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Aspertame: Making and Keeping You Sick

wami
wami
This topic has come up a lot lately. I knew in the past that it contributed and added to migraines and headaches, but had no idea about the rest until it was brought to my attention. Ingesting this deadly product can not only make you sick, but keep you that way as well. Aspertame, aka equal, nutrasweet, splenda, spoonful (and companies try to change or give new names so you will not notice them in products you consume). It is a substance that when getting to the temperature in your body converts to formaldahyde and your body cannot get rid of it, it is stored in your organs and such. Aspertame can cause: Cancers, Lupus, MS, Parkinsons, Dementia, and many, many more diseases. When you keep consuming this, you do get addicted (even unconsciencely) and your body craves it more and more, thus keeping you sick and making you worse.

It is in 9000+ food and products we consume everyday, including gum, candy, artifically sweetened foods, and most diet foods. I have tried very hard to cut this out completely, I read every label. It is very time consuming, but for my health, it is priceless. Try to check the foods you eat and see if cutting it out of your diet might help you get better atleast with your symptoms.

Thank you for listening. Good luck.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Research I did back in 1989 for college on Aspertame was very scary also concerning children. It is very harmful to allow children to injest Aspertame. It leads to kidney disease later in their teenage years and adult years. It was pretty scary stuff. I can see how it would also be bad for us too.
deleted_user
deleted_user
it used to give me a Migraine every time. i'm a big gum person and i slowly added gum back in and i am checking my label right now- and yup it has it in it. darn. i can't live without gum but they all have it. some more than others. do you know of any that don't have it? i don't think is causing my M's but it could be a combo of everything and that.
wami
wami
Meg--that would definately be a contributor to the M's. I have looked at all the gum's and the only one that I have seen so far is Big Red, which is the only one I chew now. That's a shame because there are so many others that I like and want. It's also in a lot of drinks, so be careful.

Snoopy--yes it is definately terrible for children and for adults. Although it is approved by the FDA for consumption and I can't understand why. I guess cheap way to make a big buck.
deleted_user
deleted_user
that sucks. maybe i'll do another test to see if i stop if my M's will go away. i can't do big red it burns my mouth so bad it leaves sores.
deleted_user
deleted_user
That's horrible. I have been using one of these products instead of sugar, I didn't know it was that bad although I heard it wasn't good. Thanks for the info.
deleted_user
deleted_user
That's horrible. I have been using one of these products instead of sugar, I didn't know it was that bad although I heard it wasn't good. Thanks for the info.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Yea, and I think the ironic thing is it makes you fat. Maybe there is no research to back it up, but I have my suspicions. . . .
deleted_user
deleted_user
I saw this and thought you might want to read this info, alot of what you read about this is computer urban legend.

http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/aspartame.asp

http://www.snopes.com/humor/iftrue/antpoison.asp

hopes this helps some :)
mechellebelle
mechellebelle
no matter what they say about it on snopes (haven't read it) there ARE bona fide studies out there that support the side effects of consuming aspertame.
wami
wami
Yes you are right there are "bonafide" studies on consuming aspertame. I did go to snopes and read them, and it does say that it is the cause of such diseases, however reports do show that having aspertame disease can mimic other diseases, AND it DOES also cause them.
mechellebelle
mechellebelle
yes, I figure: it is a chemical. doesn't matter what it's derived from really. the less chemicalsl we consume the better. water is so much better than anything else anyway. well maybe a variety of organic cow/soy/nut milks in smaller doses, but my vote is for water.

and as for aspertame in foods, I vote for small amounts of maple syrup or honey once in a while instead.

I did an entire revamp of my diet and found it extremely helpful (I think it's posted in my journala on April 24th if anyone is interested)
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