Aspartame!! Sweet Poison! Watch what you eat!

My question is a simple one. Why is aspartame included in almost all of our chewing gums and candies! I remember a time when gum was not made with this junk however now
almost 9 out of every ten gums are made with Aspartame. Now let's go past the gum,
as I started to notice a trend in the gums I began to analyze candies, diet drinks, soft drinks etc. Looks like Aspartame has become the new sweetner of choice. Similar to
Equal, and Nutrasweet- this is another sugar substitute with the potential to cause severe adverse effects! How is this stuff even aloud to be placed in our food? Did you know Aspartame was once used as a RAT POISON!!??

The following link shows an article that goes into a bit more detail of how Aspartame is produced with Genetically Modified Bacteria!

http://www.mindfully.org/GE/Aspartame-GM-Bacteria.htm

According to the following article( http://www.sweetpoison.com/aspartame-sweeteners.html ), short term side effects are as follows:
Headache, mood changes, dizziness, manic episodes, panic attacks,seizures etc...

This should not be surprising. I have included another article for your edutainment.
http://www.dorway.com/betty/olney.html

In this day, we literally perish for lack of knowledge. What we don't know about the foods we eat can and does (CANCER) kill us!

Scrubs- I really like this show

Ok I'm one of the few people left without digital tv. Thus, I am limited to UPN and an endless supply of random dvds. Just so happens as I was going through some of my brother in law's old dvds I found seasons 5 and 6 of scrubs. Now, I have seen this show once or twice before but it never really caught my attention as a "good" show.
However, with most of my dvds already been seen atleast 1 time already I figured I would check out these dvds. Man, I guess I had been missing out. This show is funny as hell to me. Yes I am easily amused but I must say the episodes are pretty dang good.

If you haven't seen it before or never wanted to give it a chance, check it out.
Dr. Cox's sarcasm is legendary. And Turk and JD are silly as hell. The Hetero-Gay
relationship they have is throwed off as in every sense of the word.

Long story short. SHRUBS makes you really wonder what goes on behind the scenes at a hospital. Ok, I know this is a made for TV show but it entertains me just a bit more
than E.R.

ok I'm done...

Going into week 8 of p90x

Ok, I must say I'm at a bitter sweet point. I am getting stronger definitely. I have reincorporated pullups into my routine so I have noticed a change already in the amount of energy I exert in my workouts. However, I have been pretty lenient on the diet portion so I am not seeing that 8 pack I was hoping for just yet ;o)

Tomorrow makes the beginning of week 8 so I will start getting my nutrition aka healthy living aka diet into a more strict form. Don't get me wrong, I am seeing
results but as we live in this microwave society, I have gotten acustomed to waiting
things faster without much effort. However, as we all know, faster does not always mean better.

Anyway, I can't wait to see what the next few weeks have to offer!

The following video offers some tips that I feel will help you get the most out of your p90x routine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqMnk-rCaPA