Is anyone else allergic to aspertame? Or ist it just me? More info?

Question

IS..lol.. fumble fingered today.

Hmmm... strangely enough, about the only other thing I have a severe reaction to IS formaldehyde. I couldn't even be in the room during high school bio. dissection time. From aspertame as well, my tongue and throat swell, I get a migraine and feel short of breath.

Answer 1

You are NOT alone! Here is a bunch of stuff on aspertame. For more just google ( health risks of aspartame)! 551,000. results!


Aspartame Warning:

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has noted some possible, but uncommon, neurological side effects of aspartame in people, such as headaches, hallucinations, panic attacks, dizziness, and mood swings. However, their link to aspartame remains unclear. Aspartame has not been studied long-term to determine its effects on humans over time, since it is a relatively new product. In the 1950s, saccharin exploded onto the U.S. markets as a sugar substitute with few calories and great taste. In the 1980s, scientists realized that saccharin is a carcinogen.
We try and spread the word about the numerous & serious dangers of regular aspartame (Nutrasweet, Equal) consumption. Currently the 100+ articles on this page contain facts & opinions from over 50 doctors & nutritionists, many of which have each "cured" their patients of many symptoms (including weight gain) simply by removing aspartame from their diet. These 50+ doctors strongly recommend avoiding all aspartame products. Numerous articles detailing the unbelievable history of the aspartame approval are also provided, along with thousands of testimonials from former users. Some info. on the new sweetener Splenda (sucralose) found in Diet Rite soda is also provided.
The multi-billion dollar aspartame industry would like you believe that "aspartame kills" is an "urban legend" and that you'd have to drink 100 cans of diet soda a day to be harmed by aspartame. This is just simply not true. Their main claim is that the 3 components of aspartame are found in many natural foods and are therefore safe. This is kind of like saying carbon monoxide is safe because all it contains is carbon & oxygen, the same components of carbon dioxide. Methanol (wood alcohol), which makes up 10% of aspartame and is highly toxic (adult minimum lethal dose is 2 teaspoons), is also found in some fruits & vegetables like tomatoes. However, methanol is never found in natural foods without ethanol & pectin, its "antidotes" if you will (detailed facts below). Ethanol & pectin prevent methanol from being metabolized into formaldehyde (embalming fluid) & formic acid (same chemical as fire ant venom), both deadly toxins. An ethanol drip is even the standard emergency room treatment for methanol poisoning. Aspartame contains no ethanol or pectin, therefore the methanol is converted to formaldehyde and formic acid. Phenylalanine and aspartic acid, the other 2 components of aspartame, are amino acids found in natural foods but always as part of long chains of many different amino acids to form complex protein molecules that take humans 12 hours to gradually break down & assimilate. According to the doctors below, when consumed by themselves these 2 amino acids require no digestion and quickly enter the brain & central nervous system at abnormally high levels, overstimulating brain cells to death and causing many other health problems.

"Pro" aspartame people point to industry sponsored short term tests, ignoring independant tests. They point to "reliable" health sites, organizations, foundations etc. that are sponsored, funded & fed "facts" by companies that profit from aspartame. And of course, the FDA approved it so "it must be safe", neglecting to mention that the FDA denied aspartame approval for over 8 years until the newly appointed FDA commissioner Arthur Hull Hayes overruled the final scientic review panel, approved aspartame, and then went to work for G.D. Searle's (initial owner of aspartame) public relations firm at $1,000 a day. Hayes has refused all interviews to discuss his actions. The FDA also urged Congress to prosecute G.D. Searle for "specific false statements or concealed facts" stemming from Searle's testing of aspartame. However, the 2 government lawyers assigned to the case decided against prosecuting G.D. Searle and then joined G.D. Searle's law firm! Even the National Soft Drink Assn. filed a strong protest letter (available below) in 1983 against the approval of aspartame for use in beverages, saying "aspartame is inherently, markedly and uniquely unstable in aqueous media." Also, the FDA still allows hydrogenated oils to be used, does that make them safe?



Hope this helped!

Answer 2

NO, it isn't just you. It gives me headaches whenever I drink it. I always look at the label.

Funny thing is, right when aspertame (aspartame?) came out I saw an article about how it slowly builds up in the brain - not something I'm interested in! Yet, there it is, in lots of stuff ...

So, no - it isn't just you. It sounds like you are what is now known as a "Phenylketonuric" (look at any little nutra-sweet package and you can read about yourself.)

I'll drop a website that will fascinate you ...

Best.

Answer 3

I'm not but I know someone who was. She kept getting these terrible headaches until they figured out that it was the aspertame!

Answer 4

aspertame is like formaldhyde...not good for you at all....so basically everyone is allergic to it....it is very bad.....Bush and his Cabinet are aspertame addicts....google it...it's true...it acts like cocaine and slices up your brain....very bad mojo

Answer 5

No.
This article says there is no connection between allergies and aspartame.

Answer 6

aspartame gives me migraine headaches I can't eat or drink anything at all with it.