Is It That Terrible To Have The Bad With The Good?

Today at work I was passing by someone's desk and was taken back by what I saw.  Mike had on his desk a bottle of water, an apple, and a can of diet coke.  He was doing good with the water and apple, but what about the diet coke?  I wish that I had a camera to take a picture of this.  I usually don't see someone mix the good with the bad.

I was curious about this all day and I finally asked him about it.  These are the questions and answers that I got.

1. Why do you drink water?   "You have to, it's good for you."
2. Why do you eat an apple?   "It's a complex carbohydrate."
3. Why do you drink diet coke?  "I'm addicted to it.  My girlfriend drinks it and I started to and now I am addicted to it.  I try to eat as healthy as I can but you have to live too."

So do I think that if you have something healthy like water and an apple that is is OK to have a diet coke?  ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!  Coke is terrible enough, but diet coke is not any better.  I know people drink diet drinks because they don't want the sugar and the calories.  As bad as sugar is for you, in a way I think it is  better to have the sugar and calories than what they do to make the beverage diet.  That's the part of me that is accommodating.  I REALLY think that people should NEVER drink a diet or a non diet soft drink!

It just does not make sense to me to put something good in your body and then something so toxic as a diet coke.  And to make it worse, the diet coke was in an aluminum can.  You MUST stay away form anything in aluminum as it gets absorbed in your body!

Relax and have a big glass of water while reading this article!

The following information is from an article by Dr. Betty Martini:

The Cancer Research Center of the European Foundation on Oncology and Environmental Sciences in Bologna, Italy reported that a long-term study to evaluate the potential carcinogenic effects of aspartane demonstrates the chemical sweetener "induces an increase in lymphomas and leukemias in female rats."

Neurosurgein Russell Blaylock M.D. commented: "The new study released in the European Journal of oncology by Morando Soffritti and co-workers should terrify mothers and all those consuming aspartame sweetened products.  This was a carefully done study which clearly demonstrated a statistically significant increase in seversl types of lymphomas and leukemias in rats.  Both of these malignanies have increased significantly in this country since the widespread use of aspartame.

This study confirmed the previous study by Dr. Trocho and co-workers, which also found the formaldehyde breakdown product of aspartame to be damaging to cellular DNA and that this damage was assumulative.  The type of damage was a duplicate of that associated witrh cancers.  Along with this most recent study, this means that drinking a single diet cola sweetened with aspartame every day could increase one's risk of developing a lymphoma or leukemia.

They also found an increased incidence of malignant brain tumors, even though it was not statistically significant.  This does not mean there is no associatin to brain tumors, since only the animals exposed to aspartame developed the tumors.  With children and pregnant women drinking the largest amount of diet colas, this puts their children at the greatest risk of developing one of these horrible diseases.  Their study found that even low doses of aspartame could cause these malignancies; yet, the higher the dose, the more cancers that were seen.

Dr. Trocho says that since aspartame can increase obesity and may even cause the metabolic syndrome that affects 48 million Americans, there is no reason to ever consume this product.  At the least it should be immediately banned from all schools.

Dr. Blaylock says that aspartame has been shown by several studies to damage DNA, which can lead to cancer and degenerative brain disorders later in life.  Similar mechanisms of damage would be expected in these with liver disease.  Studies on aspartame safety have shown that hte product increases tumors throughout numerous organs, especially the brain.  It was shown that brain tumor incidence increased over 47 times in animals exposed to aspartame.

There are over ninety adverse reactions and side effects from aspartame reported and being studied.  These side effects include: decreased vision, decreased tears, decreased night vision, tinnitus, seizures, headaches, migraines, memory loss, drowsiness, tremors, anxiety, insomnia, palpitations, shortness of breath, hives, hypoglycemia, PMS, ulcers, suicial tendencies, Fibromyalgia, Lupus, Grave's disease, ADD, brain tumors and more.

