Sucralose and Aspartame--do you use Splenda?

[littleindiangirl]

Ok, I have to ask.... what is the conspiracy about flouride?

It makes your teeth healthy and tastes good in city water! MMmmm, city water..... delicious

(big fan of treated water here, hate dasani and don't really care to waste plastic and billions of dollars on water that's way over priced and waste products from plastic )

[PythonWallace]

Ok, I have to ask.... what is the conspiracy about flouride?

I've read a lot of negative effects of using fluoride for anything, including the prevention of tooth decay. In the provinces of Canada that add fluoride to the water, there were actually more people with tooth decay than in the provices that don't use fluoride. I just did a Google search for fluoride and this was the 3rd link.

http://www.fluoridealert.org/50-reasons.htm
50 Reasons to Oppose Fluoridation
by Paul Connett, PhD
Professor of Chemistry
St. Lawrence University
Canton, NY 13617

[Entropy]

Treated water is icky ug. I grew up with well water every day for the first 22 years of my life. Even after four years of 'city' water I miss the well.

[littleindiangirl]

Treated water is icky ug. I grew up with well water every day for the first 22 years of my life. Even after four years of 'city' water I miss the well.

LOL, omg I cant stand well water! Mineraly, copper, sometimes sulpher taste and smell. *PUKE

[Entropy]

There are opposites everywhere, I think we just found one

[tigerlily]

Thanks for the link Jake.

I will have to check that out. My dentist was advising me to look into flouride drops even, but he is an older dentist. Thanks again.

[PythonWallace]

Thanks for the link Jake.

I will have to check that out. My dentist was advising me to look into flouride drops even, but he is an older dentist. Thanks again.

It's always a pleasure exposing the evil Illuminati to others.

[Bobsean]

I’m going to have to say that I do use Splenda in order to make this a two sided discussion. My morning coffee is the main intake of my Splenda. I find that it dissolves and tastes a bit better than sugar. Plus, it doesn’t contain the dreaded calories.

That being said, I understand the major health concern. I looked through the posted links and found no convincing evidence that aspartame or Splenda was a threat. Most of the sites struck me as trying to scare people enough to purchase their books. The most valid website on the list, IMO, was Wikipedia. After reading up on the subject, I came to the conclusion that there is no proven threat to society.

"A study published in April 2006 sponsored by the National Cancer Institute involved 340,045 men and 226,945 women, ages 50 to 69, found no statistically significant link between aspartame consumption and leukemias, lymphomas or brain tumors" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspartame_controversy).

I have yet to hear of anyone keeling over because they drank to much coffee sweetened with artificial sweeteners. It seems more likely that one should die of heart disease due to eating too many big Macs and whoppers don't you think?

My position is that there is no real danger, but one should practice moderation. Too much of any one thing is never good for you.

-Sean-

[Laooda]

A while ago I made a conscious effort to drink less cola... maybe drop a few? Well... the one thing my hub and I both liked was the diet Lipton green tee! About that time my hub's headaches were double, and very severe... even landed him in the ER... anyway, that's when he started reading about Aspartame and absolutely will not drink anything with it... so yea, umm, we've lost 0 lbs between the two of us

[Bobsean]

Whoa landed him in the ER?! sorry to hear that. Was it withdrawl? or just lots of green tea?! My current vice is 52 oz Diet Dr. Pepper from Quick Trip