I saw some very disturbing information on NutraSweet on the WEB a few months back. After reading the information I stopped drinking Diet Coke and diet sodas immediately. I had been drinking Diet Coke for about four years or so, pretty much on a daily basis (Meaning one or two a day). For about the last two years I had some increasing pain on the inside bone of both elbows. I thought it may have been an old hockey injury. I started to get very concerned when the pain was persistent and seem to be getting worse to the point of having great pain when lifting not so heavy objects. I remembered when I had started drinking diet sodas. That was the only constant variable in my diet in the past years. The pain got to the point of being too severe to ignore. I happened to look up on NutraSweet on the WEB and found an abundance of negative information. One particular report mentioned that sore joints were one of the symptoms. I have not ingested diet sodas since then and am happy to say the pain is 90 % gone. Coincidence?
Maybe, I don’t think so. I hope that I haven’t done anything too irreversible at this time. I did coincidently drink a couple of quarts of freshly squeezed vegetable juice each week during those years. A friend of mine owned a juice store at the time and (like a bar) I would stop in a couple of nights a week for a drink”. During that time (approx. 5 years) I only had the flue once. (Note: I am not a health or exercise fanatic) I am sorry about the long winded note, but I thought you might like to hear my story.