Does aspartame really causes brain damage?

[Ephinie]

Well, what do you think? When I was little, we were never allowed to drink any "diet" sodas because my mum said aspartame was in nutri-sweet, and that stuff causes brain damage.

[EveningStar]

Very funny. But you are discerning....

Matter of factly I think this. Most women pick saccherine and it comes in pink packets. Most women pick aspartame and it comes in blue packets. Coincidence? I don't think so.... ;)

[Ephinie]

I agree, Eveningstar. In fact, I do not believe in coincidences.

I will say this, however... diet sodas taste BAD.

[arwenelizabeth]

I have read that there is actually quite a lot of conclusive evidence that aspartame is bad for you... but apparently it's in lots of stuff besides diet soda, too, and very hard to avoid. I try not to worry about it too much.

And I agree that diet soda tastes awful. I really can't stand the stuff. :)

[echoscot]

Something will kill us eventually so enjoy what you eat, just kidding. ;)

[LifeMaiden]

I use Splenda, but most of those artifical sweeteners leave an aftertaste. And a spoonful of real sugar won't kill you.

[The Half-Blood Prince]

Yeah, my mom being without a doubt the most obsessive health nut in the world, I can tell you for a fact that aspartame causes both brain damage and bone deterioration. She tells me that if I am faced with the decision to drink diet or regular soda (she forbids me to even entertain the idea) then I should choose the regular soda, because although it does have quite a deal of sugar in forms like high fructose corn syrup, diet sodas use aspartame, which can really affect you in the long run. I'm not kidding, either. I could post some articles and diagrams up here if you don't believe me. Trust me, this house has plenty.

[Elf Of The Grey Havens]

Well, trying to say the name bramages my dain! That's all I can say...

[LifeMaiden]

I should be dead now then technically because I drink diet soda once in a while. But, I drink a lot more water. You could die from just about anything, so there's no need to get that paranoid about aspartame. I'm a health nut too and I'm not dead or brain damaged.They say Splenda had chlorine in it, blah blah blah. There's 'cancer' in the air, water, earth, sun...you name it. If you have to live life being paranoid about everything you might as well kill yourself. Cell phones give you 'brain damage.' Loud music 'damages your eardrums.' Smog has 3500 chemicals in it. Blah blah blah.

[Paravel25]

I should be dead now then technically because I drink diet soda once in a while. But, I drink a lot more water. You could die from just about anything, so there's no need to get that paranoid about aspartame. I'm a health nut too and I'm not dead or brain damaged.They say Splenda had chlorine in it, blah blah blah. There's 'cancer' in the air, water, earth, sun...you name it. If you have to live life being paranoid about everything you might as well kill yourself. Cell phones give you 'brain damage.' Loud music 'damages your eardrums.' Smog has 3500 chemicals in it. Blah blah blah.

lol, very true. I think what bothers me the most about the sweetners and medicine is the "yes, it's safe" and then three years or so later, "no, it's not". I just use good old sugar in small quantities.

[Elf Of The Grey Havens]

Loud music 'damages your eardrums.'Blah blah blah.
HONESTLY! I mean, I'm like if you would just shut up for a second about how my music is too loud, maybe I wouldn't have to pump it over your voice!

[Wendygirljp]

A suggestion - how about, instead of chemical additives like saccharine or aspartame, one use, as a sweetener, fructose? It is natural and appears to be pretty healthy for most people - yet, if someone does have Hyperglycemia (Diabetes), please be careful with fructose as well. It could set off the balance of the blood sugars. And, if that is a problem, try Banaba (no, not banana), as it helps to decrease the hyperglycemia without creating a rebound hypoglycemic condition, as is common in injected insulin, for those who use that. (Banaba, by the way, is extremely cheap - about US$ 0.01 per dose, here. I do not know what it might be in other countries.)

Good luck with the artificial sweeteners.

[LifeMaiden]

A bit off topic here but what about when you read prescription drugs risks...it might say " Will cure your sickness" BUT!!!! Can cause headache, paralysis, other diseases, bleeding, and or death!!

[LifeMaiden]

HONESTLY! I mean, I'm like if you would just shut up for a second about how my music is too loud, maybe I wouldn't have to pump it over your voice!


