Comments on: Pick Your Poison: Aspartame, Diet Soda, Splenda …

By: Henk

Henk — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:19:30 +0000

Did anyone ever experience a problem with a loss of libido because of aspartame use? Will the “problem” correct itself?

By: Judy Monroe

Judy Monroe — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 04:28:42 +0000

To “Shaun” on 4/11/2009:
Yep, nothing is more frightening than a chocolate and peanut butter monkey. Uh, it’s actually called a rhesus monkey, not reeses monkey.

By: Great1122

Great1122 — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:55:39 +0000

I say avoid all artificial sweeteners and stick with the real stiff, you’ll gain more weight but at least you won’t die from it, assuming you consume it in safe amounts.

By: Gwen Trimble

Gwen Trimble — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 01:35:56 +0000

I just wanted to post a warning here for people to stay away from a new poison that is being marketed as “safe” and “natural”. It’s called Stevia and is being peddled by snake oil saleman as a substitute for other “artificial” sweetners. Studies have linked it to leukemia, autism and dementia.

By: gerry

gerry — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:30:46 +0000

I guess the bottom line is contained in a ‘desk sogan’ I have (on my desk at work)

“life is delicious, not sweet”

stop trying to make things ‘sweet’

gerry

By: Connie

Connie — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 01:08:56 +0000

Since they were approved for use, I have been a HEAVY consumer of aspartame and, more recently, Splenda. Until 2 weeks ago, my day began with a trip to the refrigerator for a diet soda. As the day continued, I would consume several Splenda-laden cups of coffee and 44 oz diet fountain sodas. Another favorite of mine was Yoplait light yogurt(containing sucralose) and several sticks of sugarless gum. Anything that was labeled “light” was included in my diet. For almost 25 years I suffered migraines. A few years ago I began experiencing ever-increasing in intensity and frequency strange physical symptoms that were unexplainable and everin my numerous Dr and ER visits – intermittent shooting pains throughout my body; intermittent strange feelings in my head; feelings of panic; joint and “bone” pain; lack of energy; numbness and tingling in my hands, feet & head; lack of energy; moodiness; chest pains; extreme weight gain not warranted by calories in vs burned. At 50 yrs old, I assumed this was all just “normal aging” until 2 weeks ago when I saw the movie “Sweet Misery; A Poisoned World.” That prompted me to begin an “experiment.” I got rid of everything in my refrigerator & cupboards containing aspartame or sucralose (still have 10 12-pks of diet soda to dump out). For 2 weeks I have painstakingly avoided all artificial sweeteners and feel better than I have in years. Overall it hasn’t been that difficult – the first few days there were strong cravings for diet soda (especially Pepsi Max) but those have pretty much dissipated. Some headaches – but not the severe pain and weird sensations that I had experienced for so many years. All my other strange symptoms have gone away. Every day that I abstain from artificial sweeteners leaves me feeling better and more energetic – more like my “old” self! The FDA’s approval of these poisons was obviously motivated by money & greed with no respect for the citizens whom they are supposed to be protecting. From what I have learned it appears that Ronnie Reagan bullied the FDA to align with his (and his crone’s) own political and financial agendas with no regard for innocent people thinking that they were doing something HEALTHY by avoiding natural sugar. I will NEVER knowingly allow another artificial sweetener to pass my lips – there is no doubt that the strange and unpleasant symptoms that I have suffered were caused by the poison that I pumped into my body on a daily basis.

By: Hanna

Hanna — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:42:19 +0000

First of all, thanks for sharing the information.
I’ve noticed that a lot of people are suffering from diabetic and they are now aware of the harmfulness of artificial sweeteners (aspartame, saccharine and sucralose). I have seen many people around me (including myself) consuming a lot of artificial sweeteners everyday. These are the “diet” product, “zero- calories” products. They may seem healthier but in fact, they contains tones of artificial sweeteners. I have realised that these arises headache, craving for sugar and even weight gain. Thereby I’ve stopped consuming any of these products and also trying to cut down on sugar. But as you all may know, cutting down on sugar is pretty tough since almost every food has sugar in it. Now let me tell you about this amazing natural sugar substitutes that I am using at the moment. It’s called Natvia natural sweeteners, which contains “no” aspartame and saccharin” and also it has less calories than sugar. For me, throughout my experience so far, it is doing great actually. I’ve told most of my friends to give it a go and they all seem to like it. Find out more if you are seeking for any good (esp.natural) sugar substitute.

By: J brown

J brown — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 02:27:22 +0000

I got severe vertigo from artificial sweetness! Couldn’t move for weeks! I was young and Naieve and didn’t realize poison could be sold because of money!

By: mark hausman

mark hausman — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 23:28:10 +0000

I had a gastric bypass seven years ago,i was told to use splenda, the last 4 years i’ve had a seisure, internal hernia, galbladder removed and recently gastritis. Is splenda my problem?

By: Kevin Walsh

Kevin Walsh — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 17:30:30 +0000

This is just an observation on my part. I live in the country and it is pretty common to have a few ants in the house come springtime. They usually make their way for the counters and the sugar bowl.
If a little sugar should fall on the counter they will carry it off to home. My observance is that if it be a bowl of Splenda or you spill a little they will make a wide berth around this. They will not touch it. If an ant will not consume this maybe we shouldn’t.