The Journey begins here...So Get your ass in gear for February

[Ringing Cedars]

The Journey begins here...So Get your ass in gear for February

Hey Grateful~don't you just want to pinch her cheeks? How's your day going?
Ruby safe travels when you do get on the road. xo

[Grateful]

The Journey begins here...So Get your ass in gear for February

Hi, Vicki!! I'm so glad that you have your internet back!!!! You sound like you are feeling great today. I should be able to call you today after Addy leaves...............

[Grateful]

The Journey begins here...So Get your ass in gear for February

Hey, RC...another early start for me.....my daughter says that Addy sleeps from 8:30p to 9:30a at her house....NOT here....she went to bed at 9...woke up around 1:30 for a bottle and got back up at 5am...I guess our house is just so exciting she doesn't want to miss anything! So, since I was up, I started baking...Ruby's apple dumplings so I can send some home with my daughter and brownies (nothing extra added) so that I can send them to Swannie. Next up - tortellini soup!

[Ringing Cedars]

The Journey begins here...So Get your ass in gear for February

Grateful;1054622 wrote: Nora..I've been drinking diet coke since 8am....please don't tell RC.....she will think so bad of me :H

Ahhemm...in the words of our beloved Sunni. Not a word. NOT a WORD.

[Grateful]

The Journey begins here...So Get your ass in gear for February

Do you think there is a website for diet coke-a-holics???

[Ringing Cedars]

The Journey begins here...So Get your ass in gear for February

Hey Vicki LOL re: is it Feb here. Glad you're back on line.

[Grateful]

The Journey begins here...So Get your ass in gear for February

Do you guys think I will ever make it to senior member....I came here way before MB and Vicki too....guess I need to open my mouth more..............

[Ringing Cedars]

The Journey begins here...So Get your ass in gear for February

Ooo all that sounds good Grateful(except the sleep deprivation).

You's will have to start a support group I think.

[sick of being sick]

The Journey begins here...So Get your ass in gear for February

Oh, my, goodness, Roger, sounds like you are having a really rough day. Now let's take a deep breath and lay around and rest today, okay? Come on, let's get happy! You know you wanna laugh, now don't you? Sending prayers up for you and Sue. Hey, sweet Grateful, I'm not senior member yet, and I talk ALL THE TIME! I love you! RC, I drink sprite zero. It doesn't have caffein or nothing bad, right? Okay, going off now. I love you all! Vicki

[Ringing Cedars]

The Journey begins here...So Get your ass in gear for February

Like MOI???

[Grateful]

The Journey begins here...So Get your ass in gear for February

Love you too, Vick.

[Ringing Cedars]

The Journey begins here...So Get your ass in gear for February

This is a bit outdated as far as current regs but the essential info is there.
Diet soda is NOT a diet product! It is a chemically altered, multiple SODIUM (salt) and ASPARTAME containing product that actually makes you crave carbohydrates.. It is far more likely to make you GAIN weight!

These products also contain formaldehyde, which stores in the fat cells, particularly in the hips and thighs..
Formaldehyde is an absolute toxin and is used primarily to preserve 'tissue specimens.'

Many products we use every day contain this chemical but we SHOULD NOT store it IN our body!

Dr. H. J. Roberts stated in his lectures that once free of the 'diet products' and with no significant increase in exercise; his patients lost an average of 19 pounds over a trial period.

Aspartame is especially dangerous for diabetics.
We found that some physicians, who believed that they had a patient with retinopathy, in fact, had symptoms caused by Aspartame.
The Aspartame drives the blood sugar out of control.
Thus diabetics may suffer acute memory loss due to the fact that aspartic acid and phenylalanine are NEUROTOXIC when taken without the other amino acids necessary for a good balance.

Treating diabetes is all about BALANCE.
Especially with diabetics, the Aspartame passes the blood/brain barrier and it then deteriorates the neurons of the brain; causing various levels of brain damage, Seizures, Depression, Manic depression, Panic attacks,
Uncontrollable anger and rage.

Consumption of Aspartame causes these same symptoms in non-diabetics as well. Documentation and observation also reveal that thousands of children diagnosed with ADD and ADHD have had complete turnarounds in their behaviour when these chemicals have been removed from their diet.

So called 'behaviour modification prescription drugs' (Ritalin and others) are no longer needed. Truth be told, they were never NEEDED in the first place!

Most of these children were being 'poisoned' on a daily basis with the very foods that were 'better for them than sugar.'

It is also suspected that the Aspartame in thousands of pallets of diet Coke and diet Pepsi consumed by men and women fighting in the Gulf War, may be partially to blame for the well-known Gulf War Syndrome.

Dr. Roberts warns that it can cause birth defects, i.e. mental retardation, if taken at the time of conception and during early pregnancy. Children are especially at risk for neurological disorders and should NEVER be given artificial sweeteners.

There are many different case histories to relate of children suffering grand mal seizures and other neurological disturbances talking about a plague of neurological diseases directly caused by the use of this deadly poison.'

Herein lies the problem:
There were Congressional Hearings when Aspartame was included in 100 different products and strong objection was made concerning its use. Since this initial hearing, there have been two subsequent hearings, and still nothing has been done. The drug and chemical lobbies have very deep pockets.

Sadly, MONSANTO'S patent on Aspartame has EXPIRED!
There are now over 5,000 products on the market that contain this deadly chemical and there will be thousands more introduced. Everybody wants a 'piece of the Aspartame pie.'

I assure you that MONSANTO, the creator of Aspartame, knows how deadly it is.
And isn't it ironic that MONSANTO funds, among others, the American Diabetes Association, the American Dietetic Association and the Conference of the American College of Physicians?

This has been recently exposed in the New York Times.
These [organizations] cannot criticize any additives or convey their link to MONSANTO because they take money from the food industry and are required to endorse their products.

Senator Howard Metzenbaum wrote and presented a bill that would require label warnings on products containing Aspartame, especially regarding pregnant women, children and infants.

The bill would also institute independent studies on the known dangers and the problems existing in the general population regarding seizures, changes in brain chemistry, neurological changes and behavioural symptoms.

The bill was killed.

[sunshinedaisies]

The Journey begins here...So Get your ass in gear for February

First there was no-one , now there's everyone! LOVELY! Vicki - Sprite Zero has aspartame in it - bad! which is why the other diet drinks are bad - says me sitting here drinking a diet Sunkist - sorry RC. (blushing).

Grateful - you were here just before me - oh, hang on - RC has just posted a L-O-N-G post - I will be back after I read her post

[Grateful]

The Journey begins here...So Get your ass in gear for February

Oh, I know RC is gonna think she is running me off...but Becky just called and will be here in a few hours so I have to go make the soup so she can take some home....honest, RC. I will read that article when I come back (while I'm drinking my diet coke, of course). I will look into rehab for this problem........I promise................

[Ringing Cedars]

The Journey begins here...So Get your ass in gear for February

You're all incorrigible.