How Does Aspartame Damage Your Brain?

re: How Does Aspartame Damage Your Brain?

Bany — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:09:25 GMT

Has anyone heard of xylitol? What are the effects of this?

re: How Does Aspartame Damage Your Brain?

Sandra60 — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:36:06 GMT

I have found aspertame does a fine job of getting rid of ants. Just sprinkle several packets onto the ground where the ants are and they'll eat it up and take it back to the queen. She eats it and dies. The colony either dies out or moves elsewhere. Voile. No more pesky ants getting into everything. I did this this spring and the ants are gone. I always have a box of equal on hand. Marked Poison, of course. I certainly would'nt eat that stuff. Try it, it works!

re: How Does Aspartame Damage Your Brain?

helpothers — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:56:49 GMT

I know this is anecdotal, but I found out the hard way that I am one of those people very sensitive to aspartame. The first round was in college - I wanted to drop a few lbs and started drinking 2 diet sodas a day while in school. After 3 days I was crying and couldn't stop. I just wanted to end my life. Over the weekend I got better and assumed it was the diet soda. I did the guinea pig thing and found that it was, so I stayed away from it. A couple of years later I was doing the slimfast diet with my husband. I decided to do the ultra slimfast because I didn't want to do milk because I was lactose intolerant. About two days later I was in my bedroom crying my eyes out wondering what was happening to me. I told my husband I felt like I was being poisoned like when I was in college on the aspartame. The lightbulb went off and I ran to the kitchen and read the label - there it was in the ultra slimfast. Aspertame. I avoid it like the plague but I often wonder if people who are depressed or suicidal might be ingesting this poison and not know why they are feeling the way they do. People give me the weirdest looks when I tell them I get suicidally depressed when I have aspartame. I watch the labels like a hawk now. I use sugar when I want something sweet or honey. I haven't found a stevia I like yet but I use that occasionally too. The thing that irks me is that I am finding it in everything lately. I couldn't find an ibuprofen or tylenol for my kids when they had the flu that didn't have it in it. Read all labels - especially the ones that say sugar free or no sugar added.

re: How Does Aspartame Damage Your Brain?

Bartolo — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:20:44 GMT

Hey all, I've a great idea for Govt. sponsored Health Care. Instead of taxing us all to pay for everyone's doctor visits, why doesn't the government just ban these items that are making humans sick and stop approving these same because the lobby groups contribute to their favourite causes.

re: How Does Aspartame Damage Your Brain?

fionaM_203 — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:17:57 GMT

And aspartame is an ingredient in the Parkinson's medication Parcopa because.........?

re: How Does Aspartame Damage Your Brain?

Supermom82 — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:28:10 GMT

Just wanted to add my 2 cents worth. About 10 years ago, I decided to loose some weight and along with my dietary changes, I incorporated artificial sweeteners. I began drinking diet soda's and using products with sugar substitutes in them (artificial sweeteners). I was able to initially loose weight, but several years after beginning the use these sweeteners, I started getting sick and for several years I experienced an array of problems, of which my PCP and or specialist never suspected aspartame poisoning. It was through Internet researching that began last June that I was able to figure out what the problem was. All I can say is if you want to distroy an country, introduce artificial sweeteners!!

re: How Does Aspartame Damage Your Brain?

Misty de Lopez — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:37:16 GMT

Hmm.. I dont see my comment, but I am confused on how aspartame will cause AIDS. Any answers?

re: How Does Aspartame Damage Your Brain?

Misty de Lopez — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:30:39 GMT

How does long term exposure to excitatory amino acid damage cause AIDS? That seems strange to me.

re: How Does Aspartame Damage Your Brain?

americanconsumer — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:57:23 GMT

This article contained some additional great information! I remember back in the early 90's hearing a talk show that had some doctor talking about the aspartame dangers in relating to the methanol processed into it, but nothing that I remembered had mentioned the aspartic acid and phenylalanine dangers (but they may not have been discovered yet then).

My warning of aspartame came in a different way, back in the mid 80's. I was working one of those $5.00/hr jobs at a Coca-Cola bottling plant, and got to help make some diet soda syrups with aspartame in them. In the syrup rooms, when you make this stuff, you have to add the aspartame into the syrup vats from packets. It creates some dust clouds when you add it, and by the time I was through, I could not believe the massive headaches that I got from it!!!! And although I was immediately disassociated with it from the experience, convincing my mother is another story altogether!

