Hello! We were e-mailed some information about Aspartame this evening, and the other “artificial” sweeteners by my husband’s uncle, so we went on-line to investigate the rest of the answers that we had questions for, needless to say, what we’ve found, is quite hair raising, and made me so mad, I could spit rocks. When someone is told by our TV ads, or a personal friend, that there is one sweetener that is better than the other one, you start using it, because you really want to believe it, main reason is that there isn’t a PH.D around that would tell you anything different, just that my blood sugar is high, my ears ring, my joints ache, I get dizzy quite often, I have mood swings, I get heart palpitations that just almost take my breath away, & that I retain water, but the Dr. says I’m “normal???” & I am given no other answer, except if they think that a pill can fix it, they are right there to give you a prescription for it, they smile, and get rich!!
As of tonight, we went through our cupboards, and pantry, and poured out all of our “diet drinks”, and everything in the refrigerator that had any type of artificial sweetener in it, and we were really shocked to find out how much junk stuff, that even is in yogurt, not all of the yogurt, just some of it, that we had to throw out. I will let you know how long it takes for me to feel like I’m back to normal, or just about, because I used to have a lot more energy, I didn’t have blurred vision before, & I just had my eyes check not too long ago.
We thank you for your fantastic articles, and all of the other information we found, and have learned a lot from them. If it isn’t organic, or when we read the ingredient label & it has an artificial food color or sweetener in it, we will not buy it. We don’t get addicted to a soft drink; we just will make sure it won’t kill us, or make us feel like we are almost dead. We have a family member that is dying from brain cancer, and I don’t know if it was the diet drinks or not, but we aren’t taking any chances, we like life, we’ve been educated real fast, and will always remember. Thank You
Update after two weeks.
I would like to tell you that so far, I am feeling quite good!! My right wrist is even getting better, no dizziness, which I think is great!!! I even seem to have more energy also, I’m not getting as tired so easy, no hot flashes either. When I want to sweeten something, I use either orange blossom honey, or evaporated cane juice, which we buy at our local health food store. I hope you have a great day!