my health obsession

So I was shopping with Jameson at the grocery store today and we ran into an adorable old man hobbling around... whilst wearing a jean vest with a slow triangle on the back! It had to b eone of the most amazing things I've seen in awhile. Gotta love an old man who's willing to make a joke.

We continued to shop, now with big smiles on our faces, and while we were in the baking aisle, I noticed some "fake" sugar. It's that low-calorie stuff that you find in diet sodas and stuff. Of course, there's aspartame, which is just terrible. If you drink diet soda, STOP NOW! That stuff will kill you or at least cause cancer. The FDA has gotten more complaints about aspartame than any other other food ingredient in it's history. That's some seriously bad stuff.

Moving on, we continued to shop. While grabbing some milk, I noticed a small bottle of Trop50 - it's orange juice with calcium and vitamin D, but also boasts have 50% less suger. Well, I'm down for that! So I grabbed it and took it home with me.

When I cracked opne the bottle and took a sip, however, I thought, "Is this diet orange juice?!" My tounge is like a diet-o-meter, though... I can taste anything made with "fake" sugar. So I read the label. No aspartame. But there was Ret A (PureVia). So I googled it.

The information I found after a bit of hunting was astounding. I can't believe how CocaCola and PepsiCo have such control over what get's okayed by the FDA. I also can't believe the biased studies and reports they make about these products. Come on, American public, don't let them fool you! We're so much smarter than all this!

During an argument awhile ago with a friend of mine about her diet soda habit, she said, "Well I'd much rather die of cancer than be fat!" Being fat and dying of cancer are not our only options, people. Drink water. If you're dying for something sweet, make some tea and lightly sweeten it with real sugar, the way Mother Earth intended! Need a soda? Try Hansen's... they have fruity beverages as well as colas and root beer. It's natural, it doesn't have high fructose corn syrup, and it doesn't have preservatives. Now that's the way it should be.

(This is my favorite flavor!)

Read more here:

http://www.healthynewage.com/blog/stevia-fda-approved/

http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/02/science-truvia-and-purevia-rebiana/

(pictures from here and here and here)