It seems aspartame is made from CARP

[the_hawk*]

This scientific jargon obfuscates (perhaps deliberately) a truly disturbing process:

1.) 'Cloned microorganisms' (which the patent later reveals to be genetically modified E. coli) are cultivated in tanks whose environments are tailored to help them thrive.

2.) The well-fed E. coli cultures defecate the proteins that contain the aspartic acid-phenylalanine amino acid segment needed to make aspartame.

http://www.naturalnews.com/041766_aspartame_GM_bacteria_patent.html

[icyfroth]

Yes, true, 4channel.

Still, even reading the fine print, most ppl wouldn't know the additives, or their effect.

[cezm]

World news!

https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-red-button-oval-office-resolute-desk-diet-coke-bottle-jo...

[lyndal1838]

My post was definitely tongue in cheek....I saw the article that you have posted.

[imastawka]

self edited

[4channel]

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@icyfroth wrote:
Yes, true, 4channel.

Still, even reading the fine print, most ppl wouldn't know the additives, or their effect.

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You have to take a magnifier with you to the supermarket. There are small card type ones that can easily fit in a wallet and purse. They come in handy.

Yes, you are totally right icyfroth! People are ignorant to the fact with the additives and how they can effect us.  I know that it's nice to sweeten the cup of tea or coffee but to cheat chemically can come at a nasty price. In that case it's best to go without.

[davewil1964]

Or use sugar or honey.

[4channel]

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@zanadoo_56 wrote:

Another sweetener - Sorbitol - is no better.

It is also used as a laxative......and for anyone who has sorbitol intolerance - it works.

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Thanks for bringing this up. I have to confess to not knowing a whole lot about this one. I have had a bit of a read after you posted this and it seems it is not a good thing as well for some people with certain sensitivities. Being a derivative of sugar it's probably going to cause less long term problems than chemical sweeteners. Still, it's something I'd avoid.

[domino-710]

Got to love this ' people are ignorant ' stuff.

Food labelling came about due to those ignoramous' battling for it.

[zanadoo_56]

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@domino-710 wrote:

Got to love this ' people are ignorant ' stuff.

Food labelling came about due to those ignoramous' battling for it.

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The tricky bit is knowing what the food labelling means especially if it all just numbers.  Also, if you've never come across a particular sweetner before sometimes you find out the hard way. LOL

Re aspartame.  I remember reading somethere it was best avoided if you were asthmatic (which I am but fortunately only mildly).

Re sorbitol.  I'd never heard of it because I don't generally choose food with artificial sweetners.  Most sweetners (at least I've found it so) leave a nasty aftertaste...to me something like disprin.  But there was a free sample of sweets, in my letterbox one day (we used to get quite a lot of these cellophone sealed freebies in my suburb).  I tried whatever they were and found (to my cost) they were quite addictive (another side effect of artificial sweetners).  And then they took effect......  I looked up the ingredients and sorbitol was clearly the problem

Years later I was watching a repeat of the TV series 'House 'and there was a patient complaining about, um, digestive issues which she couldn't account for because she was one of those sporty health crazy types who watched what she ate and drank.  Dr House as usual wasn't terribly interested in his clinical patients but near the end of the show he called her in and told her to lay off drinks with artifical sweetner - in particular sorbitol - because sorbitol was used in hospitals as a laxative !!

Watching television can be useful sometimes.

[ambercat16]

I personally can't stand the taste of artificial sweeteners.......and even though it is natural (it is plant based), I find the taste of stevia equally unpleasant.  

Unfortunately for me, many companies proudly state "no added artificial sweetners" on their labels only to hide the ingredient stevia in miniscule print in among all the other ingredients.

What do others think of stevia?