Is aspartime really bad for you??!


Question: Soo im sitting here eating Yoplait yogurt (the light fat free kind) and it says "With Aspartime & other sweetener" on it, so i looked it up and read all this stuff that aspartime can cause all these bad things to happen and that it's in most chewing gum also (im almost always chewing a piece of gum)... and im kind of freaking out now...
Should I stop eating this stuff? and we brought like 10 of these yogurts today and I'd feel bad just throwing them away..
Im 17 by the way...and i very very rarely drink soda or eat other sugary stuff but gum and yogurt i eat probably every day
thanks


Answers: Soo im sitting here eating Yoplait yogurt (the light fat free kind) and it says "With Aspartime & other sweetener" on it, so i looked it up and read all this stuff that aspartime can cause all these bad things to happen and that it's in most chewing gum also (im almost always chewing a piece of gum)... and im kind of freaking out now...
Should I stop eating this stuff? and we brought like 10 of these yogurts today and I'd feel bad just throwing them away..
Im 17 by the way...and i very very rarely drink soda or eat other sugary stuff but gum and yogurt i eat probably every day
thanks

It's not just cancer but a host of other things like brain activity, chemistry in your body- and more.
There really is no reason to eat aspartame if you're not diabetic. The food u\industry has set up consumers to think that sugar is really *bad* for you, but the reality is, is that chemically produced sweeteners are worse than natural sugars. The other thing is that foods with sweeteners usually have higher sodium amoutns which are also not good.

All things in moderation.. so eat regular yogurt. At age 17 if your weight is within the good boundaries and you eat well, than drop the stuff with aspartame and stick with the regular stuff. Or stuff without any sugar period.
gum though can ruin your teeth, so perhaps it's not so bad.

well it has been linked to cancer but then again what hasn't . I heard that butter does too so its probably not that much to be worried about otherwise it would probably not be on the shelf.

The research shows by feeding mice ungodly amounts it increases the risk of cancer. Like everything in life if you become unbalanced their are consequences. So as long as you dont eat like 4-5lbs of it a day im sure you will e fine.

well, technically yes. aspartame has been known to cause headaches if you eat or drink too much of it and cause you to have more cravings (stimulates the appetite). there have been studies that show that people who eat lots of aspartame are actually more overweight. to my knowledge, only if you ingest a large quantity (i mean tons of it) of aspartame, is there a chance of cancer. therefore, it's ok to eat like one low-cal yogurt or one can of diet soda. just don't go overboard.

Anything that is spelled~~~As Part a me~~~(aspartame) can not be that bad for you...........LOL

Unfortunately I have a bad feeling it is worse for us than what big business has us believing. Hawaii is looking to ban it period!

http://www.rense.com/general80/nutra.htm





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