A spokesperson (aka “hooker”) for Coca Cola, said that Coca Cola is combating the obesity epidemic through “Diet Coke”.
Unfortunately, that ain’t no where near the truth.
The reality is that aspartame promotes, among many other things, weight gain.
When people switch from Coke to Diet Coke a strange event occurs – addiction.
The free methyl alcohol in aspartame, classified as a narcotic, affects the dopamine system of the brain and causes the addiction.
In addition, the formic acid in aspartame converts to formaldehyde at 86 degrees F. The body’s normal temperature is 98.6 degrees F.

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