Eve walks again after diet change
A Shropshire woman who spent a year without the use of her legs has said she can now walk again after cutting the artificial sweetener Aspartame from her diet.
Eve Terry, 24, of Main Road, Pontesbury, is convinced that avoiding certain food and drink that contain the ingredient — such as low calorie yoghurts and soft drinks — has led directly to her remarkable recovery.
In April 2004, Mrs. Terry’s face swelled up and drooped and she often felt tired, but doctors were at a loss to tell her what was wrong.
“I looked like I had had a stroke and people kept coming up to me to ask me if I had,” she said. “Then about three months later I woke up one morning and my legs just felt as if they wouldn’t hold me up.”
But in April of this year, Mrs. Terry was referred to Dr. Sarah Myhill, a GP based in Knighton, Powys, who immediately told her to cut Aspartame out of her diet. Within six weeks, she had regained the use of her legs and her face was almost back to normal.
Dr. Myhill diagnosed Mrs. Terry as having Bell’s Palsy, which is a disorder of the facial nerves. She was also found to have Guillain-Barre Syndrome, which causes nervous system problems.