posted 09-18-2002 02:23 PM            

My endocrinologist hadn't heard of it and didn't seem to think that it was any big deal.

In any event, I decided to try removing anything with Aspartame in it from my diet. My friend also did the same thing. It has been about 10+ days for both of us.

I have experienced a few "withdrawl" type symptoms, aches in the joints, mild headache, etc. My friend was experiencing several MS-like symptoms that appear to have improved over the last 2-week period. She is sleeping better, etc.

Both of us were tested at birth for the Phenylalanine sensitivity. Neither of us has this sensitivity.

I am simply looking for anyone else that has heard anything about Aspartame Toxicity. I don't want to argue with anyone about it, etc.

I would like to know if you have checked the web and read any of the available sites, as well as the FDA website. I have and felt that there was enough evidence for me to stop using artificial sweetners all together. I switched to a natural, plant extract from a plant called Stevia? I think that's the name. It's not bad and seems to work fine in coffee and iced tea.

posted 09-18-2002 08:57 PM            

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Originally posted by pburgbeanie:
I don't want to argue with anyone about it, etc.

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Members are to respect this request.

posted 11-12-2002 06:19 PM            

Splenda started out highly recommended since it was a natural derivative of sugar. I am now seeing many web-sites sponsered by doctors and nutritionists saying not to use it. Seems we all will just have to make a personal decision on it.

Saccharin seems to have fallen under the radar. Go figure.

Jintfan

posted 11-30-2002 02:43 PM            

I can share a personal story with everyone about my experience with aspartame.

It was about 10 years ago. I was a diet coke addict. I drank about 2 liters a day. Oh, I loved the taste so much and began noticing that I seemed more and more thirsty when I wasn't drinking my diet cokes. I'd estimate I drank this amount for about one year. Then one day I decided I was going to quit drinking diet coke. Mainly because I had read a article about aspartame tocicity. It was in a newsletter I received in the mail from Dr. Julian Whitaker.
So I quit cold turkey. Within 24 hours my body began to detox. I had a headache so severe I thought my head was going to explode. I was thinking this was probably from the caffeine. Then the detox really hit me. I spent days in the bathroom with liquid green stuff coming out of my bowels. I developed a high fever of 105 degrees. The perspiration coming out of my body smelled just like turpintine. It was horrible. I saw spider's on the ceiling and wall. I went to my doctor and he said I had the stomach flu. Folks I'm here to tell you it was not the stomach flu. I was going through a very strong and horrible detox as the aspartame was coming out of my body. Pure chemical smells from the bowels to the perspiration to my breath. This put me in bed for 5 weeks. There is no doubt in my mind it was aspartame poisoning/detox. To this day if I accidently get even a super small dose of Nutri-sweet, my eyes begin to swell shut along with my throat. As far as I'm concerned it is deadly stuff. The things we read on the net are true.

People call me radical as well. I'm really very conservative. If you'll do your own research with this wonderful tool we call the Internet you will learn about things like, "Monsanto (the maker's of aspartame) pay the FDA huge amounts of money to say their product is "safe." Ultimately it comes down to the fact that each individual must make their own choice whether to consume this product or not. I choose NOT! And I can't honestly say I feel the FDA has the best interest about my health in mind.

posted 12-27-2002 05:20 AM            

Here's the deal, I drank diet sodas for 16 years. I would say from 2-4 liters a day. My wife made me a detox tea from herbs and stuff. Sweet Jesus have mercy, I thought He would take me then and there! Since stopping the diet sodas I have regain my memory, stamina and clearity of thought. Some can handdle that stuff, I can't. In case anyone is wondering the diet sodas did not cause the onset of my type ll. Here in Hawai'i we eat a very high carb diet. It's not a meal if we don't have a lb of rice!