Is Crystal Light Bad for You?!
Is Crystal Light Bad for You?
So aspartame is very bad for you from what I have read. So studies indicate that aspartame makes you gain weight but studies also say that drink water is the best step for loseing weight. So if drinking Crystal Light helps your body aquire the water needed a day would it cancel out the weight gaining effects from the Crystal Light? Also is Crystal Lights down side (Aspartame intake) comparable to the upside (water intake)?
Answers:
Yes, it's bad for you. Aspartame is VERY BAD for everyone. Aspartame accounts for over 75 percent of the adverse reactions to food additives reported to the FDA. Many of these reactions are very serious including seizures and death.(1) A few of the 90 different documented symptoms listed in the report as being caused by aspartame include: Headaches/migraines, dizziness, seizures, nausea, numbness, muscle spasms, weight gain, rashes, depression, fatigue, irritability, tachycardia, insomnia, vision problems, hearing loss, heart palpitations, breathing difficulties, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, loss of taste, tinnitus, vertigo, memory loss, and joint pain.
According to researchers and physicians studying the adverse effects of aspartame, the following chronic illnesses can be triggered or worsened by ingesting of aspartame:(2) Brain tumors, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, chronic fatigue syndrome, parkinson's disease, alzheimer's, mental retardation, lymphoma, birth defects, fibromyalgia, and diabetes.
Methanol (aka wood alcohol/poison) (10 percent of aspartame)
Methanol breaks down into formic acid and formaldehyde in the body. Formaldehyde is a deadly neurotoxin. An EPA assessment of methanol states that methanol "is considered a cumulative poison due to the low rate of excretion once it is absorbed. In the body, methanol is oxidized to formaldehyde and formic acid; both of these metabolites are toxic." They recommend a limit of consumption of 7.8 mg/day. A one-liter (approx. 1 quart) aspartame-sweetened beverage contains about 56 mg of methanol. Heavy users of aspartame-containing products consume as much as 250 mg of methanol daily or 32 times the EPA limit.(9)
Symptoms from methanol poisoning include headaches, ear buzzing, dizziness, nausea, gastrointestinal disturbances, weakness, vertigo, chills, memory lapses, numbness and shooting pains in the extremities, behavioral disturbances, and neuritis. The most well known problems from methanol poisoning are vision problems including misty vision, progressive contraction of visual fields, blurring of vision, obscuration of vision, retinal damage, and blindness. Formaldehyde is a known carcinogen, causes retinal damage, interferes with DNA replication and causes birth defects.(10)
I hope EVERYONE will take this seriously. Please, investigate for yourselves. Follow the money! Watch the documentary: Sweet Misery....learn all you can to protect yourself and your loved ones. You're being poisoned, and it's all to make rich people richer.
Source(s):
http://dorway.com
http://www.mercola.com/2006/apr/4/nutras...
Documentary: Sweet Misery (Try YouTube or your local Library.
I drink it and I'm ok, right now at least.
It's bad for you.
Just drink water. If you want flavor, add fresh lime or lemon juice.
I love crystal light, but it can't be worse for you than diet soda. crystal light only has 5 calories. 5 calories is not going to impact your diet. Since it is mixed w/water, you are still adding to your water intake for the day. If you are that concerned, than make limit yourself to a couple of glasses and drink water w/lemon for the rest of the day. Also, I like to drink Perrier or Pelligrino to mix things up to.
idk wat any of thhat means bt like i think its bad 4 u bt like i still drink it
I dont think its bad for you
Hello:
I have heard many dieticians say that Crystal Light really isn't the best thing to drink if you are trying to watch your weight. Water has always been and will always be the BEST THING to drink because it is so much better for you healthwise. I don't mean to sound catty,but I tried Crystal Light one time,and to be totally honest with you,I thought it had a weird taste to it!! I thought it was very sickening sweet,and it wasn't refreshing like water is. Plus,the artificial sweetner that is used isn't exactly safe or healthy for you either! I hope that this has been helpful for you?? ;-)