My wife is so sensitive to any artificial sweetener that any amount no matter how small causes a severe reaction. Even one drop of Diet Coke will make her sick for days. A gulp of diet soda is so deadly to her that it requires an immediate ambulance ride to the hospital.
You should know that these sweeteners are used in many things you don’t realize. Toothpaste for example. Last year she discovered by accident that her toothpaste had Aspartame in it and she was being poisoned by it on a daily basis.
We check every single thing she consumes but outside of the United States this is difficult because of the lack of labeling laws. England is especially bad. Last week while trying to buy off the shelf cough medicine, the pharmacist had to call each manufacturer to check what they contained. We found that every single brand on the shelf contained artificial sweeteners except one. Just a few days later she was almost poisoned again by a Sangria drink she ordered at a restaurant – the lemonade in the drink was made with artificial sweeteners instead of sugar.
Because of her I’ve become more informed of how these sweeteners work and I can hardly believe it. They can only be described as mind altering drugs. The war on drugs should begin with artificial sweeteners.
In summary, beware. This dangerous stuff is not just in soda — it’s in all kinds of seemingly innocent stuff you buy at pharmacies and elsewhere.