Thursday, March 26, 2009

Is Diet Soda Killing Us?

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Some Studies Say Yes

Studies have said that over 90 different health side effects are related to consuming aspartame, even in small quantities.

Aspartame is a low-calorie sweetener used in foods and beverages all around the world. We generally link aspartame to diet sodas. It is about 200 times sweeter than sugar. Aspartame breaks up into solution and can travel throughout the body and deposit in any tissue. The body digests aspartame unlike saccharin, which does not break down in human bodies.

There are many effects that aspartame has that relate to everyday bodily functions.
Aspartame can affect your eyes, ears, brain, state-of-mind, chest, skin, stomach, and more. It can also trigger many different illnesses such as, epilepsy and ADD.

Aspartame can change the ratio of amino acids in the blood, lowering the levels of serotonin, dopamine, and adrenaline. This means that aspartame symptoms usually cannot be detected in lab tests.

Now, there are many people who dispute these claims, but certified doctors have made a lot of progress in this field so that people are exposed to the side effects. The most common effects are headaches and tiredness among the many ones that accompany this artificial sweetener.

If you want to eliminate the fear of these side effects, take the following precautions. Do not eat food with aspartame; detoxify, exercise, eat raw foods, and drink lots of water.

There are doctors that do treat aspartame poisoning if you feel that you are experiencing the side effects.



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Also read: How Aspartame Became Legal - The Timeline




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1 comment:

jadedj said...

My family is trying to eliminate this crap from our diet. It is difficult because it is in so many products. I for one, think the FDA needs to ban this very dangerous additive. But, I am jaded on that point.