longhornjas said:halo0 said:
Sorry if I'm being anal, but just to clarify, the cashier only has to scan the coupon once and it takes $2 off of each 12-pack no matter how many you have?

Yup, and if you get lucky you might get the wtf/omfg face from the cashier, but that's YMMV.

Worked for me - in for two. (no wtf/omfg face from the cashier... he just rung it right up.)

eBay here I come!!!!!!!!

Edit: Actually at my Wag, they were 2 for $8, so not as good as 3 for $9, but still 5/$10 is my overall target price for Cokes.

pswaz said:"everything in excess causes cancer" the thing about life...none of us are going to get out alive...


True. But getting a brain tumor is NOT one way I wish to go out..

And think about it, you don't think people drink this stuff in excess? 0 calories? instead of bland ole water?

pswaz said:"everything in excess causes cancer" the thing about life...none of us are going to get out alive...

New NIH/NCI Study Confirms Safety of Aspartame
Five-Year, Government Funded, Epidemiology Study Shows No Risk Between Aspartame and Cancer

Contact: Beth Hubrich, MS, RD
404-252-3663

ATLANTA (April 4, 2006) – A new epidemiology study from the National Cancer Institute confirms previous study conclusions that there is no link between aspartame consumption and leukemias, lymphomas and brain tumors. The study, presented today at the American Association of Cancer Research meeting in Washington, D.C., evaluated over 500,000 men and women between the ages of 50 and 69 over a five-year period. The researchers found (compared with those who did not consume aspartame) that there was no evidence of an increased risk of leukemias, lymphomas and brain tumors among those who use aspartame. The researchers report, “Our findings from this epidemiologic study suggest that consumption of aspartame-containing beverages does not raise the risk of hematopoietic or brain malignancies.”

The study confirms the findings of a recent 2005 report, Review of Lymphatic and Hematopoietic Cancer Incidence Trends & Consumption of Aspartame, in which researchers concluded, upon examining cancer trends from the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) program there is no consistent pattern (of leukemias or lymphomas) that parallels the rise in aspartame consumption. Further, the findings also support those of three recent animal studies conducted by the National Toxicology Program (NTP) designed to evaluate whether aspartame is capable of causing cancer. These U.S. government-funded and managed studies were conducted using Good Laboratory Practices (GLP). The results of these cancer studies, in which aspartame was fed to mice bred to be especially sensitive to cancer-causing agents, unequivocally indicated that “there was no evidence of carcinogenic activity [cancer] of aspartame.”

Prior to aspartame’s approval, four long-term carcinogenicity studies (twice the number needed for regulatory approval), conducted in accordance with international standards, found no relationship between aspartame and any form of cancer. The studies were submitted to numerous regulatory agencies, such as the FDA, which conducted exhaustive reviews of the data.

“Despite allegations by critics, this new NCI study, in conjunction with a multitude of other scientific studies, clearly demonstrates that aspartame is not a carcinogen and can be a beneficial and safe tool in helping people reduce calories and control their weight. On the other hand, obesity has been shown to be directly related to certain types of cancer,” noted Lyn Nabors, President of the Calorie Control Council.

Aspartame is composed of two amino acids, aspartic acid and phenylalanine, as the methyl ester. Amino acids are the building blocks of protein. Aspartic acid and phenylalanine are found naturally in protein containing foods, including meats, grains and dairy products. Methyl esters are also found naturally in many foods such as fruits and vegetables and their juices. The body handles the components from aspartame in the same way it handles them when derived from other foods.

Aspartame has been determined to be safe by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and other scientific and regulatory authorities worldwide. In addition to the FDA, the Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) of the World Health Organization and Food and Agriculture Organization, the Scientific Committee on Food of the European Union and regulatory agencies in more than 100 countries have reviewed aspartame and found it to be safe for use.

