Although we’re familiar with the ill effects of artificial sweeteners, a study recently shed light on the frightening link between zero-calorie artificial sweeteners to diabetes and obesity. And to make matters worse, another study revealed that daily diet soda drinkers grow about two-and-a-half more inches of belly fat each decade than those who don’t drink… Read More »
This is aweful!!! And it does it very well. Ajaffir on February 7, at pm. Although it contains 4 calories per gram, the same number of calories in sugar, far less is needed to achieve sweetness, so, according to the International Food Information Council Foundation, it adds negligible calories to food. Sally lawhon on January… Read More »
This week, a freshly revamped Diet Pepsi—with the phrase “now aspartame free” on its silver label—will hit supermarket shelves nationwide. PepsiCo ditched the controversial sweetener aspartame in response to consumer demand, replacing it with sucralose, known by the brand name Splenda, and acesulfame potassium, or ace-K, both sweeteners thought to be safer. A study last… Read More »
Sometimes you want something a bit more pizazzy than water — like a diet soda. But if you have a rare hereditary disorder known as phenylketonuria PKU, you need to limit your intake of phenylalanine, found in aspartame. For this, and other reasons, you may want a diet soda without aspartame. Don’t worry. Finding a… Read More »
JUST 2 doses of poison a day? It comes in ingredients packages, from cans to ppepsi or glass bottles. JB on November 7, pepsi pm. I think that it was a very pepsi move by PepsiCo to change the formula back to Aspartame without any notification whatsoever! Ingredients talked with a coke guy free shelves… Read More »