I was just doing some internet surfing on the wonder sweetener that I hate so much, and I found your website so I thought I’d send a message and you can add me to your list of victims when you get a chance.
Many years ago, I went on the NutriSystem diet. Much of the food there had Aspartame for a sweetener instead of sugar, no real surprise. After I finished that diet, I was still consuming some Aspartame from diet drinks on occasion (even though I hated the taste). Then one day, I started breaking out in hives. I went to the doctor, they ran some tests, and could find nothing wrong with me. I went a few times, no help.
I went to a few different doctors, and finally one mentioned NutraSweet and handed me a list with more side effects than I can find anywhere on the internet that were linked to Aspartame. I had quite a few of the side effects listed, if I had a list I could probably check them off one by one. Hives, dizziness, headache, insomnia, fatigue, those are the ones I remember well but I know I had many more. I felt like I was walking around in a daze all the time.
The doctor suggested I avoid anything with Aspartame in it, so I did. It took a while, but the hives went away. I started sleeping better. I didn’t feel tired in the middle of the day anymore. Headaches were gone.
This was in 1990. I haven’t touched the stuff since, except unknowingly or by mistake. I still know when I’ve had some too; I break out in hives whenever I take in any Aspartame. I have to laugh at the reports I read too, that its ok and its natural amino acids with phenylalanine. Sure it is. Seems like Dr. Roberts has it right, maybe that’s what it starts as, and then you put it in the body and you have methanol and who knows what else.
Evil evil evil. That’s what Aspartame is. Maybe someday the FDA will agree. I’m glad others are spreading the word. I’ve been telling my friends since 1990.