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Aspartame? Good?? Bad???

ZnorXmanZnorXman
edited June 2009 in Chit chat
Just got this sent in an e-mail. Don't know if it's true or not so I'd like to hear your Expert WoS-Opining on it.

""Aspartame contains METHANOL, a serious metabolic poison. Your body converts it to formaldehyde (embalming fluid) and formic acid (ant sting poison) both of which attack your central nervous system and every organ of your body.""
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  • frobushfrobush
    edited June 2009
    Doesn't Aspartame just make you sh*t?

    Not make you a sh*t person, we'll take that as fact, just make you pooh?

    Laxative!
  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited June 2009
    Me? Personally? Pooh? Winnie? the?

    Nah, but I've felt like it kinda sorta works like a diuretic on me.
  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited June 2009
    i hate asparagus
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  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited June 2009
    mel the bell wrote: »
    i hate asparagus

    I take mine with some cheese and ham ... toasted bread ... and everything else also toasted on it also.
  • frobushfrobush
    edited June 2009
    Oh, come on! It / they just tastes like garden peas!

    Stop being posh!
  • guesserguesser
    edited June 2009
    Oh FFS not this again?

    2006 called, they want their flamewar back
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  • Scottie_ukScottie_uk
    edited June 2009
    I don't eat junk except chocolate and crisps...

    We eat vegi-meat, all the rest is grown natural vegetables, fruits, spices.

    We don't buy packet food.
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  • frobushfrobush
    edited June 2009
    guesser wrote: »
    Oh FFS not this again?

    2006 called, they want their flamewar back

    Yeah?

    You and who's army?
  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited June 2009
    guesser wrote: »
    Oh FFS not this again?

    2006 called, they want their flamewar back

    /me reminisces...
    I wanna tell you a story 'bout a woman I know...
  • Ian HamiltonIan Hamilton
    edited June 2009
    I voted for both, partly to confuse but mostly due to confusion. ;)
  • beanzbeanz
    edited June 2009
    Good. Being a diabetic I'd be pretty much fucked eating sugar instead.
  • joefishjoefish
    edited June 2009
    ZnorXman wrote: »
    Just got this sent in an e-mail. Don't know if it's true or not so I'd like to hear your Expert WoS-Opining on it.

    ""Aspartame contains METHANOL, a serious metabolic poison. Your body converts it to formaldehyde (embalming fluid) and formic acid (ant sting poison) both of which attack your central nervous system and every organ of your body.""
    Formic acid? That must be what the big bastard ants at the bottom of the works car park are packing. I mean, these are the big red wood ants with black armour plates on their bodies. I've never seen ones this big before. I park at the other end as I don't want them swarming into my car, or carrying it off if I forget me crystal skull one day.
    Joefish
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  • Lee FogartyLee Fogarty
    edited June 2009
    FFS.

    There is loads more aspartame in your average Sunday roast, or a pint of milk than there is in anything like 2 litres of pepsi max.

    We've done this flame war to death.
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  • frobushfrobush
    edited June 2009
    I really need to pooh! What is the quickest aspartame time?

    (Your T-shirt is on its way Foggo! Sorry for the delay - I'm a twat!)
  • KilbyKilby
    edited June 2009
    For non paranoid aspartame info go here

    http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4127#

    Or High fructose corn syrup worries (as they often follow each other) look here http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4157#
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited June 2009
    Oh god not Aspartame

    That brings back some memories from an amusing/odd ex-forum character
  • The StargliderThe Starglider
    edited June 2009
    psj3809 wrote: »
    Oh god not Aspartame

    That brings back some memories from an amusing/odd ex-forum character

    Can someone elighten me on the thread where this all happened before? :D
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited June 2009
    Time flies ! Back in 2006, cant find some of his original threads including the famous 'Hitler wasnt a bad bloke....' one, he was some kid who was setting up his own 'internet company' and had quite a few different pastimes than the usual 14 year old kid...

    http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=10949&highlight=Aspartame

    http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=10952&highlight=Aspartame

    http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=17560&highlight=Aspartame

    His brother also joined to have a go at him. Cant believe it was back in 2006 though !! Did he or didnt he have Aspergers ?
  • dekhdekh
    edited June 2009
    From the first thread...
    karingal wrote: »
    I move that you're an arsehole.

