I have mastocytosis, mast cell disorder–due to the degranulation of mast cells in my blood and in various organs, I have weakness, paresthesias, fatigue, pain, facial swelling, respiratory problems, hypersensitivities (looks like severe allergy) to food additives–and NUTRASWEET IS the VERY WORST, followed closely by sensitivity to MSG.
Both these chemicals trigger mast cell degranulation for me, which if severe enough, leads to anaphylactic shock. If I do not treat the shock symptoms immediately I could die rather quickly. I also have had severe neurologic problems from these chemicals which mimic stroke. I hate NutraSweet and the companies which are putting it into the food chain. We are going to have millions of people so ill they will have to live in nursing homes before they are old–if we do not get the POISONS out of our food chain, starting with Aspartame, and monosodium glutamate.