Diet Soda question!?!
Diet Soda question!?
Does Diet Soda really cause you to lose braincells?
Proof?
Answers:
Here's what i know. ANYTHING can be bad for you in large quantities. So yes, diet sodas can have some really bad side effects. As well as most anything else you put too much of into your body. I've drank diet soda since I was oh about ten and I have never had a problem. I even cut it out for a while when I started getting headaches a lot and really noticed no change. From my experience, as long as you limit your intake, you should be OK. Pretty much don't drink a 12 pack a day.
I just want to know, if this aspartame is as bad as some people say, don't you think there would be a warning label on it. If it cause cancer as much as cigarettes then why not. I think common sense has to come into play.
Ok, there is a warning label. However, all it tells you is that there is aspartame in the product. Not that your brain cells are going to start dying off.
Yes, it does, due to the aspartame content of the soda. I wish you well.
well, this is a lot of aspartame in diet sodas and studies show that aspartame (in some cases) can cause brain tumors which kill brain cells...I'm guessing that the answer to your question is true
Google Aspartame you might be surprised of all the side effects. As for proof not sure there have been enough studies done on this yet. But I don't drink any diet anything. I know physicians that refuse to drink it also.
Let me know if this helps
JT
Diet soda contains aspartame and according to the FDA website:
After reviewing scientific studies, FDA determined in 1981 that aspartame was safe for use in foods. In 1987, the General Accounting Office investigated the process surrounding FDA's approval of aspartame and confirmed the agency had acted properly. However, FDA has continued to review complaints alleging adverse reactions to products containing aspartame. To date, FDA has not determined any consistent pattern of symptoms that can be attributed to the use of aspartame, nor is the agency aware of any recent studies that clearly show safety problems.
Carefully controlled clinical studies show that aspartame is not an allergen. However, certain people with the genetic disease phenylketonuria (PKU), and pregnant women with hyperphenylalanine (high levels of phenylalanine in blood) have a problem with aspartame because they do not effectively metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine, one of aspartame's components. High levels of this amino acid in body fluids can cause brain damage. Therefore, FDA has ruled that all products containing aspartame must include a warning to phenylketonurics that the sweetener contains phenylalanine.