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Sweet Nothings? Sugar Substitutes and Weight Gain

Paul Spector, M.D. | Posted 07.17.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Sugar Substitutes, Cyclamate, Nutrition, Evolution, Artificial Sweeteners, Diet, Splenda, Saccharine, Nutrasweet, Sugar, Sugar Substitute, Artificial Sweeteners Health, Diet and Nutrition, Healthy Living News
Paul Spector, M.D.

When man tampered with nature and uncoupled the sweetness sensory signal from caloric load, a pairing that we adjusted to for thousands of generations, our capacity to know when we had enough was eradicated.

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Donald Rumsfeld and the Strange History of Aspartame

Robbie Gennet | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Big Pharma, Aspartame, Cancer Prevention, Ronald Reagan, Rumsfeld, Donald Rumsfeld, Fda, Monsanto, Diet Coke, Soft Drinks, Pharmaceutical Industry, Organic Food, Food Politics, Food, Food Safety, Doctors, Cancer, Food and Drug Administration, Nutrasweet, Home News
Robbie Gennet

Yes, that Donald Rumsfeld, the "knowns and unknowns" guy who remarkably executed some of the worst decisions in American foreign policy and got a meda...

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A Dangerous Spin On The Cancer Risks Of Sugar-Free Sweeteners

Samuel S. Epstein | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Aspartame, Cancer Prevention, Crystal Light, Weight Loss, Cancer, Sweeteners, Nutrasweet, Sugar, Health, Healthy Living News
Samuel S. Epstein

In 1975, a FDA Task Force conducted a comprehensive review of the scientific literature on the toxicity of aspartame, revealing suppressed evidence on the toxic and carcinogenic effects of aspartame.

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Quitting Soda Cold Turkey

Jerusha Klemperer | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: The Atlantic Monthly, Coca-Cola, Nutrition, Soda, New York Times, Cancer, Diet Coke, Nutrasweet, Healthy Living News
Jerusha Klemperer

This is my coming out party. I, um, drink soda. Specifically, Diet Coke. Sometimes I manage to quit, but then I always come a'crawlin' back.

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