Re: OT - Pick Your Poison - aspertame or splenda? - rant on quality of internet information

[Guest guest]

Val,

You said you use the DaVinci SF syrups? I found an online source for

those with cheap shipping, and would like to know the best flavors for

coffee. And most important---does your expensive online coffee come in

decaf?

No hurry and no problem if you don't have time to answer. I know this is

frivolous, but I NEED my coffee, as I have so very few food pleasures

left...........getting some enjoyment into life is important, isn't it? LOL.

thanks,

sol

wrote:

> And I cna

> be very stubborn when i really disliek something that screws up my

> EXPENSIVE organic whole bean coffee I mail order.

>

>

[Guest guest]

> I admit I do indulge in some Splenda

> myself.. can;t stomach the taste of Stevia, and it is the best of

> bad ..

> Pass me the fluoride, I am having a good day! ! LOL

>

This is one of the things I wonder - Mercola goes on about the bad

effects of aspertame and splenda, and he's probably right - BUT he

also advocates a way of eating that is certainly healthier - no/litle

HFCS, drastically reduced reined grain/sugar, more vegetables, fiber,

meat, vitamin suppplements, HIS supplements (that he'll gladly sell

to you While I'm sure aspertame and possibly Splenda are bad for

anyone, how do we know that they aren't WORSE on a standard low-fat,

high-carb, HFCS laden, Selenium deficient (probably), other-thing

deficient (probably) diet than on something more natural (natural

meaning closer to 20,000 years ago when we were evolving, or perhaps

even older than that - further down toward the beginning of the

evolution of mammels as an animal class)?

The average retention rate for Splenda is 15%, meaning that not

all of it is excreted (at least not in the time frame the researchers

looked at, which was probably onlu 24-36 hours - it might be excreted

later when the body figures out it really CAN " T do anything with

it). But is that lower in people who take selenium supplements for

instance, and have fully saturated GPx (glutathione peroxidase -

potent antioxidant enzymes) and REx enzyemes (I think it's REx -

various enzymes involved in the body's chemical reduction systems)?

Or in people who don't eat a high-carb diet, and so don't have as

much free-radical damage to deal with in the first place? Or who

already drink non-chlorinated water, and so don't have as much

chlorine to deal with?

So I'm left wondering - is aspertame and/or splenda perhaps less

dangerous to me because I low-carb?

Jim

[Guest guest]

>> So I'm left wondering - is aspertame and/or splenda perhaps less

dangerous to me because I low-carb?<<

Havign tolkewd to people in the past thatDID have reactions to a sweetener, I

cna tell you this they did not eat low carb diets so this in itself may be a

very good point. I have often thought it was weird I get no headaches, joint

pain or other symotms when I iundulge in a little Nutrasweet or Splenda.

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