Aspartame Anti-Testimonials© #048 – Epilepsy, Headaches

About a year ago I wrote in that I was taking the 60 day no aspartame challenge after living with epilepsy and headaches for years. I am pleased to report that the challenge worked and the seizure disorder disappeared. Recently, however I began to drink the diet sodas again foolishly. Three months later the seizures came back (being diabetic my choices are limited). I have no choice, however, but to try and cut it completely out of my diet again. I just want to say as a genetic research technician at U of MD I think all the chemists need to remember that genes may play a roll in the way one person vs. another digests aspartame. Realize that not EVERYONE is allergic to shellfish or say poison ivy. Some people in the world are even immune to the AIDS virus. Its all in your genes. Perhaps these odd, multi-symptom neurological reactions to tiny amounts of apsartame are due to different mutations within a gene. Basically we can’t be sure why some people react to small amounts of aspartame while others don’t. But what we should be doing is figuring out why only some people have these reactions. Even if the number is say 1 in 3000 people with aspartame sensitivity (totally made up)…. that would mean about 100,000 Americans and 2 million people worldwide are wandering around consuming products that haven’t been completely proven for safety in the long run. Thats just a guess but still a lot of people. The point is more experiments must be done to figure out what’s really going on here before we can judge this product either way. I can honestly say I believe its affecting me negatively and obviously others feel the same way. Here’s hoping that more money for clinical research on this stuff becomes available…. locajessie13@hotmail.com