Aspartame (artifical sweetener in drinks) causes cancer...

CrazyChemist_2

Ted_Hutchinson wrote:

Yes but they didn't have it available in cubes, in packets or concentrated. FSIS 57/04 Table 2: Nutrient content of individual products
shows you how much sugar Baked Beans have added to them.
Morrison's you will see have 8g per 100g That's almost 2 teaspoons of granulated sugar.

I don't think most parents would imagine putting a couple of spoonsfuls of sugar on a portion of baked beans but because it's already in the tin they're probably unaware of the amount.

That's why I said "natural form"

Interesting information there - cheers :beer:

Toothsmith

In it's natural form it is bound up within the cell structure of a plant, and in nowhere near the levels that it's in modern food.

Even our fruit has been selectively bred to be sweeter than what the ancients had.

The 'sugar' they coped with is a world away from what you or I have to put up with.

Girl_least_likely_to

Ususally anything with aspartame in it gives me a headache. Anyone else?

sheeny_2

I don't actually get a headache, I get what I'd describe as 'fuzzy headed' when I consume aspartame.
This, plus a suspicion that my ex had an aspartame addiction, is what led me to search on Google.

Basil_Fawlty

Girl_least_likely_to wrote:

Ususally anything with aspartame in it gives me a headache. Anyone else?

I've heard this a few times before, waiting for someone on here to mention it. :beer: One chap we know used to get headaches so I said how about leaving off the sweeteners and the headaches stopped. I know, this could be a placebo effect/psychological but as far as I'm concerned he no longer suffers headaches which is a good thing

Wonder why nobody reports these sytpoms to their GP re: headaches? :think: Would they care :think: or is it normal for people to have reactions to these, in the same ways some are allergic to nuts, etc. :think:

Girl_least_likely_to

Basil_Fawlty wrote:

or is it normal for people to have reactions to these, in the same ways some are allergic to nuts, etc. :think:

Yeah, think you have a very valid point. I use to suffer from IBS and found that certain foods triggered it, in the same way if I find I've had aspartame I will usually get a headache. I think if you're sensitive to something it'll show some way or the other. I choose to omit artificial sweetners but they have a sneaky way of worming their way into things when you least expect it :mad:.