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>> On 5/23/2014 12:30 AM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
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>>>>> "Jeßus" > wrote in message
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>>>>>> On Wed, 21 May 2014 22:35:31 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>>>>> > wrote:
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Travis McGee" > wrote in message
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>>>>>>>> http://www.latimes.com/science/la-sc...521-story.html
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> FDA approves a new artificial sweetener
>>>>>>>> Advantame
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Say hello to advantame, aspartame's intensely sweet cousin, which
>>>>>>>> got
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> nod to enter the U.S. food market on Wednesday from the Food and
>>>>>>>> Drug
>>>>>>>> Administration. Advantame -- which does not yet having a catchy
>>>>>>>> marketing
>>>>>>>> name -- is the sixth artificial sweetener on the U.S. market to
>>>>>>>> receive
>>>>>>>> the FDA's blessing as a safe food additive.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Advantame joins five other artificial sweeteners: saccharine,
>>>>>>>> aspartame,
>>>>>>>> sucralose, neotame and acesulfame potassium--better known by their
>>>>>>>> respective commercial names, Sweet'N Low, Equal, Splenda and
>>>>>>>> Newtame
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> Sweet One. (The sweetener Stevia, made from the leaves of the South
>>>>>>>> American Stevia rebaudiana plant, has not required explicit FDA
>>>>>>>> approval,
>>>>>>>> as it fell under the FDA's "generally regarded as safe" clause.)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Advantame is 20,000 times sweeter, gram per gram, than table sugar,
>>>>>>>> making
>>>>>>>> it the sweetest, by far, of the bunch. (By comparison, aspartame,
>>>>>>>> sucralose and saccharine range from 200 to 700 times sweeter than
>>>>>>>> table
>>>>>>>> sugar.) It is a white crystalline sweetener that flows freely and
>>>>>>>> dissolves in water.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Advantame does not break down under heat, and thus is expected to
>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>> used
>>>>>>>> to sweeten baked goods, dessert confections, jams and jellies, and
>>>>>>>> syrups
>>>>>>>> and toppings, as well as soft drinks. (The FDA said it is not for
>>>>>>>> use
>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>> meat and poultry.)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Unlike sugar, honey or molasses, advantame and the other
>>>>>>>> "high-intensity"
>>>>>>>> sweeteners it joins on the U.S. market add no substantial calories
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> foods or drinks they flavor. They also do not generally raise blood
>>>>>>>> sugar
>>>>>>>> levels in humans.
>>>>>>>> About the only way this stuff could harm you is if you were run
>>>>>>>> over
>>>>>>>> by a
>>>>>>>> truck that was delivering it. - Josh Bloom, American Council on
>>>>>>>> Science
>>>>>>>> and Health, discussing advantame on his blog
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The safety of these artificial sweeteners has been widely
>>>>>>>> challenged,
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> some nutritionists maintain the intense sweetness they bring to
>>>>>>>> foods
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> drinks may confound normal metabolic processes and prime consumers'
>>>>>>>> tastes
>>>>>>>> for highly-sweetened (and often highly caloric) products. But the
>>>>>>>> FDA
>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>> Wednesday declared advantame safe, and reiterated its position that
>>>>>>>> other
>>>>>>>> artificial sweeteners on the market with its permission are safe
>>>>>>>> when
>>>>>>>> consumed in concentrations that are customarily used.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Like aspartame, advantame contains phenylalanine, which is
>>>>>>>> metabolized
>>>>>>>> with difficulty by people with a rare genetic disorder,
>>>>>>>> phenylketonuria.
>>>>>>>> But because of its intense sweetness, advantame would be used at
>>>>>>>> much
>>>>>>>> lower volumes than is asparatame. As a result, the FDA has declared
>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> it can be safely consumed by those with phenylketonuria.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In finding advantame safe for the general population, the U.S.
