of soda sitting in the grocery store.
> > What's even scarier is that
> > there is a natural sweetener that looks to safer and would be able to
> > replace aspartame in 'diet' products. But the fda won't give approval
> > for use as a sweetener because of what can be percieved as corporate
> > interests. See www.stevia.net for details.
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> My wife discovered stevia a few months ago and we've been playing with it.
> We have some powder and some liquid and it's pretty amazing stuff. It has a
> bit of a different flavor that bears getting used to, but so far, I'm
> thinking that it's worth doing. (I'm still working on soy milk...hopefully
> stevia will be easier.)
My wife and I use stevia occasionaly. I've found the best way into
soymilk is Chocolate Silk. mmm good.
-chris
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