Anyone experienced pain due to artificial sweeteners..?

Helenavee42

My mother has gout. If you drink like 2 or so ounces of cherry juice it will help to relieve the pain and the attack should go away faster. When my mom has a flare up it affects her for at least 3 days to two weeks but now that we found out about the cherry juice it has drastically reduced the time her flare ups affect her. There is a product called just black cherry and it is pure cherry juice. If you have gout keep some around. I learned this from my friends mom and dad and her dad has gout. Stay away from red meat while you have a flare up too.

smh1067

Not joint pain, but headaches. Awhile back I was replacing my beloved Sprite with Crystal Light (I'm talking it's what I drank all day) and I was having horrible headaches. I heard mention of the negative side effects of Aspartame not long after that so I stopped drinking the CL, and the headaches were gone. I thought it was just a coincidence and that I was being fed a load of rubbish, so I started drinking it again, and no joke, the headaches came back. I had no idea, but now I try and avoid the stuff. I think it depends on the person, like how some people are allergic to Penicillan and others aren't. I don't take the warpath against it, but I've found out it's definitely not for me.

now_or_never13

I have heard of aspartine poisoning. There are many articles on it. I started drinking diet sodas when trying to lose weight, and became very addicted, much more than with regular sodas. When I stopped drinking them, I had horrible headaches, and withdrawls. Diet sodas are bad, so are regular sodas. I haven't had one in 2 months, and I feel so much better. I have stopped using all artificial sweeteners as well.

The headaches would of been due to the decrease in caffiene you consume.

now_or_never13

I've heard some of the same complaints you've mentioned. Here's a little info.

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/11/06/aspartame-most-dangerous-substance-added-to-food.aspx

http://www.mercola.com/article/aspartame/hidden_dangers.htm

I'm trying to wean myself off of it. It's not easy with all it's into.

Mercola is the biggest f'ing quack/fear-mongerer out there. Please ignore everything he says.

This! Quoting Mercola means nothing.. sorry but Mercola is not a respected person for most people.

txsbbtc

Sweet-N-Low gives me god awful heartburn. No trouble with any other sweeteners.

leantool

It keeps me up, i had to cut it out because I wasn't sleeping.

that would be caffein