Comments on: Aspartame… the BAD news!

By: Helen Ramsey

Helen Ramsey — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:08:27 +0000

My daughter (55) had been drinking 28 oz. of Diet Coke morning, noon and night. She developed 3 holes in the retina of one eye which had to be closed with laser treatment. (The Dr. said he didn’t know the cause.) I’ve given her article after article about the dangers of aspartame and I’m treated like a stupid old woman. However, she seems to be drinking iced tea now, but they are still purchasing Diet Coke. She uses a computer all day long for her job and I worry about her eyesight.
Since aspartame is so cheap to produce, they are using it in thousands of products. I recently purchased Fiber One and was shocked that it contains aspartame!
One of my friends is a nutritionist and refuses to stop using products with aspartame; however, she has very debilatating migraine headaches. I’m ridiculed like I’m a nut case!
Another friend told me her Dr. said not to use diet products which is a rarity in the medical profession.
My Ophthalmologist said there is nothing to these rumors. I feel betrayed!
Helen Ramsey

By: Laura Brickman

Laura Brickman — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I did some research on this myself a while back, my husband is diabetic..so a lot of what is available for him as far as sweets contains aspartmanine. I heard this from my dad and did a little research on this myself. It turned out that many of the so called studies saying Aspartmine is so extremely bad for you werent really provable…a lot of the articles cited non specific sources..etc. Im trying to dig up the article I felt showed this the most – but take a look at these too.

http://www.aspartamearchives.org/aspartame-side-effects.htm

http://www.aspartame.org/aspartame_experts_science.html

http://www.aspartame.net/media/rumors/squill.html

By: aeni

aeni — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

i bought the book from a book store, it was a bestseller. i don’t know abt amazon… oh ,try this name, Great Myth Conceptions

By: dodo

dodo — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

btw, looked for your book at amazon, didn’t find it. a link to back up your claim would be appreciated.

By: dodo

dodo — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

apparently people who make money have to support their claim. if there weren’t debates, FDA would not be so hesitant. tho not proven to be absolute, there are plenty of complaints.

http://www.presidiotex.com/aspartame/Facts/92_Symptoms/92_symptoms.gif

http://www.aspartamesafety.com/articles.htm

By: aeni

aeni — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Repeated studies have shown that aspartame does not cause allergic reactions, headaches, cancer, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, or Alzhemier’s disease. It does not affect vision, or cause changes in mood, behaviour or thought processes. It does not increase haemorrhagic risk, and it has no bad effects on dental health. On the other hand, some studies show that diet drinks with artificial sweeteners stimulate the appetite, which can lead to eating when you’re not hungry — which defeats the whole purpose of diet drinks.

from the book Great Mythconceptions by Dr.K.Kruszelnicki

By: Bubs

Bubs — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Wow, I remember hearing about that a while back! When I was young, my mom wouldn’t allow me to drink diet drinks because of the ‘nutra-sweet’ — is that the same thing? Well, I never drink diet drinks now… I don’t care for the taste.