My Scary Story about Aspartame Poisoning | Feel Good Friday
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Hey friends! Thanks for watching! I've wanted to share this story in its own video for a while now. I talked about it in my Weight Loss Story video I posted a few years ago, but since a lot of you may not have been subscribed to my channel then, I thought this topic was a good one to address in a Feel Good Friday. This experience opened up my eyes to how toxic aspartame can be to our bodies. It was a very scary experience, and I wanted to share it with others. Now I'm not saying I NEVER have it anymore, but I do avoid it as much as possible. The only things I consume that still have it are a diet soda here and there. But I learned from this that just because something is 0 calories or sugar free, doesn't mean its helping in your weight loss attempts.
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I’ve battled vertigo (severe) for 8 years…watched your video and decided I needed to give up diet soda. I did so for about 2 months. No dizziness whatsoever! For the first time in years! But then I missed my Diet Coke and decided to drink it once in a while which of course turned into daily…and wouldn’t you know it, the vertigo returned. There’s something to it, guys.
How long did it take the vertigo to go once you stopped consuming aspartame?
Omg! Wow I’m gonna try this too!
Same thing happened to me, vertigo came from nowhere, it hit me like a freight train and i suffered for 18 months. I was drinking a lot of coke no sugar. Heart was playing up too.
Aspartame is literally poison.
For me it causes mood swings, concentration issues, and the worst fatigue ever.
Now I'm curious as I got mood disorders. But fatigue and brain fog is what I want cured and if it's a cause of my lower back pain.
No it doesn't.
Aspartame can cause aggression that's what happen to me, I had to ask myself why I was angry all the time, I was lashing out on my sister and my little nephews, till somebody posted an article about Aspartame on facebook, that's how I knew about these side effects from Aspartame diet soda drinks. so yeah I can relate to ur story. thank god I gave up on foods that contain Aspartame I'm back to being normal.
I couldn’t believe chewing gum could be a nearly fatal, habit, until it happened to me! I had developed a habit of chewing two or three pieces of Wrigley’s orbit gum and getting a change of gum at least 4 to 5 times daily. As an RN I was completely disabled and spent a year in living hell with anxiety so severe I was suicidal! I was so restless I wanted to crawl out of my skin. I couldn’t even sit back in my chair I had to rock incessantly. I slept for 1 to 2 hours then woke up and was awake for up to two hours and then got another 1 to 2 hours of sleep. In total I was only getting 4 to 6 hours of sleep nightly for an entire year! I was sleeping 8 to 10 hours nightly prior to changing from natural gums to the cheaper Wrigley‘s brand gum! I couldn’t focus on anything and spent four hours trying to watch a half hour program because I couldn’t absorb what was being said! My vision was blurry and I went to multiple doctors, but nothing they gave me was providing relief! After not finding any relief and being so disabled I began to read about aspartame and the first reports I read all said it was safe so I didn’t give it a second thought. Thank God six months later when I was on the verge of killing myself because I couldn’t tolerate living in such torment I decided to dig deeper and discovered aspartame can be toxic! I immediately stopped chewing gum which was really my favorite and only vice in life! Guess what? Yes, within one day I was back in my right mind! I am livid over how can they put something like this in our food without giving us blaring warnings about how toxic it is - especially for certain people who are more sensitive to it.
Our body chemistry changes every seven years so you can tolerate a certain food or medicine all your life and then suddenly develop allergies or sensitivities! Don’t sit smugly thinking, oh this could never happen to me, because I can testify that you never know and doctors are not trained to look for this type of toxicity! I wonder how many children with mental issues just need to get off of the aspartame! If it could do what it did to me, the fact that it silently causes cancer’s and other neurological conditions without being identified until the damage is done is easy to understand! We are like lambs to the slaughter trusting in companies motivated to cheaply process and sell us their goods!
Oh my goodness that is such a terrible experience! I am so glad you found out what was ailing you and are doing better! There are so many toxins in the products we consume. It's important to be knowledgable! Thanks for sharing your story. xoxo
Whenever I come across testimonies like this, I think "how could companies do this?" I always remember the Bible verse "The love of money is the root of all evil" Nothing could hold more truth. And to think the gov is completely OK with this.... smh.
