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PDJane

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93. Aspartame, unlabeled, in chocolate milk, would mean havoc for those who are sensitive to the stuff.
Mon Feb 25, 2013, 06:05 PM
Feb 2013

It's a neuroexcitotoxin, and I'm one of those people who gets headaches from the stuff.

Dairy Industry Wants to Put Aspartame in Milk [View all] The Straight Story Feb 2013 OP
Oh FUCK no! CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2013 #1
Read the article, it is flavored milk AverageMe Feb 2013 #59
Text from the petition asking for this AverageMe Feb 2013 #65
Fine, IF they FIND ANY SAFE AND SUITABLE SWEETENER elleng Feb 2013 #126
It's more than that.....it's products (like yogurt) that parents regularly feed children.... tpsbmam Feb 2013 #101
So does that mean you agree with them or no? nm rhett o rick Feb 2013 #119
So what? People should be able to decide whether they will accept aspartame pnwmom Feb 2013 #120
Me too ... I avoid aspartame like the plague OwnedByCats Feb 2013 #134
It's occultism (R) Berlum Feb 2013 #135
It gives me migraines, too, and general extreme joint pain. loudsue Feb 2013 #143
WTF? Marrah_G Feb 2013 #2
Why? Fawke Em Feb 2013 #3
I don't want my milk to taste sweet. I want it the way it is! LiberalFighter Feb 2013 #58
Exactly my point. Fawke Em Feb 2013 #70
It is only for milk that already contains sugar, choc milk, whipped cream, eggnog, etc. uppityperson Feb 2013 #86
Exactly. They want to start offering low calorie diet dairy foods. Xithras Feb 2013 #102
FEW READ BEYOND THE HEADLINE SINCE IT IS ONLY FOR ALREADY SUGARED MILK PRODUCTS uppityperson Feb 2013 #103
BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO CHANGE THE LABEL pnwmom Feb 2013 #122
THEY NEED TO BE ID'D EASILY I AGREE uppityperson Feb 2013 #127
There are several low calorie/glycemic alternatives to aspartame which some people are allergic to. KittyWampus Feb 2013 #130
It still should be labeled, so people who need to avoid aspartame pnwmom Feb 2013 #121
And What would be the reason for this? montanacowboy Feb 2013 #4
My guess for their reasoning kentauros Feb 2013 #14
Jesus christ. I drank milk every day in school because that's all there was! DireStrike Feb 2013 #47
It goes beyond soda machines, though. kentauros Feb 2013 #51
So aspartame is the solution? wow... DireStrike Feb 2013 #109
As I understand the issue with this story kentauros Feb 2013 #114
Why? HappyMe Feb 2013 #5
How awful OwnedByCats Feb 2013 #137
Am I supposed to want my milk "sweetened"? get the red out Feb 2013 #6
K&R for the power of QUESTIONS!!! patrice Feb 2013 #34
Here's a link for comments: let the FDA know what you think Sienna86 Feb 2013 #7
If people posting here really care, let the FDA know your feelings. WHEN CRABS ROAR Feb 2013 #69
I will, and I do. It's just exhausting at times because it's every day 24/7 of this bullshit. October Feb 2013 #92
Yeah I know, seems like the will of the corporation always wins, WHEN CRABS ROAR Feb 2013 #95
It does. October Feb 2013 #145
Always looking for new ways to poison us. santamargarita Feb 2013 #8
Really. Can't believe people are 'defending' it with "...it's for already sweetened milks..." October Feb 2013 #91
I'm retired from the airlines after 42 Years in the santamargarita Feb 2013 #100
Really? October Feb 2013 #144
"more easily identity its overall nutritional value" by adding a chemical and not telling us? niyad Feb 2013 #9
Pure doublespeak. surrealAmerican Feb 2013 #23
Maybe they need a sweetener grntuscarora Feb 2013 #10
that's what I was thinking... ProfessionalLeftist Feb 2013 #12
I mean really, when you think about it MynameisBlarney Feb 2013 #52
WTH for? ProfessionalLeftist Feb 2013 #11
One of the many reasons I bought a VitaMix blender kentauros Feb 2013 #16
