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ASPARTAME ANYONE???
Wed, 05/30/2007 - 00:24Comments
Re: ASPARTAME ANYONE???
Submitted by chitownmom on Tue, 2009-06-09 - 18:53
My daughter, who is on Keppra, is only 8 but I do not allow her or her brother to have any diet foods at all other than Trident gum. I never have. Even though I feel better about Splenda, they don't get that either. I have taught them that they can have sweets, just not all the time. I give them natural foods, i.e. butter and brown sugar, instead of chemicals, i.e. margarine and aspartame. My son was 9 before he would eat american cheese because he grew up on aged cheeses. my daughter still won't eat american cheese. They are both a healthy weight and in great shape.
I am not epileptic but aspartame causes me to have panic attacks and migraines. I found this out in 1997 when I "discovered" diet soda. Before this I only drank regular soda but I wasn't a big soda-head. After I started drnking diet soda, I noticed that I was having panic attacks that would wake me up in the middle of the night or when I woke up in the morning. Funny thing though, my mother just called me a couple of weeks ago and asked if I remember telling her about that happening. She just thought that it was something I was experiencing and didn't pay me any attention. However, this year she has been drinking her morning tea with Equal and guess what? She started having panic attacks that wake her up in the middle of night or early morning. She told me, "Well, you told me, didn't you."
Someone here mentioned MSG. This is a thorn in my side because it can be hidden in seasoning packets and unless you are looking for it you just don't think about it. My husband cooks with those spaghetti and chili seasoning packets and I always know when he just bought the first thing he laid his hands on or the cheapest becuase I wake up with swelling around my eyelids and the edges of my lips. And if I ate a lot of the foods, I have severe migraines.
So, I say all this to tell you to pay attention to your body and how you react to certain foods and additives. Just because a doctor doesn't tell you to stay away from a food doesn't mean that it will not adversely affect you. We are all individuals and medicine is not an exact science. Pay attention to you and how you react.
ChiTownMom Just A Mom Doing Her Best For Her Child
My daughter, who is on Keppra, is only 8 but I do not allow her or her brother to have any diet foods at all other than Trident gum. I never have. Even though I feel better about Splenda, they don't get that either. I have taught them that they can have sweets, just not all the time. I give them natural foods, i.e. butter and brown sugar, instead of chemicals, i.e. margarine and aspartame. My son was 9 before he would eat american cheese because he grew up on aged cheeses. my daughter still won't eat american cheese. They are both a healthy weight and in great shape.
I am not epileptic but aspartame causes me to have panic attacks and migraines. I found this out in 1997 when I "discovered" diet soda. Before this I only drank regular soda but I wasn't a big soda-head. After I started drnking diet soda, I noticed that I was having panic attacks that would wake me up in the middle of the night or when I woke up in the morning. Funny thing though, my mother just called me a couple of weeks ago and asked if I remember telling her about that happening. She just thought that it was something I was experiencing and didn't pay me any attention. However, this year she has been drinking her morning tea with Equal and guess what? She started having panic attacks that wake her up in the middle of night or early morning. She told me, "Well, you told me, didn't you."
Someone here mentioned MSG. This is a thorn in my side because it can be hidden in seasoning packets and unless you are looking for it you just don't think about it. My husband cooks with those spaghetti and chili seasoning packets and I always know when he just bought the first thing he laid his hands on or the cheapest becuase I wake up with swelling around my eyelids and the edges of my lips. And if I ate a lot of the foods, I have severe migraines.
So, I say all this to tell you to pay attention to your body and how you react to certain foods and additives. Just because a doctor doesn't tell you to stay away from a food doesn't mean that it will not adversely affect you. We are all individuals and medicine is not an exact science. Pay attention to you and how you react.
ChiTownMom Just A Mom Doing Her Best For Her Child
Re: ASPARTAME ANYONE???
Submitted by rikk on Tue, 2009-06-09 - 19:07
hi,
oh yeah, i'll take none. if i do then please seize with me. you are not alone. rikk
hi,
oh yeah, i'll take none. if i do then please seize with me. you are not alone. rikk
Re: ASPARTAME ANYONE???
Submitted by markyannone on Tue, 2009-06-09 - 17:17
Yes. Not only is aspartame a seizure trigger, but it can do permanent brain damage resulting in lifelong need for anti-epileptic drugs. See Aspartame Sickness.
Mark Yannone
SplendaSickness.blogspot.com
Yes. Not only is aspartame a seizure trigger, but it can do permanent brain damage resulting in lifelong need for anti-epileptic drugs. See Aspartame Sickness.
Mark Yannone
SplendaSickness.blogspot.com