>>>>>>>> Public
>>>>>>>> Health Service's Capt. Andrew Zajac, director of the FDA's Division
>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>> Petition Review, said the agency took into account the findings of
>>>>>>>> 37
>>>>>>>> studies conducted on animals and humans. Those studies explored
>>>>>>>> whether,
>>>>>>>> when consumed in expected volumes, advantame was harmful to the
>>>>>>>> immune,
>>>>>>>> nervous or reproductive systems, or to the development of fetuses
>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>> children.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The FDA set the safe daily consumption level of advantame at 32.8
>>>>>>>> milligrams per kilogram of body weight--the equivalent of 40,000
>>>>>>>> packets
>>>>>>>> of advantame. The agency has declared 165 packets per day (per kilo
>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>> body weight) as the acceptable daily intake of aspartame and
>>>>>>>> sucralose
>>>>>>>> (Equal and Splenda), and 250 packets per day (per kilo of body
>>>>>>>> weight)
>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>> saccharine (Sweet'N Low).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "It was virtually impossible to find a toxic dose in animals, and
>>>>>>>> there
>>>>>>>> were no signs of carcinogenicity, reproductive or developmental
>>>>>>>> toxicity,
>>>>>>>> or any other systemic toxicity in animals or humans," Josh Bloom of
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> American Council on Science and Health wrote on his blog Wednesday.
>>>>>>>> "About
>>>>>>>> the only way this stuff could harm you is if you were run over by a
>>>>>>>> truck
>>>>>>>> that was delivering it."
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Purveyors of dietary supplements who routinely warn of artificial
>>>>>>>> sweeteners' dangers, he added, will undoubtedly find something
>>>>>>>> "wrong"
>>>>>>>> with advantame and offer a natural alternative. "After all" he
>>>>>>>> wrote,
>>>>>>>> "we
>>>>>>>> all need to make a living."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> They had just better not mess with my soft drinks! I hated it when
>>>>>>> they
>>>>>>> added Splenda.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yeah, soft drink. That would be right. Diabetes not self inflicted,
>>>>>> LOL (the artificial sweetener is irrelevant). Your diet is shit.
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh? Pears, beans, Ciabatta bread sandwiches...shit? What planet do
>>>>> you
>>>>> live on? And no, diabetes is never self inflicted for anyone.
>>>>
>>>> Yes it is. You know it, too. I know I became diabetic because I ate
>>>> way
>>>> too many carbs and let my weight increase. People abuse their
>>>> pancreases
>>>> and that leads to diabetes.
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>>
>>>> That is utter nonsense!
>>>
>>> No it is not. It is metabolic syndrome. The pancreas has to keep
>>> pumping
>>> out more and more insulin until finally it just craps out. That is why
>>> losing weight helps prevent the onset because being fat leads to insulin
>>> resistance. I am the only diabetic in my family. I am the only
>>> overweight
>>> person in my family. I am the only person who ate his weight in pasta
>>> and
>>> pizza crusts. Everyone else gets to eat what they want because they
>>> just
>>> took better care of themselves. I gave myself type II diabetes. It did
>>> not
>>> have to happen.
>>
>> People to cause their own diabetes by being obese. That's documented
>> science.
>>
>> Some people, however are type 2 diabetics because of genetics or a prior
>> bout of pancritis (sp). My mom had the pancreatic illness and 10 years
>> later she was diagnosed type 2 but she was so insulin resistant that she
>> was on insulin very quickly after diagnosis.
>>
>> My DH's dad was diagnosed at exactly the same age as DH was. Neither
>> were obese.
>
>
> Diet plays a very large role in the progression towards diabetes. There
> are
> also factors like environmental contamination nobody wants to discuss.
> Young and fit people are being diagnosed more every year with type II.
> But
> diet is a major factor. On average Americans consume 69 pounds of sugar
> per
> year. Not fruit sugar but processed cane sugar and corn syrup. That is
> just unbelievable. People also do not realize the glycemic potential of
> flour. When you are diabetic and you see the effect a piece of toast can
> have on your blood sugar you realize just how much glucose is in each gram
> of carbs and how fast that carb is converted in the stomach.
>
> ========
>
> There is also growing evidence of links between various cancers and diet,
> so then I guess everyone who doesn't have cancer of any kind can just use
> a blanket statement toward those who do/have had cancer, that "you brought
> it on yourselves" without knowing details of the individual. Ridiculous.

Correction: I wrote "I gave myself diabetes." Maybe other people get it
some other way but I know how I got it.



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