WHAT DID YOU SAY? I CAN'T HEAR YOU

[Ephinie]

A bit off topic here but what about when you read prescription drugs risks...it might say " Will cure your sickness" BUT!!!! Can cause headache, paralysis, other diseases, bleeding, and or death!!Holy crap, yeah! I love watching drug commercials the most just because of all the side effects they always list. It always sounds so static, too. I get such a kick out of it.

[The Half-Blood Prince]

I should be dead now then technically because I drink diet soda once in a while. But, I drink a lot more water. You could die from just about anything, so there's no need to get that paranoid about aspartame. I'm a health nut too and I'm not dead or brain damaged.They say Splenda had chlorine in it, blah blah blah. There's 'cancer' in the air, water, earth, sun...you name it. If you have to live life being paranoid about everything you might as well kill yourself. Cell phones give you 'brain damage.' Loud music 'damages your eardrums.' Smog has 3500 chemicals in it. Blah blah blah.
Yeah, but Ice Maiden, the body is designed to fight off abnormalities in the air, earth, water, etc. Anything natural can be fended by the immune system. Aspartame really can affect you, even if you don't want to believe it. It has a direct affect on a person, MUCH more direct than loud music or smog.

And prescription drugs are rarely beneficial to you. Rather than fixing your problem right away, the drugs make it feel better for a day or so, and the cost of that reward is pretty scary. A person can keep taking them and slowly get worse, therefore not getting rid of the sickness. Alternative medicine is what you should look into if you really want to boost your health. It may not work as quickly as expected, but it provides the body with something it can use to regain stability.

[EveningStar]

<Scene opens with a long haired blond in a long flowing white silk dress on the bow of a sailing ship headed into the sunrise, a soft string quartet in the background with a playful flute solo>

Voldane. Ask your doctor if Voldane is right for you. A few people experience potentially severe side effects including vomiting, spontaneous human combustion and hemorragic fever. If you begin to catch on fire or bleed from the ears, discontinue use immediately and seek immediate medical care. Voldane...don't worry, be happy.

ES

[Ephinie]

<Scene opens with a long haired blond in a long flowing white silk dress on the bow of a sailing ship headed into the sunrise, a soft string quartet in the background with a playful flute solo>

Voldane. Ask your doctor if Voldane is right for you. A few people experience potentially severe side effects including vomiting, spontaneous human combustion and hemorragic fever. If you begin to catch on fire or bleed from the ears, discontinue use immediately and seek immediate medical care. Voldane...don't worry, be happy.

ES Rock on!:D

[The Half-Blood Prince]

A lot of people make the mistake of thinking that a good balance between diet soda and water builds up the health they think they wouldn't have if they only drank diet soda. Water doesn't provide any nutritional value whatsoever. It builds up the stamina that allows a person to live, but doesn't at all help them nutritionally. A person should focus on what they drink without water taking part in the equation.

[LifeMaiden]

Water is one of the most important elements a body needs to live. You'd die first without water rather than food. Any healthy person and any person with a fitness or nutritional background will tell you drinking water is healthier than drinking soda or any other liquid, Fawkes. LOLOL.

"water has no nutritional value."

Neither does soda, diet or regular.


" Water has no nutritional value."

Yeah, it only has the essential elements needed for the human body to function. It's why people in athletics and sports drink it all the time, because of its complete lack of nutritional value ( NO CALORIES! NO FAT! NO VITAMINS! NO MINERALS!) but it's hydrogen and oxygen...you know, H20?

And it's free.


:rolleyes:

[The Half-Blood Prince]

Water is one of the most important elements a body needs to live. You'd die first without water rather than food. Any healthy person and any person with a fitness or nutritional background will tell you drinking water is healthier than drinking soda or any other liquid, Fawkes. LOLOL.

"water has no nutritional value."

Neither does soda, diet or regular.


" Water has no nutritional value."

Yeah, it only has the essential elements needed for the human body to function. It's why people in athletics and sports drink it all the time, because of its complete lack of nutritional value ( NO CALORIES! NO FAT! NO VITAMINS! NO MINERALS!) but it's hydrogen and oxygen...you know, H20?

And it's free.


:rolleyes:
Wait, wait, wait. I said all that! Yes, water definitely allows the body to function, but that does not mean it provides it anything to benefit from, healthwise. Take a water bottle and look at the back of it for me. Tell me what nutritional value it has. "Nutritional" is very different from "Sustaining". Water sustains a body, it does not provide it with any form of nutritional value.

