The Aspartame Thread

I try not to drink too much as it makes me grumpy, I think I don't sleep well (not as deep as I should) when I have had a lot of diet soft drinks. I look for diet drinks sweetened with Splenda/Sucralose and xylitol

Be prepared for the backlash against Sucralose and Xylitol coming your way (Not by me - I know nothing!)

"Quite frankly it is a poison. Aspartame poisoning can happen and it can kill you. Forgive my frankness but in my experience it is true. "

Quite frankly, anything you overconsume is poison. Salt (NaCl) is poison. And CAN kill you if you eat too much. I can give hundreds of examples of items we consume and can kill us if we overdo.

I'd say anything needs moderation. Yes I had some side effects when I consumed way too much aspartame. But if I have 1 can per day I'm perfectly fine. It even helped me get rid of craving I used to have for sweets.

Here are many articles relating to the poison known as aspartame:

I have had many bad reactions to this especially migraine headaches and I don't even have migraines! I completely avoid it and no headaches. Read and educate yourself then decide if consuming this deadly sweet is really worth it.

Another thing to know my Mother in law nearly went blind drinking the diet sodas. Luckily she read what Dr. Mercola had relating to the real research on it. She stopped drinking it. Her headaches went away, her asthma improved, and eyesight improved.

Why should you listen to Dr. Mercola? He is a real MD and he knows what he's talking about.

http://www.mercola.com/forms/background.htm

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2005/10/06/aspartame-killing-us-by-degrees-part-i.aspx


http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/3/11/one-woman-s-astonishing-experiment-with-aspartame.aspx

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/07/31/aspartame-update.aspx

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/08/03/just-how-bad-is-aspartame.aspx

I'm sure if you search his site you will find countless other articles telling you the absolute truth about this.

Should you avoid aspartame? Absolutely if you value your health, but only you can decide what is right for you. I simply provide the links so you may educate yourself and make a full informed decision if the risks are really worth it.

. But coincidence is not the same as cause-and-effect.

I cant say one way or another about the science but i can tell you my personal experience. I used to drink about 2- 2 liter bottles of diet pepsi everyday. Yeah its alot. But I quit drinking it in January of this year. I had horrible knee pain everyday and my hair was falling out by the handfuls. Since i stopped drinking it my hair isnt falling out and my knees have stopped hurting since about 2 wekks after i stopped. I also used to eat ibuprofen like M & Ms because my head always hurt. I havent taken any in over 3 months. I cant say for sure it was the apartame but if not then what?

Aspartame gives me instant migraines.

When Aspartame first came on the market, I bought everything with it and was eating it 2 or 3 times a day. That entire month I had a constant migraine with the aura's coming on every day.

I now stay completely away from it.

Some formulations of it- like Crystal Light- will give me an instant migraine.
Some like diet pepsi are fine.

It's funny how the research says there is no proof of aspartame giving one migraines, but I can bring one on in an hour by eating/drinking something with aspartame in it.

Some formulations of it- like Crystal Light- will give me an instant migraine.
Some like diet pepsi are fine.

Well it's been around for about 50 years..................I don't think that we're that naive. Not to mention with all the watchdog groups, legitimate awareness is raised. But for something to be pulled, it has to show conclusive proof to being a danger. There currently isn't enough solid proof to show that aspartame does what many anti aspartame claimants state. And that's from peer reviewed scientific studies that are independent from either the pro or con side.

Well, it's only been in the food supply for about thirty years. Not saying that isn't long enough for adverse affects to appear . . . just aiming for accuracy.

It is difficult to put complete faith in the outcomes of these studies when Searle has funded so many of them. Then you have organizations like "The Epilepsy Institute" claiming there is no link between aspartame and seizures -- then it turns out the Epilepsy Institute is funded by Monsanto.

Thanks for being civil.

Some formulations of it- like Crystal Light- will give me an instant migraine.
Some like diet pepsi are fine.

Thus, aspartame is not the cause of your headaches.

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