Aspartame Anti-Testimonials© #918 – Weight Gain, Muscle Pain, Numbness, Weight Loss After Quitting

From 1990-2003, I drank Diet Coke. From 1990-2003 I gained 50 pounds. I stand 5’7 with a small frame and was beside myself with frustration from weight gain. I did Weight Watchers, Nutri-System, Atkins, Jenny Craig, Phen Fen, and Atkins again. With no results. Many people over the years have told me that Aspartame i.e. NutraSweet causes obesity. Of course that makes no sense at all, right? Well, long story short. I started seeing a neuro-muscular massage therapist in October of 2002 for constant muscle pain and numbness. I am a professional drummer and have been doing it for years, so I assumed that it was overuse of my muscles that was causing me so much pain. Anyway, my therapist told me that my muscles were completely saturated in acid and that most of them weren’t even working. She then asked me if I consumed cokes and things like that. I answered yes and she said that as long as I’m drinking them, my muscles will continue to ache and not work. So, for that reason alone, I had my last Diet Coke on New Year’s Day, 2003. Determined to keep the muscles pain from coming back, I stuck to it. In order to get my caffeine, I drink black coffee with NO sweetener of any kind, and unsweetened iced tea with lemon. Here is the catch. With no dietary changes other than quitting Diet Coke, January 1st, 2003 I weighed in at 149 pounds, and convinced that I would never be slim again. Today, April 18th, 2003, I weigh 120 pounds. No exercise, no dieting. NO DIET COKE. I am now a size 6, down from a 10 and I have no muscle pain anymore.