Side Affects of Splenda, leg pain

borichfan

I have had leg pain, joint pain in my legs, hip pain, and just feeling tired everyday to the point that it was keeping me from exercising. I have had this pain for about 3 years now. I am 49 yrs. old, so i thought it was just an aging thing. Then i thought, i am still too young to feel like this. I even bought a new expensive Ellipticall from Sears over a year ago, and i have been on that thing twice since, because of my legs & joints hurting so bad.
I been hearing alot about the use of Splenda & other artificial sweeteners & the side affects, but just kept drinking my several cups of coffee a day plus several diet sodas a day.
But recently i been reading several articles online about the side affects of splenda, diet sodas, & other artificical sweeteners, and alot of people's comments on that, and alot of people said that they had leg pain & joint pain, and when they quit using diet sodas and splenda, their pain went away. Miracle...
I got to thinking, that has got to be my problem. because i consume as much as 4 or 5 cups of coffee with a pk of splenda in each cup, plus maybe 4 or more diet sodas a day on a normal day.
So i switched to Decaffinated coffee (PLAIN) & cut down to about 2 or 3 diet sodas a day, plus cut out Splenda all together. And i have been off Splenda for 2 days now, and i can already tell a big difference in how my legs feel. They still feel tired & little achy, but i guess it takes a while to get that splenda out of your system, plus i am still drinking some diet soda, so splenda must have been the problem for me.
I am going to cut the diet sodas out comletely too. I cannot wait to exercise again. I will give my legs a couple more days to heal off the splenda before i get on the Elliptical. My goal is to completely cut out the diet sodas too, and anything else with artificial sweeteners in it, because i am so very sick and tired of HURTING in my legs and feeling so tired and drained all the time. I been to the doctor, so it is not arthritis or anything like that.
Has anybody else expeirenced pain when using splenda or diet sodas or caffiene?

spamantha57

What you experienced is not uncommon. I've read/ learned/ studied a boat load about artificial sweeteners since 2006. Aspartame is the WORST! There have been soooooooooo many health problems resulting from that stuff. I only use a dash of stevia on occasion in my tea - natural, no calorie, doesn't alter blood sugar, etc. I don't drink soda, but if I had the choice, I'd probably often choose the regular over diet soda because I do not want to consume that kind of stuff AT ALL.