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2003-02-05 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Andrew Crystall wrote: > On 25 Dec 2002 at 12:01, Julia Thompson wrote: > > > Nick already told one horror story about the effects of aspartame on > > some people. > > *shrugs* > > It makes me a bit hyper. Which is admitedly useful when I need to > work nights. Besides, it's that or cheap lemonade

Re: how republican insiders got the carcinogen nutrasweet into food

2002-12-28 Thread Amanda SubbaRao
By the way, There is a rather disturbing trend of manufacturers using artificial sweeters in NON-sugar free foods as a sweetness enhancer. I have an incredibly nasty reaction to sacharrine, and a merely unpleastant reaction to nutrasweet, so I am particularly aware of when someone is using an art

Re: how republican insiders got the carcinogen nutrasweet into food

2002-12-27 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 27 Dec 2002 at 19:12, The Fool wrote: > > From: Horn, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > From: The Fool [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > > So, should I stop drinking diet soda? > > > > > > Drink tea. Black tea ~1 bag / glass water. > > > > That's great advice. Unfortunately, I drink my

Re: how republican insiders got the carcinogen nutrasweet into food

2002-12-27 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Horn, John" wrote: > > > From: The Fool [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > > So, should I stop drinking diet soda? > > > > > > Drink tea. Black tea ~1 bag / glass water. > > > > That's great advice. Unfortunately, I drink my > tea with Sweet N

Re: how republican insiders got the carcinogen nutrasweet into food

2002-12-27 Thread The Fool
> From: Horn, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > From: The Fool [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > So, should I stop drinking diet soda? > > > > Drink tea. Black tea ~1 bag / glass water. > > That's great advice. Unfortunately, I drink my tea with Sweet N Low! > > > I can't quite get the knack of

Re: how republican insiders got the carcinogen nutrasweet into food

2002-12-27 Thread Reggie Bautista
Julia wrote: I don't know what naturally-occuring substance gives you the most "sweet" for the calories -- does anyone here know? Stevia, perhaps? I've never tried it myself, but I've seen it at the local Wild Oats Market (a local "healthy foods" store) From http://www.stevia.net/ If you

Re: how republican insiders got the carcinogen nutrasweet into food

2002-12-27 Thread Julia Thompson
"Horn, John" wrote: > > > From: The Fool [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > So, should I stop drinking diet soda? > > > > Drink tea. Black tea ~1 bag / glass water. > > That's great advice. Unfortunately, I drink my tea with Sweet N Low! > > > I can't quite get the knack of drinking tea with

RE: how republican insiders got the carcinogen nutrasweet into food

2002-12-27 Thread Horn, John
> From: The Fool [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > So, should I stop drinking diet soda? > > Drink tea. Black tea ~1 bag / glass water. That's great advice. Unfortunately, I drink my tea with Sweet N Low! I can't quite get the knack of drinking tea without some sweetener... - jmh

Re: how republican insiders got the carcinogen nutrasweet into food

2002-12-27 Thread Doug Pensinger
Erik Reuter wrote: If you can manage to sneeze on them, that might help. Most cats I've seen HATE sneezes. Just sneeze in their face and they'll be gone. Works good with people too. Doug Ha choo ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-

Re: how republican insiders got the carcinogen nutrasweet into food

2002-12-27 Thread Erik Reuter
On Thu, Dec 26, 2002 at 10:50:09PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: > Actually, cats seem to pick up on who's avoiding them, and dash > straight for that person's lap once it's created. This makes for a > very interesting time visiting a house with cats when you're allergic. > And the more you don't

Re: how republican insiders got the carcinogen nutrasweet into food

2002-12-26 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 12/26/2002 5:51:31 PM US Mountain Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > Dan's allergic to cats *and* doesn't like them. No cats. > > > > I can then just imagine a cat's reaction to Dan. > > Cats pick up on these things, whereas th

Re: how republican insiders got the carcinogen nutrasweet into food

2002-12-26 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 12/26/2002 5:51:31 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Dan's allergic to cats *and* doesn't like them. No cats. > I can then just imagine a cat's reaction to Dan. Cats pick up on these things, whereas there are brain dead dogs so friendly that th

Re: how republican insiders got the carcinogen nutrasweet into food

2002-12-26 Thread Julia Thompson
Reggie Bautista wrote: > The exact amount of chocolate required to trigger a migraine > seems to vary for me based on how much exposure I'm getting > to various allergens. The more pet dander or pollen I'm > exposed to, the less chocolate I can eat before getting a > migraine. And with a hamster

Re: how republican insiders got the carcinogen nutrasweet into food

2002-12-26 Thread Reggie Bautista
Steve Sloan wrote: It's also a trigger for me, although I think my main migraine triggers are MSG and "natural flavor(ings)", which is just a euphemism for MSG. Not always. Sometimes "natural flavor(ings)" include items that have lactose, too. I know this because I'm very strongly lactose int

