Sweet Poison

I recieved a long email from out niece. The information included may be the answer to my ill health. I've been using a artificial sweetner containing Aspartame. The information states that when Aspartame is heated to over 86 degrees F, the wood alcohol turns into formaldehyde and then to formic acid, which in turn causes metabolic acidosis. One if the things that caught my attention was the Fibromyalgia link.   I have stopped using All sweetners. This is another change in my life style, but if the pains lessen, the mental fog leaves, the irritability goes away,  I can give up the little packet of sweetner. Yesterday I went through our pantry.  The diet soda was poured down the drain. All the artificial sweetner packets and boxes went into the trash.  The diet jello is gone.  Sugar free jelly bit the dust. I 'm looking foward to feeling better. The artical is titled:  If you drink Diet Soda- You have to read this. This might just be an answer to why you've been feeling poorly. Peg

That's great info, Peg. My surgical program told us to give up carbonation altogether, which I have done. I do use Splenda items, but rarely. I need to give up CARBS completely because I'm in a weight rut.

I do hope you feel better SOON!!!!

Connie, The Carb bug found me also.  Trying to fight the good fight and not Buy that junk.  Not always winning that battle.  I'm on my second day of no of No sugar added, Artificaly sweetend products. I think I'll have to give this at least a week to see how I feel.  Right now I'm sitting here with a Glass of Wine, Yup, I'm partaking of the grape. White grape, the red stuff gives me a terrible headache,  Tuddles Young-un, Peg

I have avoided most treated foods but now since surgery I have been eating more SF foods. This is a concern I have.... Thank You so much for sharing. Millie

I went to the SF stuff after WLS also.   Have had some tummy upset problems, ache's and pains, mood swings . Sooooo, if I can help myself and give up thoes sweet chemical, I 'll do that and see if I can help myself feel better.Peg

I don't personally know if this is true or not... .... but Snopes says it is just another email hoax. http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/aspartame.asp

Marc, I don't know anything about snopes. If this is a hoax, then so be it.  But I'll give my body a rest from chemical's and see if it works for me. Thanks for taking the time to check the info . Peg

I can't imagine anything but good coming from removing all those nasty chemicals from our bodies... gotta be a good thing! Snopes is the agency (?) online that checks into these things and finds the facts and puts them on the internet... great site to check out stuff to see if it's true or not...

I'm really not suprised that you're feeling better after ridding your body of artificial sweetners. I've heard for quite a while that aspartame is dangerous. I was a big equal user for a long time but quit about a yr ago and went to spenda. Splenda is probably bad also...being artificial is the culprit. For the longest time I thought which is worse...to be fat or to have cancer? Because of my low self esteem I chose to accept the possibility of cancer...being fat has been so hard on me over the years that all I wanted was to be thin...at any cost. I gave up sodas over a yr ago and coffee since my brain injury in a car accident last Fall.  You are right...I thing everyone should heed your warning. After all, everyone is getting their lives to where they wanted to be and now is not a good time to develop new illnesses that are preventable. Thanks, Alice

Thanks for your responce Alice, Peg