Posted by KarenB on May 3, 2000, at 18:29:38
In reply to Re: Aspartame and Depression, posted by University on May 3, 2000, at 16:58:40
The norepinephrine link certainly makes sense when you realize how many migraines are triggered by this stuff. I can feel the heat wrapping around my head and become extremely light sensitive literally within seconds of taking in anything containing Aspartame. I don't know but it doesn't seem that an artificial sweetener having the ability to dilate blood vessels surrounding my brain could be a GOOD thing...
I just got a fact sheet last week stating that there is a believed link between Aspartame intake and the rise of MS symptoms and diagnoses.
I posted this story a week or so ago: I had a good friend a few years back who was suffering from "mini seizures," wherein she would go into a trancelike state for a few moments, having no recollection of what had happened when she would regain consciousness. After a lot of doctor visits and tests which failed to show the cause, her consumption of diet drinks was questioned. Turns out, she was drinking them like water. She stopped the diet drinks and had no more seizures. She apparently returned to normal without any residual damage. But who knows?
I myself choose to stay away from it. I am very careful not to let my children use it either - it is used in many children's chewable vitamins and almost everything labeled "Light." (Except beer, of course. That would be gross. But, my children don't drink beer anyway. What am I talking about?)
I am sure this did not answer your question. Sorry.
Karen
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