For more information about saccharin visit www.aspartame.org

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The Calorie Control Council, established in 1966, is an international non-profit association representing the low-calorie and reduced-fat food and beverage industry. Today it represents 60 manufacturers and suppliers of low-calorie, low-fat and light foods and beverages, including the manufacturers and suppliers of more than a dozen different dietary sweeteners, fat replacers and other low-calorie ingredients.

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NIH & NCI HALT THE SPIN
ON BOGUS ASPARTAME STUDY
By Dr. Betty Martini
Mission Possible International
9270 River Club Parkway
Duluth, Georgia 30097
Telephone: 770-242-2599
E-Mail: BettyM19@mindspring.com
Web Site: http://www.dorway.com


Posted: 25 April 2006


DULUTH, GA. 4/25/2006:

The Calorie Control Council (CCC) has been boasting a 1996 AARP & NIH "Diet & Health Study" proves aspartame doesn't cause cancer.

April 18, Don Harkins, editor of the Idaho Observer, called the press secretary for NIH & NCI, Jennifer Thompson, to see what they think of CCC's use of AARP's "study" to exonerate aspartame. Ms. Thompson said the conclusion is "premature" and is "an interesting piece of evidence" but not scientific proof. Harkins reports: "Thompson didn't disagree when I indicated it was irresponsible for the CCC, which has a special interest about claims aspartame is safe for human consumption, to have used the abstract from an UNPUBLISHED study to claim aspartame safety. Further, AARP isn't qualified as a scientific research entity to make any claims one way or another. That means CCC, as a special conflicted interest, has no backing for these claims. Likewise the American Dietetic Assn. And the American Beverage Assn. are conflicted interests unsupported in their claims." ADA is funded by aspartame manufacturers.

Nevertheless the Associated Press release proclaimed: "A huge federal study in people - not rats - takes the fizz out of arguments that the diet soda sweetener aspartame might raise the risk of cancer." This prompted a blizzard of articles that aspartame has finally been exonerated and is not a carcinogen.

Dr, Kenneth Stoller., said: "No one in their right mind, unless they get payola, sends out a release on their data before the journal they want it published in has a chance to evaluate the study. Now no one will want it, and they probably knew they had a worthless piece of trash that couldn't get published so why not take some payola from whomever and make hay while the sun shines on their slimy little behinds."

CCC propaganda and that of producers and front groups blasts that the food survey proved aspartame has no link to leukemias, lymphomas and brain tumors. These profiteers are desperate to overcome public awareness and scientific proof aspartame is deadly. Public distrust for the chemical has so overwhelmed Holland Sweetener, the largest European producer, that they're bailing out of aspartame. Merisant, the American maker, is upside-down. They owe about $40 million more than the business is worth. The handwriting is on the wall .... at last!

Responded Washington Attorney James Turner, who fought the approval of aspartame a quarter-century ago: "Once again the CCC circulates utter nonsense. They never met an artificial sweetener they didn't like. They are not believable on any point in any debate that concerns the financial well-being of any of the artificial sweetener manufacturers who pay their bills. In this case their report of this alleged 'aspartame study' is a bigger fraud than the product itself. Save yourself and save your health, quit NutraSweet now!"

Dr. Betty Martini, D.Hum, founder of Mission Possible International said the 10-year old "study" was curious: "When you do an epidemiological study on aspartame shouldn't you at least ask the participants if they use it? It's in 6,000 foods, but AARP names it in only one of 56 questions. In asking about diet beverages it made no reference to aspartame. Tab and Fresca have aspartame but aren't "diet," so wouldn't be counted as aspartame sources. The 16-page memory-test took 30 minutes or so to complete. Did they remember eating brownies, oatmeal, strawberries, collards in the last year ... or had a hysterectomy. This was no aspartame/cancer study: call it the Strawberry-Hysterectomy Investigation with Tomatoes on the side! Makes a nice acronym!"

Said Dr. Ralph Walton, Director of Safe Harbor Behavioral Health and Professor of Clinical Psychiatry: "If one looked at 12 months of cigarette smoking with up to 5 years of follow-up one would conclude that cigarettes do not cause cancer."

