Ted Newsom wrote:
BTW... I've cut my use of Equal in half, and have substituted sugar.

Sugar (refined white sugar) is just as bad for you, if not worse. Tons of books out there with real case histories, and I myself can vouch for this. I have been reading the thread and really cannot believe that someone would actually think that chemicals like asapartame can't do the body any harm.

One such generality is, for example, "Smoking causes lung cancer." No, it doesn't, otherwise everyone who smokes or has ever smoked would die of lung cancer. Since they don't, the statement is untrue. Is it good for you? Not hardly. Is it bad for you? Very probably, and can lead-- in some people-- to lung problems, coronary problems,


So do you think smoking is worth the risk of acquiring any of these things?
And of course smoking causes lung cancer - this is a fact. But quite often, people have the type of rationalizing process you just gave, Ted, where they say things like: "well, not EVERYONE who smokes gets lung cancer, so this must mean that smoking doesn't cause lung cancer".. or "I know someone who never smoked and still got lung cancer from some other source, so that means smoking doesn't cause lung cancer".

It's called Denial.

Roll that dice if you must, but smoking can indeed cause lung cancer, and when the human body was made there were no man-made and dangerous chemicals on the market (like (aspartame) to assault our insides. This was never part of the original design and plan.

But I'm 55 and perfectly healthy, as are my 2 sisters and brother. My mother smoked during the pregnancy; so did my dad. Zip. And we aren't the only 4.


Well, lucky for you. My grandfather smoked Camels unfiltered... he live to be 88, but he did start getting other related health troubles from smoking when he reached his 60s. My grandmother had a healthy life and got away with puffing, even though she smoked Salems until she was 91. Now, on the other hand, their daughter - my mom - smoked all her life and she quit for the past year finally, because she wasn't as fortunate as her parents... now she's 67 and having lung troubles, and used to tell herself that since her parents got off so easy, she'd be okay too. My sister, who is only 44, is already a hacking and razor-voiced wreck from smoking since her teens. She says she's trying to quit this year, but she's such a chain smoking fiend that I know she'll never make it.


Last Edited By: Joe Karlosi Jan 4 08 8:01 AM. Edited 7 times.