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| Thread ID: 136166 | 2014-01-28 18:12:00 | Diet cokes | kingdragonfly (309) | PC World Chat |
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| 1366268 | 2014-02-02 05:46:00 | Oh for goodness sake. If you’ve got a problem with Coke, just add more Rum. :drool |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1366269 | 2014-02-02 06:18:00 | Didnt we have an MP that wanted to ban Dihydrogen Monoxide at some point in the recent past? 5522 Sue Kedgley I think. Definately one of the Green MPs, mind you there are very few things they do not wish to ban. |
CliveM (6007) | ||
| 1366270 | 2014-02-02 07:32:00 | I only know what I read as far as the insulin thing goes, my friend who's a diabetic avoids it because it sets off his gout.... There was an article in the Herald about a month back about a possible link between sugar consumption and gout, I would tend to go along with that idea. |
Whenu (9358) | ||
| 1366271 | 2014-02-05 18:59:00 | In my research, Aspartame in Diet drinks, makes the body crave carbohydrates. This tends to make people trying to loose weight, to overeat high carbo food and makes weight loss difficult to acheive. |
ooh yeh (2935) | ||
| 1366272 | 2014-02-06 00:29:00 | Gout....that was around way before people (except in the countries it grew) had sugar. Aspartame......makes you crave carbs...LOL. What nonsense. What makes you fat is eating too much......of anything. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1366273 | 2014-02-06 00:58:00 | What makes you fat is eating too much......of anything. I don't know, I bet eating ice wouldn't :p There are probably other things too |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1366274 | 2014-02-06 20:39:00 | Do we agree too much sugar is not good?, if so then coke is out. | Cicero (40) | ||
| 1366275 | 2014-02-07 22:34:00 | This is/was why it's popular :D Use of stimulants in formula When launched, Coca-Cola's two key ingredients were cocaine and caffeine. The cocaine was derived from the coca leaf and the caffeine from kola nut, leading to the name Coca-Cola (the "K" in Kola was replaced with a "C" for marketing purposes).[56][57] Coca – cocaine Pemberton called for five ounces of coca leaf per gallon of syrup, a significant dose; in 1891, Candler claimed his formula (altered extensively from Pemberton's original) contained only a tenth of this amount. Coca-Cola once contained an estimated nine milligrams of cocaine per glass. In 1903, it was removed.[58] After 1904, instead of using fresh leaves, Coca-Cola started using "spent" leaves – the leftovers of the cocaine-extraction process with trace levels of cocaine.[59] Coca-Cola now uses a cocaine-free coca leaf extract prepared at a Stepan Company plant in Maywood, New Jersey.[60] In the United States, the Stepan Company is the only manufacturing plant authorized by the Federal Government to import and process the coca plant,[61] which it obtains mainly from Peru and, to a lesser extent, Bolivia. Besides producing the coca flavoring agent for Coca-Cola, the Stepan Company extracts cocaine from the coca leaves, which it sells to Mallinckrodt, a St. Louis, Missouri, pharmaceutical manufacturer that is the only company in the United States licensed to purify cocaine for medicinal use.[62] Kola nuts – caffeine Kola nuts act as a flavoring and the source of caffeine in Coca-Cola. In Britain, for example, the ingredient label states "Flavourings (Including Caffeine)."[63] Kola nuts contain about 2.0 to 3.5% caffeine, are of bitter flavor and are commonly used in cola soft drinks. In 1911, the U.S. government initiated United States v. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca-Cola, hoping to force Coca-Cola to remove caffeine from its formula. The case was decided in favor of Coca-Cola. Subsequently, in 1912, the U.S. Pure Food and Drug Act was amended, adding caffeine to the list of "habit-forming" and "deleterious" substances which must be listed on a product's label. Coca-Cola contains 34 mg of caffeine per 12 fluid ounces (9.8 mg per 100 ml).[64] From here en.wikipedia.org |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 1366276 | 2014-02-08 23:47:00 | Aspartame - a Bitter Sweet Substitute. Aspartame is a chemical substance used as an artificial sweetener. Originally developed as a drug by G.D. Searle, a subsidiary of Monsanto (a large chemical and GE production company). Widely used in the food industry, approved by the FDA in 1981 as "safe for consumption", after a roller coaster ride of previous opposition and rejection. The FDA based its' decision almost entirely on studies conducted by G.D Searle & Co., the manufacturers of aspartame! This highly toxic chemical breaks down in the body to 50% Phenylalanine, which can be neurotoxic and in some susceptible people will cause seizures (those with a genetic disorder called phenylketonuria), 40% Aspartic acid, an ant sting poison which can cause brain damage in the developing brain and 10% methanol a wood alcohol which turns into formaldehyde (an embalming fluid). Many studies have been conducted on the "safety" of aspartame. As yet not one has shown it to be without side-effects. Even the original clinical studies by G.D Searle resulted in the development of brain, pancreatic, uterine and breast tumours in the test animals. Yet the substance was still approved for human consumption. During the Gulf war several major soft drink companies shipped free expired diet sodas to the Desert Storm troops. The artificial sweeteners broke down in the desert heat forming highly toxic substances. The symptoms reported by sufferers of "Gulf War Syndrome" mimic many of the symptoms being reported and associated with aspartame use. Pilot's now have a hotline which has logged over 800 calls, with pilot's reporting loss of vision, vertigo, memory loss and seizures, including grand mal seizures, whilst they are in the cockpits of commercial aircraft. Some pilot's have lost their medical certification to fly due to seizures. The majority of these symptoms have been associated to use of aspartame. Aspartame must be broken down by the detoxification systems in the liver thus increasing the workload and toxic load of the liver - much more than natural sugars. If you increase the workload of the liver's detoxification systems, you will use up valuable energy in the liver cells that is required for fat metabolism. The body's ability to burn fat will be compromised and most people will experience weight gain rather than weight loss. Studies conducted on the use of aspartame for weight loss found that it does not satisfy hunger or suppress the appetite, and in some individuals actually increased feelings of hunger and cravings for carbohydrates. Pregnant women or those trying to conceive should avoid artificial sweeteners. Foetal tissue cannot tolerate methanol. Dr James Bowen calls NutraSweet® 'instant birth control'. The foetal placenta can concentrate phenylalanine, which may increase the risk of mental retardation. Aspartame tests on animals produced brain and mammary tumours. Even Sandra Cabot, in her book "Boost your Energy" states that "Artificial sweeteners are dangerous toxins in our society because of their ubiquitous presence in thousands of foods, they are found on restaurant tables and in hotel/motel rooms, even supplement's, children's vitamins and medicine," |
ooh yeh (2935) | ||
| 1366277 | 2014-02-09 23:28:00 | The most dangerous ingredients we can encounter are apparently those found via Google. Regulations banning Google are no doubt being formulated by insipid nonentities in secluded offices. ;) | R2x1 (4628) | ||
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