3 to 4 Gals. of diet pepsi daily

[urge2kill]

Originally Posted by thebow

That's really bad as everyone has already said, too much aspartame for long term health due to it's possible health risks.

He's probably the reason the FDA allowed aspartame and sucralose. If it was sweetened with cane sugar, he'd have diabetes already.

Originally Posted by triguy98

The rest of the time its gatorade, water, or juice.

Juice will give you diabetes too. Fruit is better, and it retains its benefits if you put it in a food processor rather than a juicer.

Originally Posted by triguy98

The cancer warning was taken off the artifical sweetners because it was revealed that the amount of the stuff pumped into the study rats was many times their body weight. Maybe about the same amount as several gallons a day would accumulate.

I just read the WebMD article. There are more problems wit the study than that.
http://www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20051118/rat-study-shows-cancer-aspartame-link

Originally Posted by alienator

Natural doesn't mean healthy, just as synthetic doesn't mean unhealthy.

If it's not found in nature, your body doesn't need it. It's an unnecessary risk.

 

[RonSwanson]

I would cut back. That much is not healthy whatsoever. Caffeine has a time and place, but that much soda can really harm your body.