Hmmm...wonder if you could make almondmilk ProfessionalLeftist Feb 2013 #17
You can make "ice cream" with the VitaMix kentauros Feb 2013 #20
Now I'm hungry! ProfessionalLeftist Feb 2013 #27
I bought mine new, kentauros Feb 2013 #29
Yea just checked the prices (new) ProfessionalLeftist Feb 2013 #31
Think of it as a lifetime investment. kentauros Feb 2013 #37
I know most people who own them swear by them...health benefits, etc. ProfessionalLeftist Feb 2013 #68
They do help for eating better. kentauros Feb 2013 #72
My Vitamix chervilant Feb 2013 #110
Almond milk chase48 Feb 2013 #42
Yes it would, because you don't "juice" nuts to make milk from them. kentauros Feb 2013 #43
If you want naturally sweeter milk drink organic milk. Leave aspartame OUT of it! JaneyVee Feb 2013 #13
Drank organic milk before switching to nut and soymilks ProfessionalLeftist Feb 2013 #18
Yeah, organic milk is ultra-pasteurized to a higher temp (220f) which releases its natural sugars JaneyVee Feb 2013 #19
Do they mean in regular milk or in those flavored ones? Lone_Star_Dem Feb 2013 #15
If you read the article, would apply to flavored milk, yogurt, cream.... Avalux Feb 2013 #33
That makes a bit more sense but it's still a bad idea, IMO. Lone_Star_Dem Feb 2013 #38
Historically, WI has been pretty uptight about milk quality. This will be interesting to watch HereSince1628 Feb 2013 #21
Aspartame makes me dizzy Kolesar Feb 2013 #22
Aspartame is poison. Hell No! Avalux Feb 2013 #24
According to Snopes.com, there is no study that says aspartame is dangerous to humans davidn3600 Feb 2013 #40
Snopes is correct. Avalux Feb 2013 #44
Re. the methanol issue. JohnyCanuck Feb 2013 #61
Thank you, just as I suspected. Avalux Feb 2013 #76
Snopes is absolutely NOT correct. Some people are essentially allergic to that crap and others have KittyWampus Feb 2013 #131
Snopes is correct that no clinical trials have deemed aspartame unsafe. Avalux Feb 2013 #142
Just because OwnedByCats Feb 2013 #138
Milk is for calves, not people veganlush Feb 2013 #25
I tried cow, camel, moose, horse, sheep, and buffalo milk.. One would have to pry that glass of idwiyo Feb 2013 #41
More aspartame side effects revealed - headaches, blurred vision, neurological symptoms and more OhioChick Feb 2013 #26
Natural news is not a legit site MattBaggins Feb 2013 #71
Never heard of the site before OhioChick Feb 2013 #80
There are tons of OwnedByCats Feb 2013 #140
Aspartame was on a list a neurologist gave me of substances to avoid pnwmom Feb 2013 #123
There are a host of issues associated with aspartame. Many subsets of population that must avoid it. KittyWampus Feb 2013 #132
And I want anabolic steroids in my Muscle Milk Ezlivin Feb 2013 #28
Aspartame is a poison that affects protein synthesis by the human body ChromeFoundry Feb 2013 #30
Aspartame: Brought to you by the BFEE. alp227 Feb 2013 #57
Mercola is tin foil woo woo silliness MattBaggins Feb 2013 #73
No,Linus Paulings' critics said his Vit C research was woowoo, he outlived most of them by 30 years. diane in sf Feb 2013 #97
You related to that Baggins over in Environment & Energy who loves nukes??? diane in sf Feb 2013 #98
wow - interesting! BuddhaGirl Feb 2013 #77
Mercola is utter, complete bullshit and should never be cited Codeine Feb 2013 #112
And one is supposed to take your word as valid? ChromeFoundry Feb 2013 #115
I have no dispute with the thesis, merely the source for your info. Codeine Feb 2013 #116
Same goes for J.W. Childs, The Dairy Association, Big Pharma, etc... ChromeFoundry Feb 2013 #118
FIRST-- Why the freak would you had sweetner to milk? SECOND--More importantly what about people diabeticman Feb 2013 #32
They don't appear to have thought this one through, kentauros Feb 2013 #39
