Re: Is Nutrasweet gonna kill a guy???

[Guest guest]

Jam: IMHO yes. In fact I occasionally eat some myself. any change for the

better (ie no sugar) is to be applauded.

on 10/16/2002 1:53 PM, ran7972002 at Jammer7@... wrote:

> I've found out that just a packet of Equal or even a half a packet

> changes my morning smoothie experience from something I HAVE to do

> for my health to something that I actually look forward to and really

> enjoy. If this small amount of fake sweetener makes me look forward

> to something that is otherwise very healthful, isn't it worth the

> risk?

>

[Guest guest]

Whoaaaaaa there! We are all for anything that helps us enjoy eating more healthfully, however Equal contains Aspartame, a highly controversial sweetener which happens to be the most widely used food additive in the world! Perhaps you might consider Stevia, about which, to my knowledge, there is no controversy....just a thought ~ I would hate to have us all enjoy our smoothies only until we develop brain tumors :-)) Dave

----- Original Message -----

From: Francesca Skelton

Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 11:56 AM

Subject: Re: [ ] Is Nutrasweet gonna kill a guy???

Jam: IMHO yes. In fact I occasionally eat some myself. any change for thebetter (ie no sugar) is to be applauded.on 10/16/2002 1:53 PM, ran7972002 at Jammer7@... wrote:> I've found out that just a packet of Equal or even a half a packet> changes my morning smoothie experience from something I HAVE to do> for my health to something that I actually look forward to and really> enjoy. If this small amount of fake sweetener makes me look forward> to something that is otherwise very healthful, isn't it worth the> risk?>

[Guest guest]

Whoaaaaaa back Dave. Nobody is ingesting tons of the stuff. Let's not

get carried away with paranoia here.

on 10/16/2002 2:11 PM, Dave Noel at davenoel@... wrote:

> Whoaaaaaa there! We are all for anything that helps us enjoy eating more

> healthfully, however Equal contains Aspartame, a highly controversial

> sweetener which happens to be the most widely used food additive in the world!

> Perhaps you might consider Stevia, about which, to my knowledge, there is no

> controversy....just a thought ~ I would hate to have us all enjoy our

> smoothies only until we develop brain tumors :-)) Dave

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

> From: Francesca Skelton

>

> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 11:56 AM

> Subject: Re: [ ] Is Nutrasweet gonna kill a guy???

>

>

> Jam: IMHO yes. In fact I occasionally eat some myself. any change for the

> better (ie no sugar) is to be applauded.

>

> on 10/16/2002 1:53 PM, ran7972002 at Jammer7@... wrote:

>

>> I've found out that just a packet of Equal or even a half a packet

>> changes my morning smoothie experience from something I HAVE to do

>> for my health to something that I actually look forward to and really

>> enjoy. If this small amount of fake sweetener makes me look forward

>> to something that is otherwise very healthful, isn't it worth the

>> risk?

[Guest guest]

--- " Dave Noel " wrote:

> We are all for anything that helps us enjoy eating more

> healthfully, however Equal contains Aspartame, a highly

> controversial sweetener which happens to be the most widely

> used food additive in the world! Perhaps you might

> consider Stevia, about which, to my knowledge, there

> is no controversy...

Aspartame may be the world's most toxic common food additive -

but stevia is not /completey/ without controversy either. It is

banned from sale as a foodstuff throughout Europe, for example.

http://www.stevia.net/safety.htm tells one side of the story.

Stevia advocates like to point out that the FDA restraint on stevia

represents " a restraint of trade to benefit the artificial sweetener

industry " - and suggest that the question marks over stevia's safety

are artifices constructed in the pursuit of that goal.