(CC BY-SA 2.0) Terry Ross/Flickr There was a dramatic development in the world of Big Soda last month. PepsiCo announced the first major reformulation in its Diet Pepsi brand in some thirty years. As of August, the company will replace the artificial sweetener aspartame with the artificial sweetener sucralose. The change is not being made for purposes of improving the beverage’s nutritional content, which will remain approximately zero. And it’s not being made because the Pepsi people think aspartame is harmful. Pepsi has always claimed it to be utterly benign, and the federal government has the company’s back on this: according to the Food and Drug Administration, aspartame has been the subject of more than 100 studies that have repeatedly found it to
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Primal Mocktails
If it’s Saturday night and you want to kick back and relax without alcohol, but want something more celebratory than sparkling water, a Primal Mocktail is what you need. Primal Mocktails are non-alcoholic, low in sugar, refreshing, and fun to drink, so you don’t feel like you’re missing out when a pitcher of margaritas is passed around. The real challenge when crafting a mocktail is keeping the sugar content in check. Look up a few recipes for non-alcoholic beverages and you’ll find a lot of fruit juice, a lot of melons and tropical fruit, and sweeteners like simple syrup and agave nectar. The three recipes below don’t rely on sugar for flavor. Instead, these Primal mocktails are made with intriguing flavor combinations, like cucumber and