A few years ago I decided to lose a few pounds. So I watched my fat and cut out the sugar. I bought diet Jell-O, soda, etc. and it all contained Aspartame. Within a week I started having headaches, my head felt stuffed up and generally not feeling like myself. I made an appointment for a physical. A couple of days before my appointment, my mother saw on our local news a story about Aspartame and the side effects.
My mother said to me you have all the side effects. Let’s cut out all the Aspartame and see what happens. So I stopped all the Aspartame and within a few days I started to feel like my old self. I know it was the Aspartame because about a month later I accidentally had a piece of gum with Aspartame in it and within 15 min. had a splitting headache. I know avoid Aspartame all together.