The whole point of this thread was to explain why aspartame is unhealthy. It is in soda, diet and regular, and is BAD FOR YOU. Now, because water does not provide any nutrition (not SUSTENANCE, NUTRITION), a person's health can only decline by drinking diet soda. That is all I'm trying to say. Water has no nutritional value, that's why you should counteract drinking soda with drinking something like milk or organic fruit and vegetable juices. (Jeez, I'm beginning to sound like my mom!) :o

[Elf Of The Grey Havens]

The whole point of this thread was to be a joke. Anyway, back to drug commercials. Today on the radio I heard an ad for some sleeping pill or another. "(Name) is clinically proven to be the only pill on the market that isn't habit-forming. It's the best sleeping aid out there. Side affects may inculd drowsiness..."

[The Half-Blood Prince]

The whole point of this thread was to be a joke. Anyway, back to drug commercials. Today on the radio I heard an ad for some sleeping pill or another. "(Name) is clinically proven to be the only pill on the market that isn't habit-forming. It's the best sleeping aid out there. Side affects may inculd drowsiness..."
Wait...where does it say it was a joke? I just completely wasted my breath! :D

[Elf Of The Grey Havens]

"Does aspartame really causes brain damage?"
Find it there.

[Adanedhel]

HEAD ON "APPLY DIRECTLY TO FOREHEAD"

HEAD ON "APPLY DIRECTLY TO FOREHEAD"


HEAD ON "APPLY DIRECTLY TO FOREHEAD"

lol cracks me up.

[The Half-Blood Prince]

"Does aspartame really causes brain damage?"
Find it there.
Oh...uhh...that's actually a valid question, cause the answer's yes. It can definitely do that. If it's a joke, what's it doing in the Socratic Club?

[Elf Of The Grey Havens]

"Causes" bud. "Causes" "Does it causes brain damage?"

[The Half-Blood Prince]

"Causes" bud. "Causes" "Does it causes brain damage?"
I thought that was a typo, bud. A lot of people make typing mistakes.

[♣Teh Deviant♣]

I drink 2 diet caffeine free cokes per day and use exactly 8 packages of Equal artifical sugar per..day..*fits whole hand into mouth*
I'm scared of sugar..so many calories..and carbs..ghaghahghgha :eek:

[LifeMaiden]

Okay let's talk about brain damage and other 'things' that can happen to you in life. Making life just a momentous challenge.


1. Don't drink diet soda. Your brain will have as many holes in it as the soda has bubbles.

2. Don't breathe. The air has cancer in it and 3500 chemicals from smog.

3. Don't eat. Every food you have has potential cancer in it, and pesticides, antibiotics, and poison.

4. Don't go out in the sun. You'll die of skin cancer.


5. Don't do anything. You'll die of boredom.

[LifeMaiden]

Wait, wait, wait. I said all that! Yes, water definitely allows the body to function, but that does not mean it provides it anything to benefit from, healthwise. Take a water bottle and look at the back of it for me. Tell me what nutritional value it has. "Nutritional" is very different from "Sustaining". Water sustains a body, it does not provide it with any form of nutritional value.

The whole point of this thread was to explain why aspartame is unhealthy. It is in soda, diet and regular, and is BAD FOR YOU. Now, because water does not provide any nutrition (not SUSTENANCE, NUTRITION), a person's health can only decline by drinking diet soda. That is all I'm trying to say. Water has no nutritional value, that's why you should counteract drinking soda with drinking something like milk or organic fruit and vegetable juices. (Jeez, I'm beginning to sound like my mom!) :o



Yes, we all know that water does not provide the body with nutritional value, but if I were out in the desert and I couldn't have milk or organic juice, I'd rather have water over food. You can't survive more than a day or two without water. You CAN survive weeks with food, juice, and soda and milk. Which is more important? Water.


You know what else is bad for you, Jack? Other than aspartame? Chlorine, antibiotics, various cancer-causing chemicals, genetically-altering pesticides, all the things you find in nearly everything you eat. Unless you live on a commune, and even that's no guarantee of what's in the dirt, air and ...water....aspartame is the least of my concerns when it comes to my diet.

