About 10 years ago I participated in a double blind study of the effects of Aspartame at Duke University. I was asked to be included because I had complained to the FDA and some medical doctors interested in the substance’s side effects.
At the time I was previously very healthy, and I was consuming 10-20 ounces of Diet Coke daily. I started having migraine headaches (I didn’t know they were migraines until my doctor diagnosed, I had never had them before), confusion, dizziness, memory loss, and I just felt very “old”. I was only 25 years old at the time.
I read an article about the “possible” side effects of Aspartame, and it sounded just like me so I wrote to the doctor who wrote the article, explaining my experience. It was several months later that I went to Duke for the study. I was very concerned about the effects of Aspartame and wanted to contribute what I could to the cause, in this case I contributed my body! They checked me out head to toe, inside and out first, and then gave me capsules to take each day. Some with Aspartame, some without. Then each day they ran many tests on me again. The results showed that I have an allergy to some chemical in it. I guess it is a common allergy, many people have it, and therefore many people can have side effects to Aspartame.
I believe this is only one problem with Aspartame, it is very much a poison to our systems, and should be avoided at all costs. Every person who knew me at the time I had the symptoms now avoids Aspartame, they saw what it does to a healthy person.