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Jason Beal · #4 02-17-2005, 02:34 PM

Do a search on aspartame. Nasty nasty nasty stuff.

I quit drinking diet cokes about 18 months ago and feel like a million bucks now.

Drinking diet sodas after 4 yrs:

Always tired
Dark circles under my eyes
Mood swings
Stomach pain
Joint pain (near the end)
Shortness of breath
Constant headaches
Face broken out (acne and grey hair...yea!!)
Constant craving for carbs
Blurry vision

I had gone to the doc and was given migrane medicine, stomach medicine, antibiotics for acne, asthma inhaler for daily use, you name it. My mood swings were so severe I began to wonder if I was not right in my head.

I was feeling so lousy (and so fed up with feeling that way) I took a look at what I could be putting in my body. Diet Coke was the last thing I could think of. I did a search on it and found many sites listing symtoms of aspartame consumption. I had about 99% of the symptoms. One of them was tumors, and I had a lump on my right thumb at the time. I poured the soda down the sink and never drank one again.

I had a surgeon remove the lump and it was a tumor. He said he had never seen one like that before....I can not prove it, but from other stories I read, I bet my aspartame intake created it. I still have a small lump the size of a pea inside my left cheek that I am having trouble getting doctors to look at (whole different story).

Since quiting:

Skin on my face looks the best it has in my whole life
Increased energy
No headaches
No acne
No mood swings
No stomach pain
No medicine
Waste size went down 4 sizes (I don't eat carbs all day now-pretzels, snack food etc).
No nuthin!

So.......you tell me.

Splenda causes bladder irritation with me.

I guess I'm touchy with all drugs. I only drink coffee (black) and water now. Sometimes iced tea.

Don't put that crap in your body!!!