The bad effects of aspartame artificial sweetner

dixiechicdana

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/04/09/victoria-innessbrowns-aspartame-experiment.aspx

A study was done on rats. The rats developed huge tumors. I have been hearing about the bad effects of aspartame for some time but thought i would post this for anyone possibly using it still.

deathtaco

...and they make you gain weight!
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/213084-diet-sodas-drinks-juice-and-weight-gain

That_Girl

And it can cause your joints to ache.

For me, it was my jaw. I had 24/7 pain for 2 years. Horrible, aching and headaches and shoulder aches. I wanted to die. I wanted surgery. ANYTHING to stop the pain.

Then, my eye doc (of all people) told me to stop using artificial sweetners and cut back on caffeine.

At that point, I'd try anything. So I did.

In 3 days I was pain free and haven't had pain in over 4 years.



If I DO have aspartame, my jaw feels it within the hour...so...I stay away from that garbage!

ETA: I was using artificial sweeteners in my coffee every morning. PLUS on anything else and in anything else. Now, I just use milk...and sometimes real, honest to god, sugar.

I don't do "non-fat" crap either.

we3girlz

That's funny, my husband and I were just dicussing that same thing! I have been drinking off and on DIET SODA once a day since I started my 30 day CLEANSING program on March 23,2011 so that I could have some caffeine. Anyways, a friend of his had mentioned recently that his grandfather had developed early alzheimers and all his life drank DIET soda. They believe it has alot to do with his illness. Nothing of course VERIFIED but it's possible. I have since began using a smidgen of REAL sugar in black coffee in the am and nothing but water until I'm finished with this CLEANSE! (April 21,2011). Since the early 80's it's been linked to all sorts of cancers. I can't believe it took me this long to GET IT!:huh:
It's REAL or no DEAL!:laugh:

AleciaMarie21

Any artificial sweeteners give me migraines. Yuck. I stay far away from them.

husker_gal

I used to have horrible migraines but since giving up on the diet pop they have disappeared. I never ever thought it could have been related. Although I did know how horrible aspartame is. It's also linked to a condition like MS...YIKES! and the FDA approved it! hmmmmm

kkellam1

http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/aspartame.asp

Most of these rumours are debunked here.

crystal_sapphire

that study was debunked a while ago. Something about the equivalency being off and that'd we have to be in taking an insane amount of sweetener to even compare

Nykki71

Any artificial sweeteners give me migraines. Yuck. I stay far away from them.

I wonder if that is what is causing my migraines???? I suffer at least 1-2 a week. I am going to give this a whirl and see if it helps me.

thank you