aspartame?

December 29, 2001

I went to the link which you so graciously provided, , and found that this

woman's research finds nothing wrong with aspartame!

Any other thoughts on this? I was not of the impression that there was an

artificial sweetener on the market that did NOT mean serious challenges to

health. The nomenclature escapes me now, but the one in diet drinks has been

strongly correlated with such traumas as M. S.

What say you, ? And the rest of you erudite O's?

Frances

Maskell wrote:

As an aside, some folks worry about carbonation & calcium

loss. Turns out it's the caffeine, not the carbonation,

that's to blame.

Crystal replied:

> Actually my ND told me its the phosphoric acid in the sodas

> that cause the loss of calcium (I think it inteferes with

> absorption of the calcium or something like this)

I also have heard several times that carbonated drinks are not good

for your bone because of the phosphorus. Two

different reasons have been given: 1) phosphorus binds to the calcium

in your stomach and prevents absorption of the calcium into your

blood, and 2) high phosphorus in your blood draws calcium out of your

bones. When I searched recent medical articles and textbooks (for

hours!), I could find nothing supporting this.

~Rebekah Wang-Cheng, MD

Researchers say that drinking carbonated beverages does not result in

bone loss but they suggest that the

growing displacement of milk by soft drinks in the American diet is

harmful to bones and health in general.

Published in the August issue of the American Journal of Clinical

Nutrition, the study evaluated four types of

beverages, two non-cola-type beverages, one caffeinated and one not,

and two cola-type beverages, one caffeinated and

one not. The researchers used milk and water as control beverages.

Measurable calcium loss appeared in the urine of subjects following

the use of caffeinated beverages. {snip} The non-caffeinated beverages

had no effect on calcium.

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