2006-08-22 13:29:45 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
The glutin contained in diet items can cause cancer, but to reach toxic levels, one would have to drink 10 cokes a day for several years. Thats a funny mental image. Talk about hyper!
2006-08-22 13:39:19 · answer #1 · answered by Crossphoenix 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To tell you the truth they say it can because of Aspartane it is found in most sugar substitutes. Aspartane in large amounts has been know to give lab rats cancer but the amount they give them is absurd so unless you are drinking gallons a day don't worry about it. Aspartane in diet coke also messes with the part of your brain that tells you that you are hungry and you should eat, so in a sense it is pointless to drink unless u have a high will power not to eat lol...
2006-08-22 20:39:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sodium benzoate and citric acid produce benzine, especially when exposed to heat. In large amounts this could be a carcenogen, but tests tell us that Diet Coke is not likely to produce that effect in normal amounts.
Keep it cold. Drink a lot of water. Enjoy your Diet Coke in reasonable amounts.
2006-08-22 20:32:50 · answer #3 · answered by Cattlemanbob 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yup and if it is made with aspartame it can mimic MS and give you migraines.. but that's only 2% of the population an acceptable risk according to the FDA.. Your ma ever say "don't ask what's in it, you won't eat it"?.. TOO FEW people ask what's in it.. what's in it CAN kill you if you are a member of that 2%.. and saccharine? DOES cause cancer.. now read you ingredient labels on everything from tooth paste to dog food and you'll be surprised just how many products have one of these lethal chemicals in it... maybe the gov is trying to thin us out by killing us with chemicals... naahhhhhh.. that would never happen...lol
2006-08-22 20:56:50 · answer #4 · answered by TimeWastersInc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have heard on news shows that when they test these food additives and say they cause cancer, they have given the mice the equivalent of like 10,000 cokes a day. So, I guess if you're REALLY thirsty....
2006-08-22 20:45:22 · answer #5 · answered by Jerry L 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yah, anyone who drinks more than 18 oz. a day gets massive malignant brain tumors, luckimia, and other painful diseases like scoliosis and arthritis, it also is a source of AIDS and smallpox. Be affraid.
No, they did a few experiments with rats where they injected massive amounts of artificial sweetener and some got cancer, no big deal.
2006-08-22 20:35:28 · answer #6 · answered by Eric B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no....this whole cancer thing is going overboard, before people never worried about a thing now everything can give you cancer. just enjoy life you gotta die of something
2006-08-22 20:32:30 · answer #7 · answered by fairylover 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
there were tests done on saccharin in the 70s suggesting it, but diet coke no longer uses saccharin. they use nutrasweet. it is not good for you however, it pretty much turns to formaldehyde in the system.............and its my one bad habit. I WON"T GIVE IT UP!!!
2006-08-23 03:00:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't think so if it does so be it
everyday there is a story of whats good for you and everyday there is a story of whats bad for you
you know what i have known people who smoke all there lives and live to be 80
i also know people who are thin exercise eat right don't drink and have drooped dead at 40
when your time is up ITS UP
2006-08-22 21:15:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think i've heard that it kills your brain cells, but i'm not sure why. i agree also with that everything seems to be able to give us cancer
2006-08-22 20:32:24 · answer #10 · answered by starryhalo22 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