Being born in 1960, I remember FDA's sweetener transitions into our culture (through my mom's usage), going from sodium cyclamates, to saccharin, to aspartame (NutraSweet), and now we have this Splenda crap coming out! While FDA and big business are guilty for these deadly "money-making" ideas, we need to spread the word in a considerate, not demeaning way to the consumers of it!

My mom is going to get another dose of this info, too, but along with it, I'll have to suggest some alternatives, as well! If we don't give alternative solutions to the problem, or just rely on calling them "stupid" or "maniacal" for doing it, we too, will be contributing to this trend of big business making big money off of selling poisons for victims' consumption! My suggestion to my mom will be dropping the aspartame for changing her sweet tooth habits to use limited amounts of sugar, and when possible, to natural sweeteners, like honey. On a tight budget, she should still be able to do this, and get rid of this crap!!!

re: How Does Aspartame Damage Your Brain?

Randallie — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:47:50 GMT

Happy to hear about this horrible product. It is loosing ground to SPLENDA.

Is SPLENDA any good or is it just another form of poison?

PLEASE TELL US ABOUT SPLENDA.

Randallie

re: How Does Aspartame Damage Your Brain?

buttns — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:06:01 GMT

Dear jayp, I am most apologetic in regards to my statement about "americans" consuming so much "soft drink" we call it here, i guess what i see and hear is not always the full story and i regret having categorised all americans, thankyou for pulling me up on this.

Yes i agree our ultimate aim is one of informing the masses about better more knowledgeable health choices, i shall be more careful in future. buttns.

re: How Does Aspartame Damage Your Brain?

starling — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 06:30:37 GMT

yep aspartame is bad and I have been trying to tell people for years that flooding the body with excitatory neurotransmitter/neurotransmitter precursors + MeOH is a bad idea, but umm... I've been out of neurosci for about 3 years now so maybe I'm not up with the current stuff but... could someone explain to me how aspartate mediated excitotoxicity causes AIDS???

re: How Does Aspartame Damage Your Brain?

PeteG — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:57:09 GMT

I think it is reasonably safe to assume that any 'food' that is neurotoxic in excess, is probably best avoided or moderated in its use. This especially applies to man made (synthetic) foods - such as aspartame. For example, it may not be evident to the more 'aspartame-sensitive' individuals they have this vulnerability. By the time they discover it - it might be game over, and the damage is done. In such circumstances, arguing about scientific proof becomes somewhat academic. All the scientific proof you need is there already. In excess at least, aspartame is dangerous. Unless you know for certain you are NOT sensitive to aspartame - at ANY level, you should probably discontinue its use. If you prefer, you can convince yourself you are the 'average' subject - and can drink 20 cans/day. But if you happen to fall outside that median range, you may be the unlucky one to pay the price. That's a value judgement every one can make for themselves. It seems to me that is far more critical than getting absolute/categorical proof one way or the other - a somewhat elusive target

Moreover, whilst aspartame alone may not cause brain tumors, or Alzheimers, we know virtually nothing about what happens when it is combined with the cocktail of other environmental toxins we are exposed to. Thats more a game of Russian roulette. Why then expose yourself to that risk, especially when there are alternatives, and especially when artificially sweetened beverages fail to reduce weight?

The science is not providing categorical proof - and it probably never will. It is providing a warning. Common sense dictates we should listen very carefully to that warning, and act prudently. That probably means limiting the use of aspartame. The 'purists' can eliminate it altogether, and in so doing, eliminate ALL risk - whether that be large or small.

Note also the FDA's treatment of stevia in comparison to the artificial sweeteners. It suggests they cannot be trusted in the least on these issues.

re: How Does Aspartame Damage Your Brain?

spurphoto — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:07:46 GMT

My mom has always told me to stay away from aspartame, and to not let my kids have it. I was wondering about Splenda - is it just as bad?

re: How Does Aspartame Damage Your Brain?

Dr. Dancer — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:34:11 GMT

I wanted to post a reply more as a helpful practical matter. I remembered from a previous post that aspartame would remove fireants. Well, I encountered a fireant nest at my back door and decided to give it a try. I sprinkled a single packet on the mound and found that the ants were completely gone in 2 days. Needless to say I was thrilled to be rid of the ants and rid of the aspartame! So, please give this a try as it is a wonderful use for the artificial sweetner you might have left in your cabinet. ( I also tried this on some wood ants that invaded my home and unlike the fireants, they did not carry the aspartame away but completely abandoned my home!) Fleas beware!