Now back to why I also am opposed to non diet soft drinks.  The following is from Nancy Appleton, Ph.D., author of LICK THE SUGAR HABIT.  She lists "146 Reasons Why Sugar Is Ruining Your Health":

1. Sugar can suppress the immune system.
2. Sugar upsets the mineral relationships in the body.
3. Sugar can cause hyperactivity, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, and crankiness in children.
4. Sugar can produce a significant rise in triglycerides.
5. Sugar contributes to the reduction in defense against bacterial infection (infectious diseases).
6. Sugar causes a loss of tissue elasticity and function, the more sugar you eat the more elasticity and function you lose.
7. Sugar reduces high density lipoproteins.
8. Sugar leads to chromium deficiency.
9. Sugar leads to cancer of the ovaries.
10. Sugar causes copper deficiency.
11. Sugar interferes with absorption of calcium and magnesium.
12. Sugar can weaken eyesight.
13. Sugar can increase fasting levels of glucose.
14. Sugar raises the level of a neurotransmitters: dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine.
15. Sugar can cause hypoglycemia.
16. Sugar can produce an acidic digestive tract.
17. Sugar can cause a rapid rise of adrenaline levels in children.
18. Sugar malabsorption is frequent in patients with functional bowel dieease.
19. Sugar can cause premature aging.
20. Sugar can lead to alcoholism.
21. Sugar can cause tooth decay.
22. Sugar contributess to obesity.
23. High intake of sugar increases the risk of Crohn's disease, and ulcerative colitis.
24. Sugar can cause changes frequently found in person with gastric or duodenal ulcers.
25. Sugar can cause arthritis.
26. Sugar can cause asthma.
27. Sugar greatly assists the uncontrolled growth of Candida Albicans (yeast infections).
28. Sugar can cause gallstones.
29. Sugar can cause heart disease.
30. Sugar can cause appendicitis.
31. Sugar can cause multiple scleroses.
32. Sugar can cause hemorrhoids.
33. Sugar can cause varicose veins.
34. Sugar can elevate glucose and insulin responses in oral contraceptive users.
35. Sugar can lead to periodontal disease.
36. Sugar can contribute to osteoporoses.
37. Sugar contributes to saliva acidity.
38. Sugar can cause a decrease in insulin sensitivity.
39. Sugar can lower the amount of Vitamin E (alpha-Tocopherol) in the blood.
40. Sugar can decrease growth hormone.
41. Sugar can increase cholesterol.
42. Sugar can increase the systolic blood pressure.
43. Sugar can cause drowsiness and decreased activity in children.
44. High Sugar intake increases advanced glycation end products.
45. Sugar can interfere with the absorption of protein.
46. Sugar causes food allergies.
47. Sugar can contribute to diabetes.
48. Sugar can cause toxemia during pregnancy.
49. Sugar can contribute to eczema in children.
50. Sugar can cause cardiovascular disease.
51. Sugar can impair the structure of DNA.
52. Sugar can change the structure of protein.
53. Sugar can make our skin age by changing the structure of collagen.
54. Sugar can cause cataracts.
55. Sugar can cause emphysema.
56. Sugar can cause atherosclerosis.
57. Sugar can promote an elevation of low density lipoproteins (LDL).
58. High sugar intake can impair the physiological homeostatis of many systems in the body.
59. Sugar lowers the enzymes abillity to function.
60. Sugar intake is higher in people with Parkinson's disease.
61. Sugar can cause a permanent altering the way the proteins act in the body.
62. Sugar can increase the size of the liver by making the liver cells divide.
63. Sugar can increase the amount of liver fat.
64. Sugar can increase kidney size and produce pathological changes in the kidney.
65. Sugar can damage the pancreas.
66. Sugar can increase the body's fluid retention.
67. Sugar in enemy #1 of the bowel movement.
68. Sugar can cause myopia (nearsightedness).
69. Sugar can compromise the lining of the capillaries.
70. Sugar can make the tendons more brittle.
71. Sugar can cause headaches, including migraine.
72. Sugar plays a role in pancreatic cancer in women.
73. Sugar can adversely affect school children's grades and cause learning disorders.
74. Sugar can cause an increase in delta, alpha, and beta brain waves.
75. Sugar can cause depression.
76. Sugar increases the risk of gastric cancer.
77. Sugar can cause dyspepsia (indigestion).
78. Sugar can increase your risk of getting gout.
79. sugar can increase the levels of glucose in an oral glucos tolerance test over the ingestion of complex carbohydrates.
80. Sugar can increase the insulin responses in humans consuming high-sugar diets compared to low sugar diets.
81. High refined sugar reduces learning capacity.