Hi Christine! Thank you for sharing your experience. I believe you. I've had horrible experiences with aspartame too, even the Wrigley's gum like you. I'm a wholistic health advocate and it's a relief when someone else can attest to stuff like this. Please continue to guide others and warn people about this deadly ingredient.
the two things that help the most for your issues, is running 15 min per day + meditation 10 min and taking NAC and CBD. Trust me I am super smart.
@@PuppetMasterdaath144 what if you literally cannot run, and you can't even walk for 15 min?
I remember giving up Aspartame laced gum back in the day when I was training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Instead of being sore for 3 days after class I was ready to go the next day. Aspartame messed up my joints and damn the people (you know who you are) who pushed this through to be cleared for market.
It was Donald Rumsfeld. And he knew what the product did and the damage it causes when he did it. Aspartame was banned in many countries but here in the good old USA, if you’ve got the money, your product can pass right through the FDA. In my personal opinion.
I was overconsumming Coke Zero and now having these symptoms. Thanks you because this was very scary.
I drink about a 2 liter or so of diet soda a day, and my health is JACKED. I really needed to hear this
@@ohyea456 i think it might be different from individual to individual.
It's not the soda. This lady crazy.
@@Questchaun Lol definitely. The thing about aspartame, and basically other artificial sweeteners, is that its 0 calories. Aka, what does your body do with it?
Basically nothing outside of tasting lol, flows right through you. HOWEVER, there is sodium usually in soda which could be a problem. But even then thats not too much comparatively
@@Questchaun Plus caffeine (sometimes, some dont have it).
Artificial sweeteners are not dangerous is low dosis
The best testimonials are from real people not medical experts. Thank God your trainer knew instantly what was going on.
This video is five years old but as important to actually view all the way through as it was then.
Aspartame can kill you.
You are very blessed you did not go to the doctor.
The symptoms it creates are almost always treated as other ailments by doctors.
The water weight gain from Aspartame is especially distressing as people who have heart problems already naturally retain water in their tissues.
i wished I had seen this video when you posted it five years ago.
A loved one who just died in part from aspartame in her diet might still be alive.
Thank you for posting this video and never ever let anyone tell you your real life experience is not valid.
Your true life testimony is the most valid truth we can hear.
Over ten years ago,there was a website dedicated by the mother of a child,her daughter who had such severe reactions to Crystal Light ,her daughter was scheduled to have brain surgery to fix it.
But just before the surgery was to happen,she rechecked everything in her daughetrs diet and realized all of her daughters symptoms started the week she started giving her daughter Crystal Light.
The lady stopped the surgery appointment,stopped the Crystal Light cold and it took several weeks but her daughter eventually recovered right back to normal.
I never thought the American food industry would do this to our families but i was dead wrong.
Stop using any Aspartame or Splenda too.
Artificial sweetewners will kill you or someone you love.
I'm so glad the mother found out what was causing her daughter's side effects and canceled the surgery. Artificial sweeteners are deadly! !
Donald Rumsfeld pushed aspartame through the FDA.
I've never screamed "yes" so many times at a video.
I quit coffee a year ago. I had to cover 2nd/3rd shift for 2 months and went to Diet Coke... I am SO bloated, my skin is itchy???, I feel foggy, and overall gross.
Your video was so helful! I've only been drinking water for 2 days, caffeine headaches suck, but my clothes are already loose from the decrease in bloat.
thanks for sharing!
I had panic attacks ending at the hospital because of aspartame, thank you for sharing
I started having panic attacks and couldn't understand Why.
I went to my natural food store yesterday and talked to the owner... she said it's the Aspartame! I threw away all my pop and crystal light!!
@@pennydaum4983 I have been having anxiety and panic attacks and it just dawned on me maybe it’s the Crystal light. So I looked up this video.
I couldn't sleep all night. I started analysing more and getting worried.
