Aspartame Headaches

abbysaenz
abbysaenz Posts: 1 Member
in Food and Nutrition
After eating 80% clean for the past week, I had a piece of gum yesterday and had a headache almost instantly. Today I decided to indulge a bit and have a diet coke. Again, a headache almost instantly (had to throw half of it out). I've been a loyal diet drink consumer for about 10 years and never experienced headaches till now.

I'm well aware of the studies done on the side effects of consuming aspartame, this is just the first time I'm personally experiencing them.

Anyone else with similar experiences?
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  • drmerc
    drmerc Posts: 2,603 Member
    symptoms are probably psychosomatic
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member

    I'm well aware of the studies done on the side effects of consuming aspartame, this is just the first time I'm personally experiencing them.

    When did rats learn how to use computers and post threads?
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    Anything with aspartame makes my mom super nauseous, but that might be because it tastes terrible.
  • FitMama2013
    FitMama2013 Posts: 913 Member
    I cut out diet coke for about 8 months (I'm pregnant) and recently started to have one on occasion. I've noticed that after I drink one (caffeine free), I get a pounding headache...but it doesn't happen with a regular coke.
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    symptoms are probably psychosomatic

    Doubtful. Dirty diet, dirty headaches. It's our creator's punishment for creating things ourselves.
  • Me48Plus2
    Me48Plus2 Posts: 73
    After eating 80% clean for the past week, I had a piece of gum yesterday and had a headache almost instantly. Today I decided to indulge a bit and have a diet coke. Again, a headache almost instantly (had to throw half of it out). I've been a loyal diet drink consumer for about 10 years and never experienced headaches till now.

    I'm well aware of the studies done on the side effects of consuming aspartame, this is just the first time I'm personally experiencing them.

    Anyone else with similar experiences?


    Here's a link to aspartame side effects. I was an avid diet soda drinker til I read about it. You can't find gum in the store now without it. I get my gum at the health food store or online from Amazon.com who still has the original Dentine cinnamon WITHOUT aspartame. Good luck.
  • clydethecat
    clydethecat Posts: 1,087 Member
    this is why i cant eat anything sugar free. instant headache. some people have a sensitivity to it. you can have a sensitivity to anything. i'm sensitive to all sorts of things, too many to list.
  • Me48Plus2
    Me48Plus2 Posts: 73
    After eating 80% clean for the past week, I had a piece of gum yesterday and had a headache almost instantly. Today I decided to indulge a bit and have a diet coke. Again, a headache almost instantly (had to throw half of it out). I've been a loyal diet drink consumer for about 10 years and never experienced headaches till now.

    I'm well aware of the studies done on the side effects of consuming aspartame, this is just the first time I'm personally experiencing them.

    Anyone else with similar experiences?


    OOOPs, forgot the link:
    http://www.sweetpoison.com/aspartame-side-effects.html



    Here's a link to aspartame side effects. I was an avid diet soda drinker til I read about it. You can't find gum in the store now without it. I get my gum at the health food store or online from Amazon.com who still has the original Dentine cinnamon WITHOUT aspartame. Good luck.
  • Me48Plus2
    Me48Plus2 Posts: 73
    symptoms are probably psychosomatic

    I disagree. The symptoms are very real and documented.
  • goody2shews
    goody2shews Posts: 129 Member
    After eating 80% clean for the past week, I had a piece of gum yesterday and had a headache almost instantly. Today I decided to indulge a bit and have a diet coke. Again, a headache almost instantly (had to throw half of it out). I've been a loyal diet drink consumer for about 10 years and never experienced headaches till now.

    I'm well aware of the studies done on the side effects of consuming aspartame, this is just the first time I'm personally experiencing them.

    Anyone else with similar experiences?



    NOO They are not just in your head.

    I have had a neurologist since 2009. Aspartame is a neurotoxin. It causes migraines. Google it.


    Diet coke with the yellow ribbon it is made with splenda instead which doesn't cause it.

    Trident has packages marked made with Xylitol. That is not a neurotoxin either.
  • icyeyes317
    icyeyes317 Posts: 226 Member
    Aspartame, on a cellular level, acts as formaldehyde. It pickles you.

    With that, I also have a severe sensitivity to aspartame. I have had migraines most of my life (the earliest my mom remembers was age 4, when I asked her to cut my head off because it hurt). Aspartame is a trigger.

    The best thing you can do for yourself is continue the 'clean' diet. If you want a soda, drink regular. It has more calories, sure, but it's MUCH more natural than drinking formaldehyde.
  • Bobby__Clerici
    Bobby__Clerici Posts: 741 Member
    Anything with aspartame makes my mom super nauseous, but that might be because it tastes terrible.
    I have a bad reaction every time I drink anything with aspartame....I avoid it like arsenic.
  • AnexRavensong
    AnexRavensong Posts: 262 Member
    I have this ALL THE TIME. I avoid all things with aspartame or phenylalanine. This is why I DO NOT drink diet sodas and drink normal soda if there is only soda available much to the disapproval of those around me who know I am trying to lose weight.

    I discovered my problems with the artificial sweetener when I was a teen. I was trying to lose weight and wanted to work on eliminating sodas, but I'm weak. I fell in love with Lime flavored diet coke. It took me a few weeks but I noticed I was constantly having major headaches and right before I STOPPED the diet sodas, starting having breathing problems.

    To see if that was the cause I stopped drinking the diet sodas as it was the only thing I could find that was different. I didn't have issues anymore.

    Ever since I notice I get the same thing with stuff that has aspartame (nearly ALL sugar free drinks). I want to point out that Coke Zero (or any of those other zero drinks) have the same stupid ingredient as diet soda, so I don't find the difference.

