Would you drink carbonated "RAT POISON"?

Question

Aspartame is found in many foods and diet/low cal/no added sugar drinks.

It beats me the amount of people who give these drinks to their kids. Aspartame was first produced as a rat poison over 20 years ago. It never caught on..........but because it was "sweet to the palate" they decided to use it as an artifical sweetner.......today it is found in everything.

What makes me howl with laughter is I was offered a trial can of coka cola's new drink ZERO. I declined telling the girl that I don't drink RAT POISON and told her that was what they were using to replace the sugar in their new drink. A woman was just about to give her trial can to her toddler...........you should have seen how far she threw it. So I will ask again, "Would yuo drink carbonated RAT POISON?"

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Headache, dizziness or problems with balance, change in mood quality or
level, vomiting and nausea, abdominal pain and cramps, change in vision,
diarrhea, seizures and convulsions, memory loss, fatigue, weakness, other
neurological, rash, sleep problems, hives, change in heart rate, itching,
change in sensation, numbness, tingling, grand mal seizures, local swelling,
change in activity level, difficulty breathing, oral sensory changes,
change in menstrual pattern, other skin problems, other, localized pain
and tenderness, other urogenital, change in body temperature, difficulty
swallowing, other metabolic, joint and bone pain, speech impairment, other
gastrointestinal, chest pain, other musculo-skeletal, fainting, sore
throat, other cardiovascular, change in taste, difficulty with urination,
other respiratory, edema, change in hearing, abdominal swelling, change in
saliva output, change in urine volume including DEATH to name a few!

Ok will let you into the other things it can cause too...

other blood and lymphatic, eczema,
complex partial seizures, swollen lymph nodes, hematuria, shortness of
breath due to position, difficulties with pregnancy,( children only)
developmental retardation, change in breast size or tenderness, anemia,
change in sexual function, shock, conjunctivitis, dilating eyes, febrile

And why does the FDA list DEATH as a symptom, and how can a safe additive
cause DEATH?

Some more bedtime reading....

http://befreetech.com/aspartame.htm

http://www.rense.com/health/asperprotect.htm

http://www.safe2use.com/media/aspartame2.htm

Answer 1

No, thank you. I prefer to kill myself the old fashioned way - cigarettes.

Answer 2

sure! but only if the following is added:
caramel color
phosphoric acid
potassium benzoate
natural flavors
caffine.
just so you know those are the other ingredients to diet coke. but if the other things arent around... sure ill still drink it. if its in diet coke, y not?

Answer 3

omg i hate artifical sweeteners because some give me sevier headaches.

Answer 4

I love sprite zero anyway!

Answer 5

will i die if i drink it and does it taste good

Answer 6

ewww I did not know that. thanks ewwwwww

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