I drink at least a litre of coke zero a day and more onthe0 weekends. I suffer with anxiety but I wonder is the coke zero adding to it
@@markahearne3280 Please stop. Coke Zero is FOR SURE adding to it. You already know this. Cut it out! Many blessings
Stopped sucrose and aspartame sweeteners. Almost immediately, resting blood pressure went from 135/70 to 120/65. My heart flutter stopped along with chest heaviness. Went back to plane water and sugar in my coffee.
what all stuffs have sucrose?
@@naveenb9255 just drink tea coffe green tea and filtered water. It's hard but it's what the body needs filter it too good luck 👍
I think you mean sucralose not sucrose?😅 Sucrose is sugar.
The heart fluttering and chest heaviness is what I experienced for 2 years. I went to the Dr so many times and was laughed at and made to feel crazy. I figured out on my own that it was aspartame and acesulfame potassium (ace k). You are the first person I have found that have the same symptoms as me. I feel so validated. Thank you!
@@thekezzey95 my friend's mother was hospitalised and was only saved because the son realised she had been chewing gum with aspartame in. The doctors had no idea. Glad you're doing better.
The sad part is ..if you told a doctor about this thy would think you’re crazy. 🤷♂️
Yep! Very true
Yea the burners and cutters do not know much about nutrition they bury their mistakes.
Because they aren't very smart unfortunately
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I used to drink diet sodas all the time. When I stopped I went through withdrawals from the aspartame and the caffeine. It was awful. I had headaches for a week and was getting anxiety and panic attacks. I couldn’t think straight and it all culminated in the last 3 days. My heart was racing all the time, my breathing was very shallow, I couldn’t sleep because I would stop breathing and wake up gasping for air. I honestly thought I was dying or at least developed some permanent disorder. I’m so happy it’s over.
Exact same thing happened to me! Even the gasping for air as I was falling asleep! It scared me and I assumed it was sleep apnea! My hair was falling out also. Thank you for sharing!
WTF
I think the addiction is the caffeine. It is a drug. I have been horribly addicted to it clenching .my fists. takes a while to get off. but never in my life have I had this problem with caffeine-free aspartame. big difference between clenching your fists, needing it, ratherthan obsessing that you must have your diet soda because you dont want the caloroes
@@lace1245 did you have a dry cough from drinking 1-2 small bottles?
@@soundvector1 I got really short of breath really often. I would have coughing spells, usually at night, but I drank them all day. Not sure if it was related, but I have noticed I can drink diet Dr Pepper or Diet Pepsi and not have the same reaction. If I drink Diet Coke, I feel the side effects immediately.
I gave up diet/light drinks four days ago. I’m 27 and had horrible constant body pain. My knees, feet, and neck were the worst. I started getting headaches after drinking my Arizona Light tea-lemonade. Four days later without any artificial sweeteners and I have barely any pain happening. My extremely painful joints on my big toes are feeling much better (very painful when your job is literally walking all day). I don’t remember the last time I’ve felt this good!!
I'm glad you mentioned big toe pain--I get it when I drink Monster Zero Sugar!
I realized I was getting muscle spasms from Diet Coke in my back. Plus a really overall uneasy feeling.
It took me 3 weeks to detox from diet sodas that I have been drinking for 20 years or more. I had actual withdrawals.
Then I got a Starbucks latte with sugar free sweetener and I felt terrible and that's when I realized that it was the aspiratame that was making me sick I thought it might be the caffeine but it was the aspartame.
I had a 1/2 of a Diet Coke today at the pool and it made me feel sick so now I am taking some dandelion and charcoal to get it out of my system quicker
💜Thank you sharing!💜 Your story could save someone's life. I'm so glad your here today to tell us this story.
Thank you Kerri! xoxo
WOW, this was really educational. Thanks for this video.
Thanks for watching Rosy!
That is so crazy!!! I have never heard that before but it makes sense!! Thanks for sharing😊
Thanks for watching Fran!
WOW! Thank you so very much for your information! I will definitely watch for aspartame!
Thanks for watching Cheri!
