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Sparkling Water...

acstansell
acstansell Posts: 567 Member
edited October 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Hello,

I've been drinking sparkling water for about the last four days or so. I'm starting to experience nausea, a sour taste in the back of my throat, and some abdominal pain. The sparkling water does have aspartame in it.

I've called my doctor and I'm waiting for a call back. Do you think it's the aspartame?

Which would suck because some times, I need a bit more than water but I don't want soda.

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  • JHB2011
    JHB2011 Posts: 153 Member
    What about trying a Crystal Light packet in your water instead of sparkling water? I can drink their lemonade 24/7! Mmmm
  • christineanne8
    christineanne8 Posts: 24
    I hate plain water too. Try the MIO water flavors.. 0 calories, lots of flavors, and delicious.
  • Bentley2718
    Bentley2718 Posts: 1,689 Member
    Try unsweetened sparkling water? I drink unsweetened lime or berry flavored water a lot.

    If it is the aspartame, I wouldn't recommend crystal light, as I believe it has aspartame as well.
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    Well you could stop drinking it and see if these symptoms disappear.

    I don't know about the nausea and sour taste, but could the abdominal pain be from all the carbonation you are taking in?
  • NiciS72
    NiciS72 Posts: 1,043 Member
    I had the same thing happen after I cut out artificial sweeteners from my diet. I drank Crystal Light for 2 days and had horrible nausea and headache. They both went away when I stopped drinking anything with artificial sweeteners in them. I stick to True Lemon lemonade with Stevia or La Croix Lime which has nothing artificial in it.
  • momof8munchkins
    momof8munchkins Posts: 1,167 Member
    When I was weaning myself off diet soda I drank plain unsweetened sparkling juice mixed with real fruit juice.. then slowly over time reduced the amount of juice.. now I drink sparkling juice plain or with lemon... unsweetened.iced tea is also good when you don't want water.
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