Ok whats the deal with aspartame?!
Ok whats the deal with aspartame?
does it really mess with your metabolism or is it harmless?
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I don't know about the affects on metabolism, but it has been linked with mental illness resembling alzheimer's. Studies have shown in groups of people being treated for memory loss and other alzheimer-like symptoms were not actually suffering from the disease, but a side effect of aspartame. It happened in people who drank at least one diet cola, or ingested that amount of the sugar substitute a day, and ACTUALLY stopped having the symptoms only weeks after not drinking it anymore. That is a reason diet Coke came out w/ the Splenda version.
It's just a sub for sugar, t's harmless. More harmless than saccharin at least.
the facts i've heard was that it makes u crave more carbohydrates. its kind of ironic since they use it diet products as carbohydrates causes alot of problems
I've heard it is not good for you. Don't know about the metabolism part. Try to but products with Splenda, it is not harmful.
Some people are allergic to the stuff - I am. It gives me major headaches and some people have said they get seizures from it and temporary blindness.
There are healthier alternatives to sugar substitutes that are much better for you.
From what I understand, unless your body has a hard time processing it due to allergy or other reactions it's probably fine so long as you don't consume large quantities of it. One of their slogans used to be if you've had bananas and milk, you've had what makes up aspartame. So if you can tolerate those things you can probably tolerate aspartame.
Avoid it. New Mexico has legislation to ban it for good reason.
Aspartame is one of the most dangerous chemical additives in food at this time. Right now there are more than 90 listed side-effects of Aspartame from abdominal pain to brain cancer and death. Here's what happens....
Methanol, from aspartame, is released in the small intestine when the methyl group of aspartame encounters the enzyme chymotrypsin . Free methanol begins to form in liquid aspartame-containing products at temperatures above 86 degrees F.. also within the human body.
The methanol is then converted to formaldehyde. The formaldehyde converts to formic acid, ant sting poison. Toxic formic acid is used as an activator to strip epoxy and urethane coatings. Imagine what it does to your tissues!
Phenylalanine and aspartic acid, 90% of aspartame, are amino acids normally used in synthesis of protoplasm when supplied by the foods we eat. But when unaccompanied by other amino acids we use [there are 20], they are neurotoxic.
That is why a warning for Phenylketonurics is found on EQUAL and other aspartame products. Phenylketenurics are 2% of the population with extreme sensitivity to this chemical unless it's present in food. It gets you too, causing brain disorders and birth defects! Finally, the phenyalanine breaks down into DKP, a brain tumor agent.
In other words: Aspartame converts to dangerous byproducts that have no natural countermeasures. A dieter's empty stomach accelerates these conversions and amplifies the damage. Components of aspartame go straight to the brain, damage that causes headaches, mental confusion, seizures and faulty balance. Lab rats and other test animals died of brain tumors.
The truth about aspartame's toxicity is far different than what the NutraSweet Company would have you readers believe. In February of 1994, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released the listing of adverse reactions reported to the FDA (DHHS 1994). Aspartame accounted for more than 75% of all adverse reactions reported to the FDA's Adverse Reaction Monitoring System (ARMS). By the FDA's own admission fewer then ONE PERCENT of those who have problems with something they consume ever report it to the FDA. This balloons the almost 10,000 complaints they once had to around a million. However, the FDA has a record keeping problems quiet and they tend to discourage or even misdirect complaints, at least on aspartame. The fact remains, though, that MOST victims don't have a clue that aspartame may be the cause of their many problems! Many reactions to aspartame were very serious including seizures and death.
Splenda is not better. Just follow the links, as they will tell you the truth about Splenda as well.