The time to get healthy thread.

updawg · Jul 3, 2008

finalsbound said:

That's nothing compared to the Plain Jane baked potato. 2200+ calories and 170+ grams of fat. I currently work at Jason's and have people order it all the time. I just can't believe a potato can be that bad for you.
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Damn, my wifes been having morning sickness and that’s one of the things she really likes to eat. The chick behind the counter must think I am crazy since I get them once or twice a week. I've been trying to avoid them since I need to lower cholesterol, I knew it was bad but not that bad. I really need to avoid it from now on.

updawg · Jul 3, 2008

and also, I'm really impressed by some of yalls stories. keep it up. I recently started swimming consistently... if only I stopped drinking beer it would help a ton

ClutchCityReturns · Jul 3, 2008

Ziggy said:

I still don't understand the anti-sodium kick. Whats the problem with sodium again? Is it blood pressure related or something? My body usually craves sodium after I work up a big sweat. I can genuinely sense my body crying out for a pickle or something.
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I do it to keep my blood pressure regulated. I also take a pill a day for my calcium (100%) and magnesium (100%), as well as a pomegranate pill that gives me 100% of my recommended potassium. Those three minerals help to counteract sodium in the body.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/sodium/NU00284

Sodium: Essential in small amounts

Your body needs some sodium to function properly. Sodium:

* Helps maintain the right balance of fluids in your body
* Helps transmit nerve impulses
* Influences the contraction and relaxation of muscles

Your kidneys regulate the amount of sodium kept in your body. When sodium levels are low, your kidneys conserve sodium. When levels are high, they excrete the excess amount in urine.

If your kidneys can't eliminate enough sodium, the sodium starts to accumulate in your blood. Because sodium attracts and holds water, your blood volume increases. Increased blood volume, in turn, makes your heart work harder to move more blood through your blood vessels, increasing pressure in your arteries. Certain diseases such as congestive heart failure, cirrhosis and chronic kidney disease can lead to an inability to regulate sodium.

Some people are more sensitive to the effects of sodium than are others. People who are sodium sensitive retain sodium more easily, leading to excess fluid retention and increased blood pressure. If you're in that group, extra sodium in your diet increases your chance of developing high blood pressure, a condition that can lead to cardiovascular and kidney diseases.
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ClutchCityReturns · Jul 3, 2008

Mr. Brightside said:

Are these made from Splenda or Aspartame by any chance? I couldn't see the label properly.
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Aspartame

Is Aspartame Dangerous?

Urban Myth Still Circulating on the Internet
Marion Franz
1 August 2002

Q: I received an e-mail recently that has been circulating around the Internet since 1995. It concerns the sweetener aspartame. Is this sweetener dangerous to use?

Doris Mountjoy
Escondido, California

Diabetes Health asked Marion Franz, MS, RN, CDE, of Nutrition Concepts by Franz to respond to this.

A: This e-mail and others like it continue to be passed around on the Internet even though there is no scientific evidence to support the claims linking aspartame to fibro-myalgia, lupus, multiple sclerosis (MS), Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, Gulf War syndrome and seizures.

Repeated studies in peer-reviewed journals show no adverse effects of aspartame in relation to seizures (in rats, children, or adults), weight gain, body temperature, cognitive/behavioral/neuropsychiatric/neurophysiologic function, brain/intestinal/liver hormones or enzymes, brain tumors, cancer, birth defects (in rats or humans), Parkinson's disease, allergic responses, blood pressure, or carbohydrate and lipid metabolism.

In 2001, the journal Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology published an evaluation of aspartame's use and safety since its approval (vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 221-233). This evaluation, which cited extensive scientific research investigating various allegations, reported that no causal relationship between aspartame and adverse effects had been found and that, even in amounts many times what people typically consume, aspartame is safe.

For example, 12 ounces of a typical diet drink contain about 200 mg of aspartame. Healthy men have ingested up to 10,000 mg of aspartame without exhibiting any side effects.

Many organizations—including the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation, the Fibromyalgia Wellness Letter and the American Diabetes Association—have issued statements refuting the claims that have been circulated on the Internet.

Aspartame does contain methanol [wood alcohol]. However, many fruits and vegetables also contain methanol. In fact, there is more methanol in a glass of tomato juice than in a diet drink. The body treats methanol the same whether it comes from fruit or from aspartame.

All nonnutritive sweeteners—such as aspartame—must undergo rigorous testing and must be judged safe for the public to consume before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves them for marketing.

Furthermore, the FDA determines an Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) for many food additives, including nonnutritive sweeteners. The ADI represents an intake level that is considered very safe even if maintained each day throughout a person's lifetime.

In the case of aspartame, the ADI is 1/100th of the level that has been tested and shown to be safe. The ADI for a 50-pound child is 7 diet sodas or 32 packets of sweetener per day.

Editor's note: In the June 7, 1999, issue of the Wall Street Journal, Marilyn Chase reported that since the FDA approved aspartame in 1981, it has received more than 7,000 consumer complaints about the product—the most common complaint being a headache. Controlled trials, however, were unable to make any link between aspartame use and headaches.
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Rocket River · Jul 3, 2008

ClutchCityReturns said:

Aspartame
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I don't know if it is psychological or what
but
aspertine does give me headaches
even in a Blind Test

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