I think the people who have immediate reactions are indeed “lucky”. I had a friend who drank several NutraPoison sodas every day. She developed severe, debilitating headaches but never made the connection to the NutraPoison. Over the course of a year she spent thousands of dollars on specialists and tests (she even had a brain scan). Spent hundreds of dollars on different kinds of drugs to alleviate the headaches, all to no avail. Someone mentioned to her that NutraPoison has been known to cause headaches, so she decided to stop ingesting it. Her headaches stopped 2 days later. A couple weeks later she tried drinking one soda and got a horrible headache. She then became an anti-NutraPoison activist, trying to warn others. Too bad I didn’t listen. She told me she started doing research on how dangerous it was and practically begged me to get off it, but I just didn’t want to listen. I kept saying that it was only bad for certain people, but I “obviously” didn’t have any problems with it, so I kept on drinking it. I wish I had had a severe reaction so I would have realized how damaging it is. I kept drinking it for years, thinking all along that I just wasn’t “allergic” to it. My family and friends were all worried about my NutraPoison intake, but I kept telling them it was certainly safer than sugar. Finally I decided to try to stop drinking it for a while to see if there was anything in what people were telling me. After being free of NutraPoison for 2 weeks I noticed that I wasn’t tired in the morning anymore (didn’t need caffeine to wake me up), I stopped craving sweets, I lost weight, and I felt better. A few weeks later I decided to try it again. I had muscle aches, joint pain, and I almost threw up. It tasted like poison. I used to actually crave the taste, but now it just tastes like the poison that it is.
It converts to formaldehyde even in the retina of the eye and has caused enough blindness that in l986 the FDA was petitioned to ban Aspartame for this reason. It ravages every organ in the body.
I just found out (at only 43) that I have glaucoma, even though I don’t have any risk factors. Perhaps it’s from my years of drinking NutraPoison?
Also, the wood alcohol in Aspartame literally destroys the immune system. Would you get up each morning and take a little pill that you knew little by little would breakdown your immune system?
I also got MCS, FM and CFS while drinking NutraPoison. My liver simply doesn’t do phase II detox anymore. Maybe NutraPoison didn’t directly cause these illnesses, but I do know that it added to my total toxic load.
I can think of no redeeming value for NutraSweet except a good rat poison. I think I remember reading somewhere that given a choice, rats won’t eat NutraSweet (or maybe it was cockroaches?) so it may not even make a good rat poison. No redeeming value does NutraSweet have. It is addicting and it makes billions for Monsanto.
I’m sorry to say that for years I helped support Monsanto with my NutraPoison habit. I cringe at the thought today. I can’t believe I wouldn’t listen to all those who were trying to help me.