I knew a lady who drank diet soda all day long. One day she woke up one side of her face was paralyzed. She went to the ER. The doctor asked her questions to find out what was wrong with her. She was only 21 (too young to have a stroke) so the doctor asked her if she drank Diet Soda. She said yes. I drink at least 10 cans a day. The doctor told her to stop drinking sodas that contain Aspartame. He said it's a neurotoxin. .
Wow! That's so scary!
I had the exact same experience, I thought I was going crazy! I'm so glad you have put this video out for others. It wasn't while I was getting ready to compete but yrs later when I had put on some extra weight & was trying really hard to get it off before I got into my forty's. I'm much heavier now & more into the fortys (Lol) but I've accepted it & know that eating normal well balanced foods with exercise is the only way to go.
Yep! I've gone up and down in weight over the years.. I competed about 7 years ago and it took me a couple of years to get into a healthy routine from it. You have a good perspective!
Thank you for sharing your story!
Thank you for watching!
You seem very genuine. Thanks for sharing your story.
Thanks for sharing! Super helpful
VERY enlightening. Thank you!
Thank you for watching!
My experience was exactly the same! My diet almost only consisted of aspartame a few years ago. I definitely share the scary feeling. I was lying on the ground in the middle of the night and had to call my mother to come and pick me up! I have not touched the stuff ever since! So glad you are feeling better. xx
Wow! How scary! I felt the same way. Terrifying!
Indeed, I never have been so scared. It is such a shame it is still available. I think it should be banned altogether!
What exactly improved when you quit?
Great video keep up the good work ♥️♥️♥️
Thank you for sharing this story. This story will help a lot of people who perhaps don't even realize why they are having these symptoms. Growing up my parents always told me not to consume artificial sweeteners. Thank You!
Thanks for watching Jade! Your parents were smart! I wish I knew what I know now, growing up
Yes & thanks for sharing this. I'm happy to be aware of it as I've never tried the artificial sweeteners but have considered them. I now know I'd be going with the Stevia
Omfg!!!! For the past couple years ive had on and off bouts of vertigo and or dizziness when i lay down. Makes eveything extremely dangerous such as lifting heavy weights.
I havent had these symptoms in months. But just a couple days ago I decided to buy Pepsi Zero. And you know since its zero calories i decided i am going to drink 2 to 3 of them like water. And what do you know some time later the next day i now have those exact same symptoms again!!!!!
Im so pissed! 1 because i have to give up drinking soda again, but 2 because my dumbass didnt figure this out sooner. I should've known, i mean i did have the hunch. I also feel like some brands kf diet soda gives you bad breath, like maybe it rots your teeth quicker.
Im going to be pouring the rest of my diet drinks down the drain and recalibrate myself with water.
Thank you for sharing this story. I am so glad you came out of this stronger and more informed about the certain type of chemicals in foods and the consequences to our bodies. I also have a sweet tooth and I have to exercise my will power. But every now and then I will treat myself to chocolate . This was a very interesting video, thank you.
Thank you for watching Iita! I hope you have a great weekend.
When I stop drinking diet drinks I stop hurting everywhere. My tendonitis goes away. My knees stop hurting. My neck and back stop hurting. It's the only thing that I've changed and so I believe it's the aspartame that causes the pain.
I have been having Bad Upper back pain.. Do you think it's from this I Drink a lot of Diet Coke
I Drink Diet Pop. And have Back Pain. Do you think it's from This
I gave up artificial sweetners a long time ago but still chew sugar free gum but limit myself to one piece a day, if any. But thanks for making this video. My 19 year old daughter drinks diet drinks, despite me freaking out about it and telling her its so bad for her body. I forwarded this video to her!
Thanks for watching! Yeah, they are definitely not good for you. Reading all the comments, so many other people had terrible side effects from it.
Thank you so much for sharing this.
That's terrifying. Thank you for sharing!
It was! Thanks for watching!
Thanks for sharing your experience❤️
I have always see head lines on how bad aspartame is for you. It was great hearing someone's actual experience. Thank you so much for sharing. I'm thinking and I guess making the decision to cut it out completely. I don't have much but why have it all. 💋
Thank you Hope for watching!