"Enough is enough!" declares Martini, "These front groups and paid professional organizations intentionally deceive the public. Title 18, Sec 1001 makes it a crime. Many victims pay with their lives for this duplicity. CCC wrote the Miami Herald pushing aspartame on pregnant women with full knowledge it's an abortifacient, and also causes birth defects and mental retardation.
http://www.wnho.net/mh_aspartame_letter.htm

Neurosurgeon Russell Blaylock, M.D., set the Herald straight.

"Yesterday I got a Canadian report of an aspartame-addicted mother who lost an 8-week old baby, her third terrible infant death. Poisonous methyl alcohol was found by autopsy. Her two other children were taken away and she's being investigated. She was breast feeding; the toxin went thru to the child and killed it."

Ten-percent of aspartame turns into methyl (wood) alcohol, one ounce of which is fatal to an adult. Toxicity via mother's milk is documented by researcher and aspartame authority Dr. H. J. Roberts, F.A.C.P. author of 3 texts on this poison including the 1,038 page "Aspartame Disease, an Ignored Epidemic." He explained in a recent paper that he "Urges ALL pregnant women and mothers who breast-feed to avoid aspartame ...This caution has been dramatically demonstrated by the occurrence of convulsions in suckling infants as the mother drank an aspartame soda. The scientific grounds for the foregoing continue to increase. They include:


Exposure of the fetus to considerable phenylalanine and methanol.

Maternal malnutrition with nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and a reduction of calories.

Transmission of aspartame and its breakdown components via the mother's milk.

The increased "allergic load" thereby risking future hypersensitivity problems.

Can you possibly imagine the horror and grief visited on the tragic Canadian family? Unless aspartame is exposed she'll be hounded by uninformed suspicions she murdered her own children. That atrocity was performed by the greedy contrivance of men who care not for the consequence of their deadly enterprise. May Jehovah God see to it, and add to it!
Another horror: Athlete Charles Fleming's death from addiction to aspartame, causer of chronic methanol poisoning. This affects the brain's dopamine system, creating the addiction. Methanol was found on his autopsy and though his wife, Diane, called the police and passed a lie detector test she sits in a Virginia prison sentenced to 30 years for poisoning her husband. She can be seen in the aspartame documentary, "Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World".

Martini concludes: "The Impeccable Ramazzini study peer reviewed by 7 world experts has shown conclusively aspartame is a multipotential carcinogen causing leukemia, lymphoma, kidney cancer and cancer of the cranial peripheral nerves. Only the rats fed aspartame got malignant brain tumors. This confirms FDA records two decades ago. The FDA is obligated to recall it because the Delaney Amendment says if a substance causes cancer in animals it cannot be put in foods. It is adulterated and therefore also violates interstate commerce laws. How long will the government allow the aspartame makers and those they pay for protection to push this poison and go unpunished."

Read "Bogus Aspartame Study Exposed by Experts" for additional comments on the NIH/NCI study at: http://www.wnho.net/bogus_aspartame_study.htm

Dr. Betty Martini
Founder, Mission Possible International
9270 River Club Parkway
Duluth, Georgia 30097
770-242-2599

They would need to pay me at least $20 per can to drink that nasty stuff ... I am serious.

splenda is the worst.

it looks like coke & pepsi are going to have more flavors than starbucks has combinations of latte's.

Zero is much better than regular diet coke.

For more good info on Aspartame and other health info (misinformation), go to www.junkscience.com check out the info on DDT if you really get interested.

OMG...who gives a crap about today's ingredients? We're all missing out on the original Coke recipe which contained coca-leaves!

Thanks op, worked great in LEX. Had to go to a few stores to find some though. Most stores only had 1 pack of coke zero. I found one with 2 though, and a box of diet coke, cashier just scanned the coke zero 3 times, and so I still got it 3 for 3 Yay.

And yes, this is with just 1 coupon.

Oh, and I'll just take my diabetes from the regular coke products, thank you very much!

And from the anything can kill you dept., a local woman just died from drinking too much water!

thanks lets try