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You should get rid of the sugary and aspartame filled drinks alltogether. Also fruit juice is bad as it has no fiber anymore and will just make you obese. Sugar

by Bjoern 16y ago

You should get rid of the sugary and aspartame filled drinks alltogether. Also fruit juice is bad as it has no fiber anymore and will just make you obese. Sugar based stuff just gives you a "high" and the aspartame stuff is really disputed. There is really nothing wrong with water or tea. Try especially a nice green tea or some other good chinese flavors. If you must how about use stevia in low amounts for sweetening. It is also not without issues but time has shown that is ok when not consumed overly.

randallsquared 16y ago
* You should get rid of [...] aspartame filled drinks alltogether.* But, why? Except for a few periods of a few months, when I chose to go off caffeine or limited my intake for other reasons, I've been drinking several liters a day of aspartame-and-caffeine-containing drinks since 1996. I've yet to identify any related effects: my teeth aren't great, but haven't been eaten away by acid; I'm overweight, but less than I have been at times since 1990; I don't find dehydration to be a problem. Some of my friends drink similarly large quantities, and none of them have shown any apparent effects, either. This, of course, is mere anecdote, but surely if there were really a serious problem then there'd be an epidemic of some problem easily traced to aspartame, given that millions of people drink liters per day of diet colas and other drinks?
- ukdm 16y ago
  While I agree completely with what you are saying the one thing we don't know about is long term effects. When I say long term I mean drinking several litres a week consistently from age 15-60. As I am falling into that category (so far drinking diet soda regularly from 16-32 with no noticeable side effects) I do wonder what, if any, problems may come about in later life due to aspartame intake. I sigh a bit with relief when I read these articles debunking the claims of how bad this stuff is for you. But the doubt still nags at me that there is something not right about taking in so much of this stuff. But then I have the same doubts about too much sugar intake.
weego 16y ago
isn't it ironic that someone is being upvoted for warning against aspartame drinks on an article debunking any negative effects of aspartame? If there are no safety concerns from the breakdown and there are no calories in it then could you summarise your reasons for the advice? The main reasons to avoid sugar from reading I've done in the past are to do with insulin spiking which is indeed a very bad issue, though eating polished rice (white rice), bread etc are all just as bad for that (bread is worse as it also contains sugars). Negative effects on teeth being attributed to sugars are largely false and are more to do with the acidity of the carbonated water used.

by Bjoern 16y ago

randallsquared 16y ago

* You should get rid of [...] aspartame filled drinks alltogether.* But, why? Except for a few periods of a few months, when I chose to go off caffeine or limited my intake for other reasons, I've been drinking several liters a day of aspartame-and-caffeine-containing drinks since 1996. I've yet to identify any related effects: my teeth aren't great, but haven't been eaten away by acid; I'm overweight, but less than I have been at times since 1990; I don't find dehydration to be a problem. Some of my friends drink similarly large quantities, and none of them have shown any apparent effects, either. This, of course, is mere anecdote, but surely if there were really a serious problem then there'd be an epidemic of some problem easily traced to aspartame, given that millions of people drink liters per day of diet colas and other drinks?

ukdm 16y ago
While I agree completely with what you are saying the one thing we don't know about is long term effects. When I say long term I mean drinking several litres a week consistently from age 15-60. As I am falling into that category (so far drinking diet soda regularly from 16-32 with no noticeable side effects) I do wonder what, if any, problems may come about in later life due to aspartame intake. I sigh a bit with relief when I read these articles debunking the claims of how bad this stuff is for you. But the doubt still nags at me that there is something not right about taking in so much of this stuff. But then I have the same doubts about too much sugar intake.

weego 16y ago

isn't it ironic that someone is being upvoted for warning against aspartame drinks on an article debunking any negative effects of aspartame? If there are no safety concerns from the breakdown and there are no calories in it then could you summarise your reasons for the advice? The main reasons to avoid sugar from reading I've done in the past are to do with insulin spiking which is indeed a very bad issue, though eating polished rice (white rice), bread etc are all just as bad for that (bread is worse as it also contains sugars). Negative effects on teeth being attributed to sugars are largely false and are more to do with the acidity of the carbonated water used.