82. Sugar can cause less effective functioning of two blood proteins, albumin, and lipooproteins, which may reduce the body's ability to handle fat and cholesterol.
83. Sugar can contribute to Alzheimer's disease.
84. Sugar can cause platelet adhesiveness.
85. Sugar can cause hormonal imbalance; some hormones become underactive and others become overactive.
86. Sugar can lead to the formation of kidney stones.
87. Sugar can lead to the hypothalmus to become highly sensitive to a large variety of stimuli.
88. Sugar can lead to dizziness.
89. Diets high in sugar can cause free radicals and oxidative stress.
90. High sucrose diets of subjects with peripheral vascular disease significantly increases platelet adhesion.
91. High sugar diets can lead to biliary tract cancer.
92. Sugar feeds cancer.
93. High sugar consumption of pregnant adolescents is associated with a twofold increased risk for delivering a small-for-gestational-age infant.
94. High sugar consumption can lead to substantial decrease in gestation duration among adolescents.
95. Sugar slows food's travel time through the gastrointestinal tract.
96. Sugar increases the concentration of bile acids in stools and bacterial enzymes in the colon.  This can modify bile to produce cancer-causing compounds and colon cancer.
97. Sugar increases estradiol (the most potent form of naturally occurring estrogen) in men.
98. Sugar combines and destroys phosphatase, an enzyme, which makes the process of digestion more difficult.
99. Sugar can be a risk factor of gallbladder cancer.
100. Sugar is an addictive substance.
101. Sugar can be intoxicating, similar to alcohol.
102. Sugar can exacerbate PMS.
103. Sugar given to premature babies can affect the amount of carbon dioxide they produce.
104. Decrease in sugar intake can increase emotional stability.
105. The body changes sugar into 2 to 5 times more fat in the bloodstream than it does starch.
106. The rapid absorption of sugar promotes excessive food intake in obese subjects.
107. Sugar can worsen the symptoms of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
108. Sugar adversely affects urinary electrolyte composition.
109. Sugar can slow down the ability of the adrenal glands to function.
110. Sugar has the potential of inducing abnormal metabolic processes in a normal healthy individual and to promote chronic degenerative diseases.
111. I.Vs (intravenous feedings) of sugar water can cut off oxygen to the brain.
112. High sucrose intake could be an important risk factor in lung cancer.
113. Sugar increases the risk of polio.
114. High sugar intake can cause epileptic seizures.
115. Sugar causes high blood pressure in obese people.
116. In Intensive Care Units, limiting sugar saves lives.
117. Sugar may induce cell death.
118. Sugar can increase tha amount of food that you eat.
119. In juvenile rehabilitation camps, when children were put on a low sugar diet, there was a 44% droop in antisocial behavioir.
120. Sugar can lead to prostrate cancer.
121. Sugar dehydrates newborns.
122. Sugar increases the estradiol in young men.
123. Sugar can cause low birth weight babies.
124. Greater consumption of refined sugar is asssociated with a worse outcome of schizophrenis.
125. Sugar can raise homocysteine levels in the blood stream.
126. Sweet food items increase the risk of breast cancer.
127. Sugar is a risk factor in cancer of the small intestine.
128. Sugar may cause laryngeal cancer.
129. Sugar induces salt and water retention.
130. Sugar may contribute to mild memory loss.
131. As sugar increases in the diet of 10 year olds, there is a linear decrease in the intake of many essential nutrients.
132. Sugar can increase the total amount of food consumed.
133. Exposing a newewborn to sugar results in a heightened preference for sucrose relative to water at 6 months and 2 years of age.
134. Sugar causes constipation.
135. Sugar causes varicous veins.
136. Sugar can cause brain decay in prediabetic and diabetic women.
137. Sugar can increase the risk of stomach cancer.
138. Sugar can cause metabolic syndrome.
139. Sugar ingestion by pregant women increases neural tube defects in embryos.
140. Sugar can be a factor in asthma.
141. The higher the sugar consumption the more chances of getting irritable bowel syndrome.
142. Sugar could affect central nervous systems.
143. Sugar can cause cancer of the rectum.
144. Sugar can cause endometrial cancer.
145. Sugar can cause renal (kidney) cell carcinoma.
146. Sugar can cause liver trumors.

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• Naturally sweet with no calories
• Supports glucose metabolism
• Aids in cardiovascular health
• Contains anti-bacterial properties

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