Last November I purchased a large warehouse pack of Crystal Light and began drinking it. By the end of the year I was calling my doctor about chest pains. By January, the pains were more frequent and I called the doctor and was told to go to the ER.
After losing work and spending money on tests, the doctor said I probably had heartburn or something gastrointestinal. I said I had heartburn when I was pregnant and this definitely was not heartburn. I was also passing enormous amounts of gas (that luckily I could pass off as my young child’s). That weekend after being at the hospital, I saw the empty tubs of Crystal Light on my countertop and figured out that maybe that’s what had changed. I stopped using the drink and after about one month, the chest pains finally totally went away. I still have somewhat of a gas problem and wonder what damage I did to my body. Maybe there appear to be a lot of people for whom this product may be OK, but it will definitely not be for me or my family. Hopefully you will do more research and come to a conclusion that this product may not be safe for your family either. Since my problem I have found that aspartame is used in some baby formulas, in medicines I gave my child for ear infections, and in Pedialyte I had given my child. This makes me very mad that I had given this product to my children and sad for all the other people who are unknowingly giving their children something potentially harmful to them. cramerd196j@yahoo.com