I got a Splenda survey ;-)

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RT - 10 Mar 2004 14:53 GMT

Last night I got one of those marketing survey's and since it was about
artificial sweeteners I went ahead and participated. The guy wouldn't say
who he was, but he was calling from Toronto and like 70% of the questions
were geared toward Splenda, like "of the following brands, which would you
say are made from sugar" and "have you heard of sucralose". I tried like
hell to get in a comment about us wanting liquid splenda but there was no
question that addressed it and he said he couldn't take comments other than
what is on his "sheet".

The other two brands that he seemed to mention often were NatraTaste and
something else but I'm not sure what the connection was.

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The Dude - 10 Mar 2004 19:23 GMT

At least you tried. Eventually we Splenda lovers will prevail.
-The Dude

> Last night I got one of those marketing survey's and since it was about
> artificial sweeteners I went ahead and participated. The guy wouldn't say
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> The other two brands that he seemed to mention often were NatraTaste and
> something else but I'm not sure what the connection was.

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John R. Sellers - 29 Mar 2004 23:45 GMT

> At least you tried. Eventually we Splenda lovers will prevail.

According to my uncle (a doctor), stuff with aspertame (i.e.: most
softdrinks) is ok as you take 800mg of vitimin E every day; and I LUV my
softdrinks.

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JD - 30 Mar 2004 02:32 GMT

>> At least you tried. Eventually we Splenda lovers will prevail.
>
> According to my uncle (a doctor), stuff with aspertame (i.e.: most
> softdrinks) is ok as you take 800mg of vitimin E every day; and I LUV
> my softdrinks.

With the miniscule amount of nutritional training doctors receive, it'd be a
cold day in hell before I'd take any advice of that sort. Keep the vitamin
E, bag the pop.

JD

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John R. Sellers - 30 Mar 2004 21:10 GMT

> With the miniscule amount of nutritional training doctors receive, it'd be a
> cold day in hell before I'd take any advice of that sort. Keep the vitamin
> E, bag the pop.

Well then, since you're obviously the type which requires written proof,
read this: http://american.aspartame-info.com/media/info/faqmenu.html.

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Carmen - 30 Mar 2004 22:34 GMT

Hi,

> > With the miniscule amount of nutritional training doctors receive,
> > it'd be a cold day in hell before I'd take any advice of that
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> proof, read this:
> http://american.aspartame-info.com/media/info/faqmenu.html.

I'm a "prove it" type myself, so I read through the link material.
Not a word about Vitamin E. Is there something I missed?

Take care,
Carmen

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John R. Sellers - 30 Mar 2004 23:42 GMT

> I'm a "prove it" type myself, so I read through the link material.
> Not a word about Vitamin E. Is there something I missed?

I'm not sure what the specific Atkins-related benefit is, but if my doctor
uncle says take it, that's good enough for me. My family doctor didn't even
tell me to take Vitamin E.

Click the following link for general reference:

http://www.cc.nih.gov/ccc/supplements/vite.html

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Carmen - 30 Mar 2004 23:59 GMT

Hello,

> > I'm a "prove it" type myself, so I read through the link material.
> > Not a word about Vitamin E. Is there something I missed?
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>
> http://www.cc.nih.gov/ccc/supplements/vite.html

Thank you, I'm aware of Vitamin E's many benefits. Your posts in this
thread started off saying:
"According to my uncle (a doctor), stuff with aspertame (i.e.: most
softdrinks) is ok as you take 800mg of vitimin E every day; and I LUV
my softdrinks."
Then JD made some statements:
"With the miniscule amount of nutritional training doctors receive,
it'd be a cold day in hell before I'd take any advice of that sort.
Keep the vitamin E, bag the pop."
You replied with a link to aspartame information. When I asked for
the Vitamin E linkage to aspartame you provided another link but only
to information about Vitamin E.

I'm waiting for you to establish the linkage between the two
substances now. I thought you were going to show why Vitamin E
intake should be increased when taking aspartame. Have I
misunderstood your intent? If so, what was your intent?

Take care,
Carmen

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Doug Freyburger - 30 Mar 2004 22:04 GMT

> At least you tried. Eventually we Splenda lovers will prevail.

Eventually the patent will expire and some generic knock-off
brand will offer it in liquid and tablet forms. Then the rush
away from the original manufacturer will be an avalanche.

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