Quote from smilingsynic:
Well, I did some research on the book that was cited in the iron magazine forum. I am always skeptical, and this water book sounded like hooey. I guess there are others who have their doubts.
http://www.quackwatch.org/11Ind/batman.html
His reasoning seems to be better than most, in my own opinion. I generally like his frame of reference. He typically recommends things that have either been proven to be effective in clinical studies, or have been shown, with reasonable confidence, not to be detrimental. He is very well educated and experienced, evidently highly intelligent and obviously well spoken. When he talks, I tend to listen. Even so, I offered 3 hyperlinks on stevia in case any one of them didn't do it for you. You now have 2 others to choose from.Quote from smilingsynic:
Just because Weil is an M.D. does not necessarily mean that his advice is sound. I have read his articles in PREVENTION magazine (a gift from my health fadish parents), and his reasoning is often poor, his evidence, weak. And yet he is popular.
It must be the beard.
JMO.
Quote from jem:
funny headaches to wicked headaches.
I also have noticed an increase in friends and acquaintances knowing people who have had brain cancer.
All of them have been young heavy diet coke drinkers.
(take it for what its worth)
Quote from LivermoresGhost:
Do you have any evidence, or just some ridiculous anecdotes?
Quote from John47:
3.) You cannot really extrapolate this stuff to humans because a rat has such a fast metabolism, any effect at all will be maginified in them....plus they're rats, not humans.
Quote from eastside:
"Hereâs where we get at the heart of the matter so far as fitness is concerned. When you ingest Aspartame, your body releases insulin to try to bind to it as if it was glucose. However, our body is so amazing that it canât bind to it. âThatâs amazing?â you ask. Whatâs amazing is that your bodyâs hormones act like locks and keys with specific substances. Only the exact substances will fit into the each hormone. Itâs a perfect system that developed over millions of years of evolution.
But Aspartame was developed relatively recently â not enough time has elapsed and our bodies have not yet adapted to the new substance. So what happens? Your body releases insulin in response to the Aspartame, it canât bind to it, and you become hypoglycemic (low blood sugar). Why? Because whatever glucose that you had flowing in your bloodstream will now be eaten up by the insulin. So your blood sugar drops and you begin to crave sweets in an innate attempt to bring your blood sugar levels back to normal. You eat or drink something and your blood sugar levels rise â but now they rise too high.
At this point Iâve already written a lot, so Iâm going to attempt to shorten this long story. Suffice it to say that your blood sugar goes on this roller-coaster ride throughout your day. Those highs and lows cause you to store body fat. So youâre trying to âwatch your caloriesâ in order to lose weight and the aspartame is having the exact opposite affect! Howâs that for disappointing? Maybe itâs time to stop drinking so many Diet Cokes and start drinking some water. Just a thought."
Here is another link also posted a couple pages back which talks about this insulin reaction....
http://www.ironmagazineforums.com/history/topic/11943-1.html