Anything bad about Crystal Light?

Couple of things.  "Fake" sugar is not sugar.  Period.  The caffeine content is absurdly low, and effect of it as a diuretic are highly overstated.  The fluid you take in to get that little caffeine is far more than you'd ever lose by its slight diuretic effect.

Crystal Light is fine.

Bingo.

That's exactly what I do--a little flavor help definitely encourages me to drink more, but I do try to reduce the amt. of artificial sweetners I consume... getting a more dilute solution plus a touch of flavored or plan sparkling water and then a fresh lemon/lime/etc. slice, adn that's one YUMMY drink!

Hmmm...I've never heard that one. I've read many an article saying you can gain weight, and I've had a nerologist neor  brain doc say it causes muchos brain damage. But cancer is a new one...

It causes cancer in rats in doses that are many thousands of times what any human could take.  That doesn't mean that it causes cancer in normal doses.

Brain damage?  Heh.  Lots of folks with claims out there.  None have been substantiated by a review of the body of literature that exists about aspartame.

We take in lots of synthetic things.  It doesn't make them all bad.  There's simply no proof out there that aspartame does much of anything harmful when ingested in normal human doses. It's just that simple.

sharona - 2006-07-01 9:02 PM I just think anything not natural, and 'fake'...and synthetic...over time, when taken on a regular basis...can't be good for us. Doesn't mean it will definitely cause cancer, but I have read Dr Weil's books (anyone read his books?) and he is a big advocate of organic living...and eating. I would rather go with a more natural sweetener, than something I'm not quite sure of. Ok--'nuff said--just my 2 cents.

I think you're refering to Dihydrogen Monoxide. the stuff is really going to kill me some day .

http://www.dhmo.org/

sharona - 2006-06-29 6:23 PM I think if you drink it in moderation it's ok, but I've read that anything that has aspartame in it is BAD. Cancer causing if taken in large amounts? If this is your main stay for hydration...it might be good to find another drink. Just my 2 cents.

given the proper does and the proper exposure, every substance known to man is lethal and can cause cancer.  Everything is slowly killing you.  I guess we are just not meant to live forever.  Go figure

and aspertame may metabolize into formaldehyde which is a carcinogen, but again, the levels are trace at best unless you drink a 50 gal drum of the raw chemical every hour for 50 years.  I personally view the "chance" of possible dangers of aspertame being heavily out weighed by the nasties that HFCS can cause.