It seems every now and then some expert comes up and says that we should ban aspartame. In the meantime, we ought not use it. It is dangerous.

I have taken note, it does cause problems for some, usually headaches. I have known a few folks who can’t use it. I guess there are other reasons.

On the other hand, diet sodas are one of the few things I can really enjoy nowadays. I have been drinking diet soda since they came out with aspartame and I have felt no ill affects. Maybe one day I will, but not yet.

I really do believe that some folks just have too much time on their hands trying to spoil things for others. I don’t know. Maybe they work for some conglomerate representing sugar. I have news for them. Sugar is bad for me too. I’m diabetic. If I get too much sugar, I have real problems. I know. It’s happened to me. Better for me to drink diet drinks rather than send my sugar through the roof… and I am sure I am far from being alone.

It does sort of remind me of a dietary expert on TV I saw one time. She was in favor of never eating processed food. The host of the show asked her, “If I put a round steak through a grinder, does that make it a processed food?”

Without hesitation, she replied, “Yes.” Never even tried to explain it.

Some of these experts need to find something useful to do. Let’s face it, if I take that same round steak and put it on a grill whole, then it is processed. Yes, and there are some who think char-broiling meat can cause cancer.

I don’t buy that. Jesus made fish on an open fire for the disciples. If there was something wrong with that, I suspect he would have baked it. Certainly better than eating it raw. You can pick up all sorts of diseases eating things raw. Some have actually died from it.

Bottom line. If they don’t want to use aspartame, no one is twisting their arm. No one will hold a gun to their head. They don’t have to. However, I bet they will start having second thoughts when they start pushing 300 or 350 on the scale.

One small hint for the experts, it is a whole lot easier keeping that 5 pounds off than it is to lose it.