Why Aspartame Isn't Scary

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  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,431 MFP Moderator
    Aaron_K123 wrote: »
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    I loved this debate thread when it was ongoing. Aaron provided so much information.

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    May not be active anymore but I am not dead...havent succumbed to the aspartame, yet. Fear over it seems to come culturally in waves and I havent seen a lot of fearmongering about it lately so assume its probably not coming up that often here either.

    Glad to see you are still kickin
  • FairlyLisa
    FairlyLisa Posts: 20 Member
    All I know is that I used to get migraines - then I cut out all aspartame, saccharin and sucralose and I have not had a migraine since. That was about 14 years ago. If I eat or drink anything that has those in it I can taste it immediately and stop. And there are somethings that stuff is in that is so irritating! Protein powder for one - and any of those "health" drinks.
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,304 Member
    ^^^ I admit I am too lazy to form my own words in response to an already well covered point so am quoting Aaron from previous page.....


    " I try to avoid making assumptions about whether or not something might cause migraines in a particular person or whether that response is "real" or psychosomatic. Maybe it does maybe it doesn't, as far as I know pretty much anything can be a migraine trigger (or be perceived to be a migraine trigger) but it clearly doesn't in everyone and there is no clearly defined causal link.

    If someone tells me they get migraines when they ingest aspartame I would say "oh okay, best to avoid then". But if they say I get migraines when I ingest aspartame, therefore its dangerous and everyone should avoid it...that is when I call BS."
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,336 Member
    FairlyLisa wrote: »
    All I know is that I used to get migraines - then I cut out all aspartame, saccharin and sucralose and I have not had a migraine since. That was about 14 years ago. If I eat or drink anything that has those in it I can taste it immediately and stop. And there are somethings that stuff is in that is so irritating! Protein powder for one - and any of those "health" drinks.

    Just because you have issues with something doesn't mean it is bad or scary, except for you maybe. I know a person who is extremely allergic to onions and other things from that family of food. If they came and said that because they affect her that way they are bad for everyone most people would have issues with that. However, that is what your argument boils down to assuming that it was cutting them out that stopped your migraines and not some other thing that you didn't realize was cut out at the same time. It does not change the fact that aspartame is not scary.
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,304 Member
    Fairly Lisa you may just having been sharing your own experience and as such it is valid.

    As long as you don't extrapolate from that to "it is bad for everyone"

    Which your post didn't do - we are all just pre emptively counter- acting ;)

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