[Elf Of The Grey Havens]

Might as well just say:
Don't live, it's a dangerous thing, you're sure to die.

[The Half-Blood Prince]

Yes, we all know that water does not provide the body with nutritional value, but if I were out in the desert and I couldn't have milk or organic juice, I'd rather have water over food. You can't survive more than a day or two without water. You CAN survive weeks with food, juice, and soda and milk. Which is more important? Water.
Okay, no more argument, IM. I won't keep talking if you're just going to discard what I say and repeat everything you've said before.

[LifeMaiden]

Might as well just say:
Don't live, it's a dangerous thing, you're sure to die.


Well, just be sure you avoid...aspartame. :D

[LifeMaiden]

Okay, no more argument, IM. I won't keep talking if you're just going to discard what I say and repeat everything you've said before.


I discarded what you said? I addressed it, son.

[Ephinie]

Oh...uhh...that's actually a valid question, cause the answer's yes. It can definitely do that. If it's a joke, what's it doing in the Socratic Club?Yes, this thread is a joke. I made it to poke fun at EveningStar for doing an excellent job as a mod. It was taken from a comment he made in a thread that was deleted for mature content.

[LifeMaiden]

I believe I know which thread you're talking about :D


I was seriously wondering at first...why is this thread about ummm....fake sugar in this section of the forum?

[Ephinie]

I believe I know which thread you're talking about :D


I was seriously wondering at first...why is this thread about ummm....fake sugar in this section of the forum?Yeah, I've had my fun. I wouldn't be too heartbroken if this one ended up locked or deleted now.

[Elf Of The Grey Havens]

BUT WAIT! We must discuss wether fake sugar or real sugar is more pure! Does using fake sugar make you a worldly and concieted person, wheras using real sugar brings you closer to reality and the earth? THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT MUST BE ANSWERED PEOPLE.

[♣Teh Deviant♣]

BUT WAIT! We must discuss wether fake sugar or real sugar is more pure! Does using fake sugar make you a worldly and concieted person, wheras using real sugar brings you closer to reality and the earth? THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT MUST BE ANSWERED PEOPLE.

What he said.

....seriously, though. :|

[LifeMaiden]

BUT WAIT! We must discuss wether fake sugar or real sugar is more pure! Does using fake sugar make you a worldly and concieted person, wheras using real sugar brings you closer to reality and the earth? THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT MUST BE ANSWERED PEOPLE.



Real sugar brings me closer to true hyperactivity and tooth cavities. But wait..aspartame causes my brain damage. Which is worse?

[Ephinie]

BUT WAIT! We must discuss wether fake sugar or real sugar is more pure! Does using fake sugar make you a worldly and concieted person, wheras using real sugar brings you closer to reality and the earth? THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT MUST BE ANSWERED PEOPLE.Personally, I find spiritual fullfillment through real sugar. Why have a phoney substitute when you can get the real thing?

[LifeMaiden]

Personally, I find spiritual fullfillment through real sugar. Why have a phoney substitute when you can get the real thing?


If you're diabetic, then you can't have real sugar.

[Ephinie]

If you're diabetic, then you can't have real sugar.Which is the only good reason I can think of for fake sugar to exist.

[Elf Of The Grey Havens]

If you're diabetic, then you can't have real sugar.
So diabetics are cursed already? But that brings up the question of predestination. If the path to salvation is through the true sugar, than those too weak follow the false sugar, and are cursed forever.

[♣Teh Deviant♣]

Real sugar brings me closer to true hyperactivity and tooth cavities. But wait..aspartame causes my brain damage. Which is worse?
If you htink about it........one of them side effects (:rolleyes: ) can be cured, whilst the other cannot....wait..well it depends what sort of side effect you get from the artifical sugar, but anywayyyyyyys...real sugar cause Diabetes, bad liver functioning (or that's what Diabetes causes..yeah), Hypoglycemia (to some....like, uhm, *grunts* ehmeeee), or Hyperglycemia...tachychardia..yeah. Basically in an overdose..which can happen a lot if yuo really like coke o_0. I know a boy....nvm....actualyl, yeah, Im going to say it; who drinks 5 cans of Vaults like..everytime he talks to me (it makes me speechless...ghaghagha), and when I heard him...after that whole 5-cans-of-vault escapade..it was like he had inhaled...something. +_+ Soo its obviously against the human body if it makes..that one boy...sound like he did..ghagha it was cool thoiugh..very..cool...*stares into the horizon*. Mmmm, yeah...the 28th was a gooooood day..
Anyways, if you become too hyper over real sugar you might hit your head, get a concussion, and then die. :D So real sugar = BAD BAD BAYYAAD (plus it makes you fat) and artifical sugar = good in SMALL quantities.


