I’ve been a major “diet-Coke-aholic” for more than 30 years, often drinking 10 to 12 cans or more of diet Coke a day. My health has steadily declined over the last several years. My tendons, bones, and joints seemed to be deteriorating for no reason. I’ve suffered increasing chronic body pain. It has become more and more difficult for me to concentrate on anything for more than a few minutes at a time. In the last 10 years, I’ve had surgery 12 times: 3 neck surgeries, 6 wrist surgeries, one thumb surgery, one knee surgery, and one ankle surgery.
When facing yet another ankle surgery, one of my doctors asked if I drank diet colas. When I said “yes,” he advised me to stop drinking them for 6 weeks to see if my ankle pain got better. It not only got better, but so did a whole host of other symptoms! That’s when I started doing research on aspartame. I’ve been aspartame-free for 6 months now. My elbows and wrists no longer hurt. My knees, ankles, and feet hurt far less. For the first time in years, I’m not running a low-grade fever. I can sleep the whole night through without a sleeping pill. My energy level has gone up. My weight is going down. My fingernails are no longer splitting and peeling back in layers. My hair is growing like wildfire. I could go on and on. How could our government get away with foisting this poison on us and let us be slowly killing ourselves all this time, all in the name of profit? I am absolutely outraged! betty@cyberjunkie.com