Re: how republican insiders got the carcinogen nutrasweet into food

2002-12-26 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Amanda SubbaRao wrote: > > Just curious, how reliable is the information on this anti-aspertame website, > does anyone know? > I think the worse thing that they put into diet coke is the hydroxyllic acid. There's a coalition to ban this dangerous product somewhere in the web. Alberto Monteiro _

Re: how republican insiders got the carcinogen nutrasweet into food

2002-12-25 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 25 Dec 2002 at 21:01, The Fool wrote: > > From: Amanda SubbaRao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > http://www.swankin-turner.com/hist.html > > > > > > > Just curious, how reliable is the information on this anti-aspertame > website, > > does anyone

Re: how republican insiders got the carcinogen nutrasweet into food

2002-12-25 Thread The Fool
> From: Amanda SubbaRao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > http://www.swankin-turner.com/hist.html > > > > Just curious, how reliable is the information on this anti-aspertame website, > does anyone know? > > I've always been convinced that an entire generation

Re: how republican insiders got the carcinogen nutrasweet into food

2002-12-25 Thread The Fool
> From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The Fool wrote: > > > Drink tea. Black tea ~1 bag / glass water. No sugar. Tea (both green > > and black) have the highest amount of any food substance which contains > > antioxidants (blueberries being second). It also has that caffeine fix > > yo

Re: how republican insiders got the carcinogen nutrasweet into food

2002-12-25 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 25 Dec 2002 at 20:59, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > As to heat... > Diet Coke is fair, Diet Pepsi a bit worse, but the most foul taste > comes from a Diet Barc's Root Beer left all day in the Arizona sun. uh-huh. The key is never to drink the stuff you even suspect has got over-hot. Andy Dawn

Re: how republican insiders got the carcinogen nutrasweet into food

2002-12-25 Thread Amanda SubbaRao
From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://www.swankin-turner.com/hist.html > Just curious, how reliable is the information on this anti-aspertame website, does anyone know? I've always been convinced that an entire generation of America is going to end up more or less wiped out by the stuf

Re: how republican insiders got the carcinogen nutrasweet into food

2002-12-25 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 12/25/2002 4:13:06 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > I know of someone for which it's a migraine trigger. > > It's also a trigger for me, although I think my main migraine > triggers are MSG and "natural flavor(ings)", which is just a > euphemism

Re: how republican insiders got the carcinogen nutrasweet into food

2002-12-25 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: > Drink tea. Black tea ~1 bag / glass water. No sugar. Tea (both green > and black) have the highest amount of any food substance which contains > antioxidants (blueberries being second). It also has that caffeine fix > you still need from drinking soda. OK, if I happen *not*

Re: how republican insiders got the carcinogen nutrasweet into food

2002-12-25 Thread The Fool
> From: Horn, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Fall 1967-- Dr. Harold Waisman, a biochemist at the University of > > Wisconsin, conducts aspartame safety tests on infant monkeys > > on behalf of > > the Searle Company. Of the seven monkeys that were being fed aspartame > > mixed with milk, one dies a

RE: how republican insiders got the carcinogen nutrasweet into food

2002-12-25 Thread Horn, John
> Fall 1967-- Dr. Harold Waisman, a biochemist at the University of > Wisconsin, conducts aspartame safety tests on infant monkeys > on behalf of > the Searle Company. Of the seven monkeys that were being fed aspartame > mixed with milk, one dies and five others have grand mal seizures. > > Sp

Re: how republican insiders got the carcinogen nutrasweet into food

2002-12-25 Thread Steve Sloan II
Julia Thompson wrote: > I know of someone for which it's a migraine trigger. It's also a trigger for me, although I think my main migraine triggers are MSG and "natural flavor(ings)", which is just a euphemism for MSG. Unfortunately, it's perfectly legal for food manufacturers to put that sort of

Re: how republican insiders got the carcinogen nutrasweet into food

2002-12-25 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 25 Dec 2002 at 12:01, Julia Thompson wrote: > Nick already told one horror story about the effects of aspartame on > some people. *shrugs* It makes me a bit hyper. Which is admitedly useful when I need to work nights. Besides, it's that or cheap lemonade given how the water in Manchester ta

Re: how republican insiders got the carcinogen nutrasweet into food

2002-12-25 Thread Julia Thompson
Nick already told one horror story about the effects of aspartame on some people. I've got a problem with the stuff. One diet drink will send me into a splitting headache. So I avoid diet drinks with aspartame. (Saccharin doesn't seem to be a problem for me, but I don't drink anything with even

RE: how republican insiders got the carcinogen nutrasweet into food

2002-12-25 Thread Nick Arnett
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of The Fool > Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 10:03 PM > To: Brin-L > Subject: how republican insiders got the carcinogen nutrasweet into food ... > July 1, 1983-- The National S

how republican insiders got the carcinogen nutrasweet into food

2002-12-24 Thread The Fool
http://www.swankin-turner.com/hist.html Timeline December 1965-- While working on an ulcer drug, James Schlatter, a chemist at G.D. Searle, accidentally discovers aspartame, a substance that is 180 times sweeter than sugar yet has no calories. Spring 1967-- Searle begins the safety tests o