    Anyway, all that to say you're not the only one and NO you're not imagining it.
  • DocMarr
    DocMarr Posts: 132 Member
    I take awful reactions to aspartame and MSG (monosodiumglutamate) - I feel really awful if I ever take them. You are not alone.
  • yo_andi
    yo_andi Posts: 2,178 Member
    Snark aside, it's one of my migraine triggers. Honest to goodness. Artificial sugars and milk chocolate (Waaahhhhhhhhh! I know).
  • SideSteel
    SideSteel Posts: 11,068 Member
    If it gives you headaches I would try avoiding it and see if the headaches stop. As for the rest of the claims and junk science in this thread, yikes.
  • KombuchaCat
    KombuchaCat Posts: 834 Member
    Even if this one headache is pyschosomatic do yourself a favor and never ingest that vile poison again. I'm tired of people defending artificial sweeteners and telling those of us who abstain from them that we're paranoid hippies. No, it won't kill you instantly but it's not natural and the body does not like it.
  • Amatambi
    Amatambi Posts: 72
    this is why i cant eat anything sugar free. instant headache. some people have a sensitivity to it. you can have a sensitivity to anything. i'm sensitive to all sorts of things, too many to list.

    That's really interesting. Do you notice it with just things with low-cal sweeteners like aspartame or do you get the same way with things like corn syrup?
  • SideSteel
    SideSteel Posts: 11,068 Member
    Even if this one headache is pyschosomatic do yourself a favor and never ingest that vile poison again. I'm tired of people defending artificial sweeteners and telling those of us who abstain from them that we're paranoid hippies. No, it won't kill you instantly but it's not natural and the body does not like it.

    Do you know what aspartame is, chemically?
  • idream2bgwen
    idream2bgwen Posts: 424 Member
    I try my hardest not to eat aspartame. I have noticed it gives me headaches. But then again I was prone to migraines for a while and am working on that very successfully at this time. I don't like "fake" anything really. Just because something is low fat, low cal, etc. does not mean it is "good for you."
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    Even if this one headache is pyschosomatic do yourself a favor and never ingest that vile poison again. I'm tired of people defending artificial sweeteners and telling those of us who abstain from them that we're paranoid hippies. No, it won't kill you instantly but it's not natural and the body does not like it.

    It's not like anyone is forcing you to consume it, or even suggesting that you *should* consume it. Sounds like you need other people to believe you to make you feel better about your own convictions.
  • etoiles_argentees
    etoiles_argentees Posts: 2,827 Member
    ohhhhhhhh......waiting for Rich Murray to appear.
  • KombuchaCat
    KombuchaCat Posts: 834 Member
    Even if this one headache is pyschosomatic do yourself a favor and never ingest that vile poison again. I'm tired of people defending artificial sweeteners and telling those of us who abstain from them that we're paranoid hippies. No, it won't kill you instantly but it's not natural and the body does not like it.

    Do you know what aspartame is, chemically?

    I don't claim to be a chemist so no. However I'm pretty certain that you can't go get aspartame from an aspartame plant.
  • clydethecat
    clydethecat Posts: 1,087 Member
    this is why i cant eat anything sugar free. instant headache. some people have a sensitivity to it. you can have a sensitivity to anything. i'm sensitive to all sorts of things, too many to list.

    That's really interesting. Do you notice it with just things with low-cal sweeteners like aspartame or do you get the same way with things like corn syrup?

    no problem with real sugar, corn syrup, raw sugar, etc. but other sweeteners give me migraines. so far i havent found a "sugar free" product that doesn't give me a headache. but then i get headaches from most fruit, msg, onions, garlic, perfumes and cologne, strong smelling flowers. really too many to list. so sometimes its hard to pin point what triggered the migraine. too bad fat and carbs dont do it to me lol.
  • etoiles_argentees
    etoiles_argentees Posts: 2,827 Member
    here you go.
    http://www.rationalskepticism.org/general-debunking/aspartame-t31565.html
  • mmmurphy585
    mmmurphy585 Posts: 36 Member
    I get headaches from aspartame almost instantly also. Bad stuff!!!
  • benmarcum
    benmarcum Posts: 132 Member
    yup...harmless...that's what it is...
    Now warm it up to say...oh...i dunno...98 degrees Ferinheight ...wait...is one of those things it breaks down to...formaldehyde?

    What is your body temp?

    So some folks may call it junk science...but I see no reason to give embalming a head start.
  • jmosborn32
    jmosborn32 Posts: 18
    Even if aspartame is completely safe to consume, it does not mean it will not trigger migraines in certain people. Those of us who get migraines from aspartame know this full well and will avoid it like the plague.
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    yup...harmless...that's what it is...
    Now warm it up to say...oh...i dunno...98 degrees Ferinheight ...wait...is one of those things it breaks down to...formaldehyde?

    What is your body temp?

    So some folks may call it junk science...but I see no reason to give embalming a head start.

    LOLz
    Formaldehyde is also produced naturally by your body, and it's easily broken down and excreted.
    Why u so scared of chemistry?
  • SideSteel
    SideSteel Posts: 11,068 Member
    yup...harmless...that's what it is...
    Now warm it up to say...oh...i dunno...98 degrees Ferinheight ...wait...is one of those things it breaks down to...formaldehyde?

    What is your body temp?

    So some folks may call it junk science...but I see no reason to give embalming a head start.

    Your body already produces formaldehyde which breaks down into formic acid via alcohol dehydrogenase enzyme in the liver.

    I don't care whether or not you drink diet soda but your logic as to why you should avoid it, is off.

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