Posted by Simcha on June 8, 2003, at 11:13:07
In reply to Re: MSG and aspartame etc » Viridis, posted by Larry Hoover on June 8, 2003, at 8:23:57
This is a very difficult subject that I don't understand fully. That being said...
I have limited my aspartame exposure to one diet coke per month on average. Sometimes I just like the taste. I used to drink it everyday. A friend of mine told me about the possible effects of aspartame. Now, I don't use saccharin either because of similar issues. If it's in something I eat occasionally I don't freak out.
I've also heard that the aluminum used in pop cans can come off into the pop and enter the blood stream and end up in the brain. I don't have any scientific studies of this. I don't drink out of cans very often. My pots and pans are steel. I just remember that lead is bad and perhaps there might be something to this aluminum thing.
I don't know. I just try everything in moderation. I don't believe everything I read even if it seems to have good "science" behind it. Science is as much a belief system as any religion. Most of the time it hits the mark, yet sometimes it can't explain natural phenomena.
Well, that's my wandering, caffeine from the coffee is starting to kick in with the Celexa, Wellbutrin, Allegra, Azmacort, and Albuterol that I just took. *wink*
Just Trying to Have a Life,
Simcha
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