Our overlords are fattening us up on TGIFridays, McDonalds and Starbucks. When we are fat enough the motherships will land and we will be harvested.

Also, in many foriegn countries being fat is a sign of wealth. If you can;t find rice who the hell cares about a coke.

However, when I cut out soda at work, and coffee, I went from 225 to 212 in a matter of 2 weeks. It is bad stuff, but then again, so is the air we breathe so what can we do?

I'll take my chances with the diet soda.

If aspartame really is dangerous, I would have had problems a long time ago. I constantly drink diet soda; and I'd rather risk seizures than get fatter, any day.

Originally posted by Kacen
I'll take my chances with the diet soda.

If aspartame really is dangerous, I would have had problems a long time ago. I constantly drink diet soda; and I'd rather risk seizures than get fatter, any day.

Aspartame is the methyl ester of aspartic acid and phenylalanine. These are two of the 20 amino acids that make up the proteins in your body. I have serious doubts that aspartame would be harmful to most people, (though there is one small group that cannot tolerate it) and it is my sweetener of choice also.



[edit on 10/16/2007 by TheAvenger]

Originally posted by TheAvenger
Aspertame is the methyl ester of aspartic acid and phenylalanine. These are two of the 20 amino acids that make up the proteins in your body. I have serious doubts that aspertame would be harmful to most people, (though there is one small group that cannot tolerate it) and it is my sweetener of choice also.

Yeah, thats what I thought. It is only dangerous to people with certain "allergies".

I'm a hardy fellow, I can eat/drink pretty much anything without negative effects. I have no food allergies (that I know of).

See sometimes thats what happens a very small minority of people have allergies to a certain product and people think it can happen to anyone.

On a recent road trip I went through the middle of Texas. I stopped at a gas station to refill and grab some drinks. They carried the rare Dr. Pepper that is sweetened by cane sugar rather than HFCS. The difference was incredible, the cane sugar tasted much better. It was bitter sweet though, I can't get this type of Dr. Pepper in California.

HFCS... manufactured to increase profit margins at the cost of the publics health.

I'll mention another thing and I don't think it's been mentioned. Fruit "juices" or "juice drinks" are often packaged and advertised to look like real juces when they are not. Next time you're at the grocery store,, started checking out the labels on the juice isle. Amazing how many things pass themselves off as juice and the first ingredient after water is "high fructose corn syrup" Sometimes, if you're lucky, you might even see "Contains 10% Real Juice!" Give me a break. I've actually pointed this out to my wife many times following shopping trips. The juice is primarily for our 3 and 6 year olds. And she's so damned health conscious buts still gets duped! We've settled on Juicy Juice as a good brand for purity.

I dont mean to be offensive here deadflag, but, are you disagreeing with evolution? Or are you saying you don't believe in it?
It was red meat that brought humans to where we are today.
When prehistoric man discovered red meat, and cooked red meat, the omega 3 and protein levels in their body rapidly increased. This ultimately made them smarter and allowed them to create tools, which they used to hunt animals and get more red meat, and eventually, red meat gave them the tools neccessary to create civilazation.
Thanks for the U2U offer, would be great

hmm i spose you do raise a good point DeadFlag, but why exactly should we stop eating red meat? You said it's bad for us...What exactly is in it that is unhealthy?

Our body doesn't digest it. Simple and plain. There's 4.9 pounds of undigested meat in the intestinal tract/colon of the average, middle aged American male. Don't get me wrong, our bodies will pretty much digest anything but it has an especially hard time with any "meat." Also, the quality of meat you guys are eating is disgusting. From the way the meat is horomonally manipulated, starting at birth, to processing, and to storage is almost criminal.

As much as I hate the industry, I have the same disgust for what it's doing to my fellow people for a buck. It's bull*.

They're single handedly ruining the environment, harvesting flesh, and making people think that eating meat will make you "big and strong." Or even that the body needs this ridiculous amount of protein. It's infuriating. Just look at these boards of misinformed people defending meat. Just doesn't make any sense to me. Talk about "conspiracy" or "brainwashing." People so adamantly defend "meat" but have ZERO idea of it's effect on the environment or the men and women who eat it.

Look at our obesity rates compared to any other non-cattle grazing society. Look at our cancer rates compared to any other non -cattle grazing society. Look at the mass spectrum of health related issues in these soceties and there's no other culprit but DIET. Your health issues are staring your right in the face, or the mouth. Literally. And people ignore the reality of things because "taste" or some preconceived notion that meat is healthy. Absolutely ridiculous and I'm tired of it.


[edit on 16-10-2007 by DeadFlagBlues]

Just a couple of questions...

1.) Why is MSG bad for you?

2.) Aspartame really only affects one group of people? I personally doubt it, regardless of what any scientist says. The warning is on there for a reason, and obviously it is a highly synthesized material regardless of what it was originally composed of.

3.) Dead Flag Blues, I would like to hear more about this whole red meat thing. I have tried to become a veggie before but with little or no success. Can you help me?