..yeah

[LifeMaiden]

In the long run I definitely think real sugar is safer believe it or not, but I won't freak out if I have a diet coke once in a while or something sugar free. In truth, when you look at many of these 'sugar free' 'fat free' or 'diet products' they are full of chemicals. It's better to eat one small cookie that's 'real' than a bagful of 'sugar free'. I mean that it's a mistake to think you can chug diet sodas and eat stuff with aspartame and olestra, and think you're on a healthy diet.

Speaking of...I had my piece of chocolate today. OH NO!!!!!!!!!!!!! :eek:

[Elf Of The Grey Havens]

Yeah that's what I never understood too. People like to eat a salad with every meal. But then they just end up eating MORE, because they're eating a salad and a normal meal.

[LifeMaiden]

So diabetics are cursed already? But that brings up the question of predestination. If the path to salvation is through the true sugar, than those too weak follow the false sugar, and are cursed forever.


Well now Elf, now we're getting very philosophical about sugar as relating to God. The question should be :D : " Will I go to heaven if I drink this real Coke, or the Diet Coke?"

[♣Teh Deviant♣]

:eek:



Anyways, in conclusion, I think we can all agree that all extremes are bad.

[Elf Of The Grey Havens]

Well God says you should never intentionally hurt yourself. If aspawhatever causes brain damage, it's bad.

[♣Teh Deviant♣]

Well God says you should never intentionally hurt yourself. If aspawhatever causes brain damage, it's bad.


But..its not..intentional. The voices in my head tell me not to have real sugar. :rolleyes:

[Elf Of The Grey Havens]

Well it is proven that almost all of the time, the more natural something is, the better it is for you. It's not a sin to be ugly.

[♣Teh Deviant♣]

Oh, let's not go there.....ghagha. If oyu only knew. :rolleyes:

I see having real sugar as 'letting in'...ugh. Being pathetic...giving up to your pleasures..mmm. Which is why I have 8 packets of artifical sugar along with 2 diet cokes each day. :D

But my grandfather's like this new-age guy..so is my mom..but, anyways, they're all "LA MARGARINA BAD FO YOUUUUU" (margarine is bad for youuu), and all that sort of stuff...so of course they're always telling me to lay off the artifical stuff. But. no way :eek:

[LifeMaiden]

You know I have a feeling Ephinie is hitting herself on the head right now and saying, " What chaos have I started with this thread?????"

[♣Teh Deviant♣]

You know I have a feeling Ephinie is hitting herself on the head right now and saying, " What chaos have I started with this thread?????"
..Yeah. I..can...leave..if you guys want me to...:o

[LifeMaiden]

..Yeah. I..can...leave..if you guys want me to...:o


Let's leave together ( *grabs Sofie's hand quickly and rushes away before we get into any more sugar talk*) :D

[Ephinie]

You know I have a feeling Ephinie is hitting herself on the head right now and saying, " What chaos have I started with this thread?????"Actually, I was grinning and rubbing my hands together diabolically while saying,

"What chaos have I started with this thread! Muwahahahahahahahahaha!!!"

[The Half-Blood Prince]

Even though I realize this is a joke thread, I feel I need to elaborate a bit on the aspartame discussion. :D I'm just saying that people should drink something else to counterbalance diet soda if they drink it and water, not if they had to choose one to be the most healthy. If we're not in a desert, which I'm sure is a situation we shouldn't have to worry about, then we should counteract drinking soda with something healthier. Anyway, sorry about that little ramble, my mom's wearing off on me too much. I sound like a health magazine. :o

[Sunrise]

There was this commercial a few years ago where this guy is standing in front of the camera and says, "I'd like you to spend the next few minutes reading the back of your artificial sweetener packet..."

Then the camera slowly backs up, to reveal that the guy is standing in a field of sugarcane - all nice and green, with the blue sky overhead and the breeze blowing, while birds sing in the background. And the guy goes, "...interesting, huh?"