Chocolate milk and eggnog. I agree it needs to be clearly id'd for those of us who can not uppityperson Feb 2013 #128
Light & heavy cream, sour cream, yogurt, nonfat dry milk could also have unlabeled aspartame DeschutesRiver Feb 2013 #147
If I were an entreprenur I would go into the almond-milk business. That's all I ever use AND it's patrice Feb 2013 #35
HIGH calcium + very very low fat. patrice Feb 2013 #36
I did not know about that. A couple of questions. randome Feb 2013 #46
It is more expensive. kentauros Feb 2013 #64
I'm a creature of habit, so I usually only go to the closest grocery store. patrice Feb 2013 #99
No. woo me with science Feb 2013 #45
I used to be able to buy yogurt sweetened with aspartame. Silver Swan Feb 2013 #48
Pick your poison... IthinkThereforeIAM Feb 2013 #84
I buy my yogurt plain LWolf Feb 2013 #107
Other than chocolate milk Hayabusa Feb 2013 #49
Stevia chase48 Feb 2013 #50
If you drink diet sodas as I did, really read my above post chase48 Feb 2013 #56
i'm a convert to stevia too shanti Feb 2013 #129
FWIW, it's also illegal to put stevia in milk. Xithras Feb 2013 #104
Backwards logic, to be sure. LWolf Feb 2013 #108
Why? geardaddy Feb 2013 #53
Yet another reason to use almond milk. Blue_In_AK Feb 2013 #54
Because you think this means aspartame milk would be the only kind of of cow's milk available? Silent3 Feb 2013 #62
Of course not, Blue_In_AK Feb 2013 #111
Why on earth? Because milk isn't toxic enough? Why not stevia, if they have to put something in? nt valerief Feb 2013 #55
Why are people acting like the plan here is to secretly add aspartame to all milk? Silent3 Feb 2013 #60
Maybe it's the "not change the label" grntuscarora Feb 2013 #67
Fair enough. My bad. I'd read a different article yesterday and assumed this one to be the same. Silent3 Feb 2013 #75
Actually, it's "Jesus Christ on a trailer hitch" Avalux Feb 2013 #83
Why are people acting like the plan here is to secretly add aspartame to all milk? AlbertCat Feb 2013 #96
So this is for Diet Chocolate? Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #63
Diet Lard? kentauros Feb 2013 #66
Or a touch of Anthrax? Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #74
You might have to issue a Black Flag for that... kentauros Feb 2013 #78
That sounds like a bug report. Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #81
And that bug is vicious, kentauros Feb 2013 #82
Not the other one... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #89
Okay, I can't go any further than that! kentauros Feb 2013 #90
Gourmet Diet Lard Berlum Feb 2013 #136
British lard, no less. kentauros Feb 2013 #139
I love how every time they want to fuck with food & not tell people on the label, it's because Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #79
It's such nonsense RedCappedBandit Feb 2013 #125
Why haven't all soft drinks switched to Splenda? Taverner Feb 2013 #85
Rhineheitsgebot SCVDem Feb 2013 #87
Big Dairy is as twisted as all of Big Ag, Big Chem & Big Genetically Mutant Berlum Feb 2013 #88
Aspartame, unlabeled, in chocolate milk, would mean havoc for those who are sensitive to the stuff. PDJane Feb 2013 #93
That headline is very misleading. ManiacJoe Feb 2013 #94
BOOOOOOO! grasswire Feb 2013 #105
What a stupid idea!!! Rosa Luxemburg Feb 2013 #106
Liquid pumped out of animal tits on an industrial scale Codeine Feb 2013 #113
Since aspartame has ZERO nutritional value Canuckistanian Feb 2013 #117
Fine, but why can't they properly label it? RedCappedBandit Feb 2013 #124
What about horsemeat? Heywood J Feb 2013 #133
I lived in the UK for ten years OwnedByCats Feb 2013 #141
Aspartame is totally safe and I have no problem w/ dairies adding it to milk Nevernose Feb 2013 #146
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