I have two stories to tell. When my son was 12, about 17 years ago, he started having seizures, and was diagnosed with epilepsy. An aunt of mine sent me an article from the N.E. journal of medicine put out by Harvard Medical School. They were trying to get aspartame off the market because of all the hazardous effects it had. Even though he was now on anti-seizure medication, he still continued to have seizures. I immediately stopped everything he was taking that had NutraSweet in it…which was quite a lot of things….and in time his seizures completely stopped, and he is now seizure free.
However, I continued with my diet sodas, because I didn’t want to gain weight. After several more years, I was having headaches and chest pains. I was put on a stress test and found there were problems, so they scheduled advanced tests. On the way to the hospital, I blanked out and totaled my car. Thank God no one else was involved. Anyway, I underwent extensive heart and brain tests, which all proved positive.
My husband then decided that perhaps it was the diet soda I was still consuming, so we threw out everything that contained aspartame. Several months later, when I went back for tests to see how things were, everything was normal. I tried to explain to my doctor about the aspartame, but they really don’t listen to that sort of thing. At any rate, I have been fine now for more than a dozen years, and I tell everyone I know about the dangers of aspartame. Sometimes it is just a small effect that we are not conscious of, but in time it will continue to grow to be a severe problem. Tell everyone you know about the dangers of aspartame. If they don’t want to consume sugar, there are other artificial sweeteners on the market that will serve their purpose. Mimi6332@aol.com