The implication, of course, being that you probably can't even pronounce the long chemical names on the back of the packet, while here is this lovely natural product growing on God's green earth. I thought it was clever, although it's hard to imagine SUGAR needing to advertise - don't people consume enough of it without that?

The problem I have with sugar isn't real vs. artificial - it's just the fact that it's in EVERYTHING. That's what's killing us all. The occasional cookie or piece of pie wouldn't be such a big deal if there weren't sugar also added to every drink, snack, sauce, or canned or boxed food on the market. Along with all the refined carbs we consume - we're just ASKING to become diabetic.

[Asphodel]

Yeah, but I'm glad my parents dont know about aspartame, or I'd be drinking organic pop or something. :D

[Ephinie]

Yeah, but I'm glad my parents dont know about aspartame, or I'd be drinking organic pop or something. :DOrganic pop!? LOL! That is awesome. It reminds me of something my brother said a few weeks ago...

I've been pretty strict about what I've been eating lately, because I'm trying to lose weight and be healthy and all that crap. Well, this one night I made chicken for dinner, and my brother said, with the utmost disdain,

"This isn't DIET chicken, is it?" I was just like... oh my goodness... there is no such thing as diet chicken. He didn't believe me.

[LifeMaiden]

Organic pop!? LOL! That is awesome. It reminds me of something my brother said a few weeks ago...

I've been pretty strict about what I've been eating lately, because I'm trying to lose weight and be healthy and all that crap. Well, this one night I made chicken for dinner, and my brother said, with the utmost disdain,

"This isn't DIET chicken, is it?" I was just like... oh my goodness... there is no such thing as diet chicken. He didn't believe me.

Yes, tell him it's 'reduced fat, reduced calorie chicken subsitute.'


KEEP ON KICKIN EPHINIE with the weight loss!!!!!!!!!!

Organic pop? Well they do have that Hansen's soda, which is 'all natural' but has a lot of sugar in it anyways. Wait...there might be cancer in that....

[LifeMaiden]

Even though I realize this is a joke thread, I feel I need to elaborate a bit on the aspartame discussion. :D I'm just saying that people should drink something else to counterbalance diet soda if they drink it and water, not if they had to choose one to be the most healthy. If we're not in a desert, which I'm sure is a situation we shouldn't have to worry about, then we should counteract drinking soda with something healthier. Anyway, sorry about that little ramble, my mom's wearing off on me too much. I sound like a health magazine. :o


Another drink that's actually got some benefits and is recommended by sports medicine doctors is Gatorade. It at least has potassium in it. Fresh vegetable juices, especially for those of us who aren't big veggie eaters, are great too. I actually do live in the desert LOL, so I found that I had to drink MORE water up here because of the dryness and the high elevation, but I also stock my fridge with a six pack of diet soda, plenty of Sports drinks, a fantastic organic vegetable and fruit drink from a company called BOLTHOUSE FARMS, and the occasional energy drink.

[Wendygirljp]

Someone mentioned "diet chicken". It reminded me of Gary Larson's cartoon of the "Boneless Chicken Ranch", and upon searching, found this article called "Chicken Soul for the Soup".

http://she-sells-sanctuary.blogspot.com/2006/06/chicken-soul-for-soup.html

[Ephinie]

Yes, tell him it's 'reduced fat, reduced calorie chicken subsitute.I should so try that sometime...

This one time, he started griping at me because I made spaghetti with ground turkey instead of beef (which, by the way, I've found out tastes better than beef with stuff like spaghetti). Well, I waited until he had eaten like half of it before telling him that it wasn't really turkey but tofu. He got so riled up that he went into the kitchen and started scrounging around to find the empty turkey packaging. Then he came back and was all like, "It says turkey on the box." And I was like, "Tukey doesn't come in a box." And he was like, "You know what I mean."

[LifeMaiden]

Hand your brother a can of diet soda, tell him the aspartame causes brain damage, and hopefully, the select part of the brain damage he suffers from that can of soda will make him 'not complain' about turkey in spaghetti. :D

[Natasia_Vae]

Another drink that's actually got some benefits and is recommended by sports medicine doctors is Gatorade. It at least has potassium in it. Fresh vegetable juices, especially for those of us who aren't big veggie eaters, are great too. I actually do live in the desert LOL, so I found that I had to drink MORE water up here because of the dryness and the high elevation, but I also stock my fridge with a six pack of diet soda, plenty of Sports drinks, a fantastic organic vegetable and fruit drink from a company called BOLTHOUSE FARMS, and the occasional energy drink.
Actually, Gatorade isn't really that good for you. It contains a ton of sodium which will only make you thirstier. It's also bad for your teeth.