    Brought a smile to my lips and a small tear to the corner of my eye. :-P
    karingal wrote: »
    MS involves your genetic (and sometimes but not always, inherited) makeup

    eh?
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited June 2009
    karingal wrote: »
    I was doing 'O' English exams long before you were a cum stain on your fathers Y- fronts...

    Classic !
  • Bluce_ReeBluce_Ree
    edited June 2009
    top tip: Asda's aspartame and sugar free cola is suprisingly decent.
  • WinstonWinston
    edited June 2009
    Gah. Aspartame is perfectly safe. I suspect it's probably come up again because Hugo Ch?vez is in the news (or at least his government) because they banned Coca Cola Zero for containing substances damaging to health. However, everything that Ch?vez does must be seen in the light of wanting to beat the United States or anything associated with the United States with a stick to further his anti-American political agenda.

    Of course, any drink containing aspartame tastes utterly rank (it tastes nothing like sugar, and I find "diet" drinks leave me feeling more thirsty than before...) but this is an entirely different matter.
  • guesserguesser
    edited June 2009
    psj3809 wrote: »
    His brother also joined to have a go at him. Cant believe it was back in 2006 though !! Did he or didnt he have Aspergers ?

    Incorrect, his brother was already a forum regular
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  • guesserguesser
    edited June 2009
    Winston wrote: »
    Gah. Aspartame is perfectly safe. I suspect it's probably come up again because Hugo Ch?vez is in the news (or at least his government) because they banned Coca Cola Zero for containing substances damaging to health. However, everything that Ch?vez does must be seen in the light of wanting to beat the United States or anything associated with the United States with a stick to further his anti-American political agenda.

    Of course, any drink containing aspartame tastes utterly rank (it tastes nothing like sugar, and I find "diet" drinks leave me feeling more thirsty than before...) but this is an entirely different matter.

    I wouldn't say it's "perfectly safe", no chemicals are perfectly safe including anything naturally occurring in food. However you can say that there is no significant health risks associated with consuming it.
    My rubbish website including the redrawn Amstrad schematics and the Sinclair Wiki.
  • KilbyKilby
    edited June 2009
    I almost laughed myself sick at the VB section of one of those threads.

    /me goes back to proving that I couldn't afford a lethal dose of aspartame on my wages (via diet cola)
  • joefishjoefish
    edited June 2009
    Something vile is happening to supermarket diet colas. It started with Morrisons and it's spread to Tesco. Same awful taste. ASDA seems to be the last one left drinkable. Although Tesco's diet cola with Almond is quite marvellous.
    Joefish
    - IONIAN-GAMES.com -
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited June 2009
    Never liked Diet Coke but do like Coke Zero. I'm addicted to 'Jolt', Tescos own cheap brand of red bull, very cheap for a large bottle (think its 2 for a quid), love the taste of it. Been drinking loads of it recently
  • beanzbeanz
    edited June 2009
    Alcohol good or bad? - good!
    Butter good or bad? - good!
    Wanking more than twice a day good or bad? - 'wacka wacka wacka!'
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited June 2009
    Aspartame :lol:

    Good times :D
    Every night is curry night!
  • KilbyKilby
    edited June 2009
    I really miss Jolt Cola, real sugar & caffeine and a decent cola taste (I see production has restarted and there is a UK distributor).

    The problem I have with the almond flavoured colas is they can only really be called "almond odour cola" taste more like cherry to me and I hate cherries. I think vanilla goes much better with cola.

    Hmmm vanilla flavoured Absolut & cola, literally the only way I can drink vodka.
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