Re: Oops..the rest of the message: FW: was Keto Sweet...now Celestial Seasonings

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Yes, I use it everyday and love it. Not sure about it possibly being an

excitotoxin. Love the flavor though. Deborah

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From: " Jill Nienhiser " <jnienhiser@...>

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Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 9:08 AM

Subject: Oops..the rest of the message: FW: was Keto

Sweet...now Celestial Seasonings

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> Has anyone tried Celestial Seasonings " Caffeine-free Tea " ?

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> It isn't organic, but I miss coffee, iced tea, and other caffeinated

> pleasures, and I find that this tea tastes just like black tea so I have

> been drinking it quite a bit.

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> The ingredients are: Blackberry leaves, roasted chicory root, hawthorn

> berries, beet root, natural tea flavor, and hibiscus flowers.

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> I'm wondering about the " natural tea flavor " ...is it likely to be an

> " excitotoxin " ?

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> Jill Nienhiser

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> -----Original Message-----

> From: Idol [mailto:Idol@...]

> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 12:07 PM

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> Subject: Re: Keto Sweet

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> >Has anyone heard of Keto Sweet?

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> Unfortunately, the third ingredient is " natural flavor " , which pretty much

> translates to " excitotoxin " . Otherwise it might be OK. I don't think

> there's anything wrong with a bit of glycine, and ace k might be a

> relatively innocuous sweetener, though saccharine is the only one on the

> market that can pretty much be relied upon to be completely

> safe. Certainly ace k is better than aspartame, sucralose and

maltodextrin.

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> I haven't tried ace k yet myself because I can't find it in a formulation

> without any problematic fillers or other sweeteners.

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