[inkspot]

Has anyone seen a commercial for TAB Energy Drink? it appears to be pink. Actually, I didnt want to know if anyone has seen the commercial, but if it is any good and gives you any energy? I only drink tea ... I drink way more tea than water ... I am probably jacked up on caffeine and anti-oxidants ...

[LifeMaiden]

Actually, Gatorade isn't really that good for you. It contains a ton of sodium which will only make you thirstier. It's also bad for your teeth.

I didn't say you could use that as a substitute for water. It has potassium in it to replenish the potassium you lose when you exercise or you're sick. The doctor told me to simply rinse out my mouth with water when I drink a sports drink, and I've never suffered from thirst afterwards when I drank it.

[LifeMaiden]

Has anyone seen a commercial for TAB Energy Drink? it appears to be pink. Actually, I didnt want to know if anyone has seen the commercial, but if it is any good and gives you any energy? I only drink tea ... I drink way more tea than water ... I am probably jacked up on caffeine and anti-oxidants ...



AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! I saw this advertised in a fitness magazine and went to SAFEWAY to get it...they're the only stores which carry it here in my area, and I bought 30 cans of it.

But Inky, with ANY energy drink, they're really not that 'good' for you. Every person responds differently to it. Some of my clients cannot tolerate even one energy drink because of their sensitivity to caffeine. Some can tolerate two or three a day. I would sip it slowly, and start off with one can, see how you feel.

Honestly though, as a trainer, I don't recommend energy drinks that often. It can dehydrate you, but it's okay for once in a while. I just drank a can in fact, before I head off to the gym to train five more people . * sinks head down on my keyboard and braces herself for a brutal work evening*

[echoscot]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! I saw this advertised in a fitness magazine and went to SAFEWAY to get it...they're the only stores which carry it here in my area, and I bought 30 cans of it.

But Inky, with ANY energy drink, they're really not that 'good' for you. Every person responds differently to it. Some of my clients cannot tolerate even one energy drink because of their sensitivity to caffeine. Some can tolerate two or three a day. I would sip it slowly, and start off with one can, see how you feel.

Honestly though, as a trainer, I don't recommend energy drinks that often. It can dehydrate you, but it's okay for once in a while. I just drank a can in fact, before I head off to the gym to train five more people . * sinks head down on my keyboard and braces herself for a brutal work evening*


This must be some kind of marketing ploy to revive Tab soda, which has all but died off in the market place.... :o

[LifeMaiden]

TAB was so 70's ...:) I remember in my mom's magazines they had TAB soda everywhere, with that pink can. I'm wondering just why they bought this energy drink out, especially since you can't really find it anywhere but Safeway. If any of you find it at another store I'm curious as to which one. And of course it's geared towards 'women' :rolleyes: with the pink color.

[inkspot]

Thanks, IM. I think in Texas Randalls and Safeway may be the same. I'll take a look for it. Is it carbonated, is that why it dehydrates you? I just started a work out routine about three weeks ago, and I need some energy to get through the day after working out in the AM!

[LifeMaiden]

Thanks, IM. I think in Texas Randalls and Safeway may be the same. I'll take a look for it. Is it carbonated, is that why it dehydrates you? I just started a work out routine about three weeks ago, and I need some energy to get through the day after working out in the AM!


Did you get a personal trainer??? :D Yes, it is carbonated, but the reason energy drinks can dehydrate you is because of the caffeine. I would drink half before exercising and half afterwards. :) But be sure to drink water too.I drink 2.5 liters of water a day in addition to one energy drink.

There are some drinks to be avoided COMPLETELY. Don't EVER, EVER drink these drinks called SPEED STACK or RIPPED FORCE. They used to contain ephedrine, ( a lot of it) which can seriously make you shake and raise your heart beat. They took the ephedrine out but then they have about 700 millgrams of caffeine in each drink, which is the equivalent of 8-9 cups of coffee in ONE bottle.