I'm sure the FDA, American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, National Cancer Institute, and Centers for Disease Control (among others) are part of a massive conspiracy to hide the cancerous effects of aspartame.

fayswrtt said:ds394 said:hot deal! cancer for only a buck!

What on earth are you basing this on? Are you thinking about saccharine from the 70s???

Sheesh... how old and stuck in the past are you?

aspartame, look it up. And yes, I'm 103 years old and stuck in the past.

As I recall the last time I looked this up (after my brother claimed Nutrisweet causes brain cancer), the argument went like this:

Nutrisweet became available in 1984 (or whenever), and here's a chart of the number of reported brain cancers after 1984, which shows an increase in deaths. Therefore, Nutrisweet is responsible for this change.

Add of course a dash of the assumed corporate greed (Monsanto, I think) which made the FDA clueless by use of the usual cover-ups and falsified documentation.

There are similarities between that theory and the "added hormones" in milk is bad for you. Do you know it is banned, banned I say, in Canada and the EU. Of course, they don't tell you that the ban in Canada is not over concern for the health of humans, it is for the cows (mastitus concerns).

So I'm not going to feel guilty about low cost diet soda or saving $1/gallon bying the milk without the "no artificial hormones" "plegde" or light-block bottle.

Don't miss the coupon for $2 off Astroglide on page 14!!!

rbraden said:I'll take my chances with cancer over the guaranteed heart disease from drinking too much of the real thing.
Clearly this calls for a contest to see who can buy the most 12 packs at one time.

I'm going to try it tonight. First I will just buy a few to make sure it goes smoothly. After that, I may be testing the capacity of the Walgreen's shopping carts

czarandy said:I'm sure the FDA, American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, National Cancer Institute, and Centers for Disease Control (among others) are part of a massive conspiracy to hide the cancerous effects of aspartame.I'm just glad that we have all these sugar substitutes and diet drinks and diet foods. Without them, obesity might become a real problem for this country.

Oh, wait. Never mind.

On sale here in Appleton WI for 4 for $11. That makes it 75 cents + tax for each 12-pack after the coupon.

onion said:FYI Coke ZERO Does NOT contain aspartame. They use Splenda. This is why there are two different diet cokes. One with Splenda and one with Aspartame. Same goes for Diet Pepsi and Pepsi One. Pepsi "one" used splenda. Diet pepsi uses aspartame.
The splenda based Coke ZERO seems to taste a little sweeter IMO than the regualer diet coke (aspartame)

Nope. You're wrong. Coke Zero (as well as all the "Zero" soda variants) use a combination of aspartame and Ace K (Acesulfame Potassium) sweetners. No splenda (sucralose) at all.

Wikipedia

onion said:FYI Coke ZERO Does NOT contain aspartame. They use Splenda. This is why there are two different diet cokes. One with Splenda and one with Aspartame. Same goes for Diet Pepsi and Pepsi One. Pepsi "one" used splenda. Diet pepsi uses aspartame.
The splenda based Coke ZERO seems to taste a little sweeter IMO than the regualer diet coke (aspartame)

wrong. try guessing again. It contains aspartame. Either way, splenda is probably just as bad.

Anyone know if the deal and coupon is good at Happy Harry's (a Walgreen's company)? Based on the website, it should be valid (although I can't pull up the HH ad) but I was wondering if anyone has first hand experience.

Does anyone know if the smaller Walgreen stores (the ones that are just pharmacies) carry soft drinks or is just at the bigger Walgreen stores?