Let me first commend you and your “partners in crime” for the work that you do in reference to Aspartame and its ill effects on the human body. As a sufferer of Aspartame poisoning, I feel quite strongly that you and your people may have gone as far as saving my life. At the least, you people are responsible for improving my quality of life by an exponential amount.
I was diagnosed with type II diabetes a little over 3 years ago. Like a scared little diabetic, I was concerned for my health enough to make several changes in my lifestyle, to improve my overall health and to try to keep my diabetes under control.
I began using Equal in my coffee (4 cups/day) and I began drinking diet Pepsi, about 4 per day. I tried to use as many products with Aspartame as possible. During the next 2 years, I lost 55 lbs., much to the delight of myself, my family, and my doctor. But during these 2 years, my health began to suffer, and I started experiencing many problems that no one, including my doctor, associated with Aspartame usage. As a matter of fact, everyone, including myself, thought that most of my problems were my “advancing age” (46 now). The problems I had were as follows; indigestion (used Rolaids like candy), headaches, almost every morning, (used Advil almost every day). Severe mood swings, memory loss (mostly short term), my vision deteriorated, insomnia, and finally vertigo. When I began the dizziness associated with vertigo, I again went to the doctor thinking maybe I had a clogged artery to my brain. My doctor could find absolutely nothing wrong with me. He scheduled me for a “fasting” blood test the next morning. The next morning I took a thermos of coffee sweetened with Aspartame in the truck, to drink on the way to work after the blood test. That morning, I felt great. No the lab, until now?”. it hit me like a ton of bricks. An almost forgotten memory of the controversy over the approval of Aspartame. I searched the Web and ended up at your site. The rest is sort of history. I stopped using Aspartame products, and all the symptoms went away, almost immediately. Except I fear my eyes are permanently damaged, and my short term memory has improved, but is a long ways from what a man my age should be experiencing. I am now on a “one man” crusade in work, to educate my fellow workers and friends to the dangers of Aspartame. I have been successful with 4 individuals, who are now on the mend, and who also NEVER associated their medical problems with their use of Aspartame.