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Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
I'm going to go along with Snopes on this one.
I am no friend of sweetener (except Stevia) and I believe they only serve to make the populous fatter and more unhealthy, but I don't believe the premise of the original story here.
I think the more important issue is that people are feeding their kids so much sweet stuff that messes with their insulin levels ALL day long. It's horrible!
Originally posted by hotbakedtater
In my wanderings about the internet, stumbled upon this little blog article, and was amazed by the photos, but not surprised.
Using Aspartame For Ant/Roach Bait
(Stephanie Relfe - Health,Wealth & Happiness) I had heard of a woman who made up ant poison from aspartame, and since we in Florida were being invaded by ants, I decided to make up some ant poison of my own. I decided the best way to get them to eat it was by mixing it with raw honey. I mixed roughly 3 or 4 parts raw honey to 1 part aspartame and put it out in a toy baby saucer for them.
Sure enough, pretty soon, the saucer was FULL of dead ants.
Originally posted by randomname
the only way to truly find out is to do the experiment yourself. all you need are ants and aspartame. i noticed this too at a cottage but with wasps. they were hovering around the regular coke, but didn't go near the coke zero.edit on 1-11-2010 by randomname because: (no reason given)
I love how your grandfather tasted it to see why the ants were not eating it. That is really weird that the ants refused a free meal. It sounds like the other critters did too if gramps was taste testing it.
Originally posted by dowhatyoufear3
i left some frito's bean dip out on the porch for two days last week... completely untouched by ants...infact my grandfather had the nerve to taste it...tasted fine he said....deeeeescusting
also "stupid bloody american hick" is not the proper nomenclature dude, we prefer to leave "bloody" out of itedit on 1-11-2010 by dowhatyoufear3 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by LadySkadi
reply to post by InvisibleAlbatross
You are only addicted because you choose to be.
If it were important enough to your health, you would choose otherwise, I presume.
Goes back to my first post, the point I made regarding who makes the choices regarding what we eat and why.
It comes down to you and only you...
Originally posted by randomname
the only way to truly find out is to do the experiment yourself. all you need are ants and aspartame. i noticed this too at a cottage but with wasps. they were hovering around the regular coke, but didn't go near the coke zero.edit on 1-11-2010 by randomname because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by inchworm
Ive' heard of this stuff I think-- I didnt' know that you could kill ants with it. Sounds like real bad stuff for your kiddoes to be eating or drinkin.
Originally posted by Wertdagf
YOU are very wrong.
What the ants are doign is counteracting the viscocity with particles to break it up.. When the ants bite into something sticky ... they cant get their heads out OR open their mouths so they die.
Unfortunatly another ignorant person fear mongering...
Hate them enough to participate them, and expect to be relpied to in a serious fashion, I see.
Originally posted by T0XiK
reply to post by hotbakedtater
i really hate these kinds of threads, are you saying humans are comparable to ants? that's like those known to cause cancer in laboratory animals labels, are you a laboratory animal?
Ants also eat other ants, so by your logic should we be eating each other?
OMG, now thats some serious inspiration for a new short story. New miracle product kills ya, but perfectly preserves your organs for the elite to harvest for themselves. I get chills thinking about it.
Originally posted by KILL_DOGG
reply to post by hotbakedtater
Aspartame turns to Formaldehyde when it reaches room temperature. If you recall, Formaldehyde was discontinued as a preservant because it is a carcinogen. So after you drink that Diet Coke, it may kill you....but your organs will be perfectly preserved.
It was only yesterday in a conversation with Dr. James Bowen about aspartame and sudden death in athletes he said findings were pointing a finger at this toxin. "Both the shock from strenuous athletics in combination with aspartame consumption, and stresses lead to activation of shock mechanism including the elaboration of Arginine vasopressin in the hypothalamus which results in cerebral edema and cardiac congestion and pulmonary edema in combination with severe potassium wastage which is a sure ticket to sudden death, especially in the face of the many damages inflicted by aspartame. Since aspartame is already well known for causing neuroendocrine abnormalities such serotonin elevations and suppression in various areas of the brain, along with depletion of dopamine, due to its phenylalanine isolate poisoning and hypothalamic damage from its extreme neuroexcitotoxin effect and formaldehyde formic acid poisoning especially focused in the hypothalamus, I would expect anyone with expertise in these areas could verify the direct effect of aspartame poisoning in producing the fatal aberrant shock mechanism in those exposed to it. The mere occurrence of severe athletic stress does not do so by itself."