Diet Coke - Why not?

Today I caught myself haranguing my colleague, Angela, in my inimitable fashion, for drinking Diet Coke.

Angela suffers - like a great many of us - from a well endowed rear!
I have a theory - unproven but a theory nonetheless - that Diet Coke is in fact fattening. After all, how often do you see slim people walking around with a Diet Coke?
In fact, a little searching reveals a study from the University of Texas (published in 2005) that reveals that it is a fact! (Dr Mercola)

Diet colas are laced with Aspartame, also sold as NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, Canderel, E951, etc

Now I find that it not only affects the liver, but is a well known neurotoxin that both mimics and precipitates multiple sclerosis.

There are millions of Diet Coke drinkers that are oblivious to how much they are harming themselves. A can of Diet Coke has less than 10kj, but contains artificial sweeteners, stimulates appetite and increases cravings for sweet foods.

In 2005, it was reported that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) delayed approval of aspartame (NutraSweet) for almost 10 years, because it was a proven health hazard. When it was finally approved, it was through political and bureaucratic manoeuvring - not on the basis of science.

In fact, Mary Stoddard (author of Deadly Deception - The Story of Aspartame) writes the following "Aspartame can sabotage weight loss attempts" (http://www.befreetech.com/aspartame_facts.htm)

We have to accept responsibility for our own health - and one way to do that is to become better informed.

Support your body nutritionally and you'll find a lot of your ailments miraculously disappears!