[Diabetes-talk] Sugar drinks

[Mike Freeman]

I shouldn't think there would be enough formaldehyde in the body resulting from drinking sodas to cause the effects alleged. Most of the research was done on rodents and, frankly, they aren't as good models for human interaction as people would like you to believe. 

Mike Freeman
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On Mar 26, 2013, at 3:32, Denise Robinson <deniserob at gmail.com> wrote:

> Artificial sweetners  turn to formaldehyde in the body when processed.  The by products in them also make you crave them. They can actually contribute to weight gain. Tons of research on it but you will have to do digging on it as the diet companies do not want you to know this....
> 
> Denise M Robinson
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On Mar 26, 2013, at 2:09 AM, Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> You mention not drinking sugar drinks, and this makes me think of
>> something. Is this really a problem for diabetics? Of course this is
>> rhetorical, but what's the problem with diet drinks? Maybe it's because
>> I've been diabetic since the age of four, but I always opt for diet
>> drinks or water. I know so many diabetics who don't do this, and I guess
>> I don't understand why it's such a big deal. I always assumed it was a
>> given a diabetic  would avoid the sugary drinks but guess not... And
>> it's kind of like alcohol, it's empty calories, and I'd rather spend
>> calories on actual food than a drink, grin.
>> 
>> Bridgit
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>> Of Sandi Ryan
>> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 10:00 AM
>> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] victoza
>> 
>> 
>> Last year my husband and I drove to convention.  We brought along a big 
>> cooler full of eggs, some bacon, salad veggies, little pouches of
>> chicken, 
>> ham, etc., and we brought along our Keurig single-cup coffeemaker and a
>> tiny 
>> electric frying pan.  We replenished food as needed at local grocery
>> stores 
>> and ate breakfast and lunch in our room.  At dinner we went out to a
>> local 
>> restaurant and enjoyed reasonable food.
>> 
>> If you didn't drive, you could probably ship the cooler, pan, and any
>> canned