Re: SWEET POISON - Aspartame Melody

[Guest guest]

I try and behave myself and not drink the diet soda.But the diet dr pepper

stares at me in the cooler saying " DRINK ME! YOU KNOW I TASTE GOOD! " LOLOL We

do not even buy sodas in our house. at work all we have to drink is sodas.Now

they have finally put bottles of water in the cooler so I am going to stick to

that now. Oh yeah,we did get raspberry ice tea a couple weeks ago.Its good but

not everyday drinking kinda stuff.

Melody wrote: My Mom always

says, " everything in moderation. " I only drink sodas on

weekends so I figure that's not too bad. Two times a week is actually

not bad at all. My hubbies boss drinks six and maybe more diet cokes

every day, and that's not for me to judge, I'm just saying we all need a

little indulgence now and then. I tend to feel guilty if I have a soda

or cheetos during the week since my new years resolution was weekends

only for some of my favorite junk food.

I think feeling guilty would be worse for me than cheetos or a soda, LOL

but that's just me.

wrote:

> I have heard a similiar story. Yes it is VERY bad for you.Sad thing is,I

drink diet sodas atleast 2 times a week.I LOVE DIET DR PEPPER!!

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[Guest guest]

I am trying to give up High Fructose Corn Syrup, but darnit, it's in

EVERYTHING! Including my poptarts which I refuse to give up.

Our local Walmart sells the Dublin dr peppers - made with sugar and not

h.f.c.s., but also they sell those sodas that use sugar. I got

some of the jones soda root beers and I'll have one on the weekends. I

didn't drink hardly any sodas this weekend, just a few sips of a

cream soda.

I usually love any type of Dr Pepper during " women's week " and I don't

care if it has h.f.c.s during that week LOL!

wrote:

> I try and behave myself and not drink the diet soda.But the diet dr pepper

stares at me in the cooler saying " DRINK ME! YOU KNOW I TASTE GOOD! " LOLOL We

do not even buy sodas in our house. at work all we have to drink is sodas.Now

they have finally put bottles of water in the cooler so I am going to stick to

that now. Oh yeah,we did get raspberry ice tea a couple weeks ago.Its good but

not everyday drinking kinda stuff.

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[Guest guest]

> I am trying to give up High Fructose Corn Syrup, but darnit, it's in

> EVERYTHING! Including my poptarts which I refuse to give up.

> Our local Walmart sells the Dublin dr peppers - made with sugar and

> not

> h.f.c.s., but also they sell those sodas that use sugar.

I don't know why, but the pop-tarts made me laugh! I guess I have

this image of Melody standing with a sword and a fierce expression,

defending her box of pop-tarts! ;D ;D

I remember when Coca-Cola put sugar syrup in the soda. It tasted

better. When they changed to corn syrup, I stopped liking it.

When I was in the hospital for my knee replacements and hernia

surgery, after I'd lost significant weight and because I'm no longer

diabetic, I was on a " regular " diet. I was shocked at how much sugar

is in the " regular " diet. I really had to pick and choose to keep

the amount of sugar down. I remember thinking, " No wonder the

population is obese, if this is how " regular " people eat!

Even though I'm no longer diabetic, I don't feel well when I eat

sugar or carbs except in the context of a meal with protein. So I

still have to watch it.

Z

[Guest guest]

Yep that's me! Especially if it's " women's week " and anyone tries to

get between me and my chocolate chip poptarts.

> I don't know why, but the pop-tarts made me laugh! I guess I have

> this image of Melody standing with a sword and a fierce expression,

> defending her box of pop-tarts! ;D ;D

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[Guest guest]

I have really wanted to cut my sweets and sugar but haven't had much

luck. I know I'll feel better, it's just hard to make that change.

I'll get there one of these days though. But sheesh, we just got girl

scout cookies and I bought some half priced valentine candy, and omg

yummy. I sometimes think I have a serious sugar addiction.

> I don't know why, but the pop-tarts made me laugh! I guess I have

> this image of Melody standing with a sword and a fierce expression,

> defending her box of pop-tarts! ;D ;D

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> I remember when Coca-Cola put sugar syrup in the soda. It tasted

> better. When they changed to corn syrup, I stopped liking it.

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> When I was in the hospital for my knee replacements and hernia

> surgery, after I'd lost significant weight and because I'm no longer

> diabetic, I was on a " regular " diet. I was shocked at how much sugar

> is in the " regular " diet. I really had to pick and choose to keep

> the amount of sugar down. I remember thinking, " No wonder the

> population is obese, if this is how " regular " people eat!

>

> Even though I'm no longer diabetic, I don't feel well when I eat

> sugar or carbs except in the context of a meal with protein. So I

> still have to watch it.

>

> Z

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[Guest guest]

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I know what you mean. I am astonished, as a T2 diabetic, just how

much sugar is in stuff! I am on a carb counting diet (vs calories,

thank heavens) that is working well for me. I buffed up my fiber

(veggies and fruits) and am driving my hubby nuts because I get the

specific packaged items vs a big bag (so I don't have to worry about

going over). He is too cost-efficient sometimes for me.

I am finding if I can keep it (the diabetes) in check and my A1C is

saying I am, that I feel better. I also feel better if I take a 1-2

hr nap every day. Go figure!

Darlene

P.S. Yes, I miss my pop-tarts too but that would send me into sugar

overload!

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> > I am trying to give up High Fructose Corn Syrup, but darnit, it's

in

> > EVERYTHING! Including my poptarts which I refuse to give up.

> > Our local Walmart sells the Dublin dr peppers - made with sugar

and

> > not

> > h.f.c.s., but also they sell those sodas that use sugar.

>

> I don't know why, but the pop-tarts made me laugh! I guess I have

> this image of Melody standing with a sword and a fierce

expression,

> defending her box of pop-tarts! ;D ;D

>

> I remember when Coca-Cola put sugar syrup in the soda. It tasted

> better. When they changed to corn syrup, I stopped liking it.

>

> When I was in the hospital for my knee replacements and hernia

> surgery, after I'd lost significant weight and because I'm no

longer

> diabetic, I was on a " regular " diet. I was shocked at how much

sugar

> is in the " regular " diet. I really had to pick and choose to keep

> the amount of sugar down. I remember thinking, " No wonder the

> population is obese, if this is how " regular " people eat!

>

> Even though I'm no longer diabetic, I don't feel well when I eat

> sugar or carbs except in the context of a meal with protein. So I

> still have to watch it.

>

> Z

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