Hello, you look like a picture of health. I am so glad I found this video. I was depressed due to job loss I was not eating but I was drinking coffee.the bald patches I had in my head worsened.my hips and but were spreading. I felt out of like I was in a trance, like daydreaming. I had put Splenda in my coffee EVERYTIME. I started researching it and sure enough people were saying the same thing about weight gain,hair loss,etc. I am monitoring it and my hair is coming back and the weight in those areas is going down. For 15 years! I had no idea!!!! I thought my hair loss was due to stress. I have not been stressed out for all those years. I had no idea! Tfs
Dana: was it just the sweeteners or also coffee? Ive had hair loss last few years but my coffee consumption has been insane, i dont add milk or sugar or sweeteners and its not the first time ive heard of that causing hair loss, i actually really need to stop! Im glad you are feeling better now
Great insight and an important story to share
Wow!!! Very interesting. Thank you!!
Thank you for watching!
Thank you for sharing. Awesome! Just hearing about aspertame today
Good information. Thank you.
Wow , I am so glad you made this video! My son chews a pack of gum a day and his new thing is adding stuff to his water at work ! I am soo going to talk to him and my husband about this . This seems like it would be a easy trap to fall into!
It is. Reading all these comments... it sounds like this is a common thing for a lot of people. I'm glad I shared this. I hope it helps!
Thank you sooo much!!! I have been feeling horrible for over 2 yrs, have been to several doctors and they all think im crazy because all of my blood work is normal....i have EVERY symptom and drink diet coke all day everyday....FINALLY i have my answer for feeling soo ill.
Ashley how are you doing now ?
Best video ever thank you 🙏
Yes...this happened to my son. Aspartame is a really bad....my son got severe headaches, weight loss, bad attitude, swelling, water retention and he could not focus on in a school. He was drinking it from drinks and from those loose packets in his oatmeal. We took him to the doctor and she said it was the artificial sweeteners......we immediately took him off and flushed him with water 💦. We also had to take him to the emergency room and they gave him 4 bags of IV. I'm glad you did this video....very informative and educational. Hugs 🤗
Oh wow!!! That's so scary! Thank you for sharing!
I was drinking coke zero, diet snapple and sugar free gum and I started having out of body intense anxiety and horrible heart arrythmias went to the ER. Linked to aspartame! Horrible!!! Should be illegal
I totally agree I started to drinking Diet Coke Then I started having problems with memory And Balance That's when my doctors told me I had brain damage Then the doctors Thought I had MS but they sent me to specialist They did 3 MRI each was worst than the last oneThen later they did another MRI Then it showed it was same as last one With no damage That was when I had stopped drinking Diet Coke That proves that Diet Coke cause Mini Strokes
Thanks for this😊
When i say I'm so glad I came Across this video!! Lately I increased my fluid intake and I use different brand on the go packets. I noticed during the night, I work nights, I started feeling like something was always on my face. I started thinking it was something from work... and other things you mentioned. Balance, etc. I'm going to detox and monitor my symptoms.... thanks for sharing
Great video!
Thank you Dianne!
Thank you for sharing your story. I don't like plain water so I always add crystal light to it. Will be adjusting how much of this I use from now on.
Thanks Heather for watching! Yes, its better to cut back if you can't cut it out completely. I still have a diet soda here and there... I know its bad for me, but much better that its so in frequent compared to how I use to drink several a day
Very helpful info
Thank you for watching!
Thanks for sharing!!
I needed to see this video! I put crystal light in every water bottle I drink and I have noticed that after I have one I itch. Glad you figured out what it was!
I'm glad it was helpful in some way! Thanks for watching!
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Thanks for the video. I had no idea this could happen from ingesting too much aspartame!
I didn't either. Crazy scary!
I had horrible symptoms today and I reseached that I too have Aspartame poisoning. It's amazing to know that drinking lemon water will help me.
Jost lemon juice on water? for how long?? can you tell me more plx
@@LacosteBlanc just squeeze a lemon into water. as much as you want. i use to drink it all day everyday before finding crystal lite. its very healthy. i dont know how it effects acid in your stomach though. besides possible acid reflux theres no cons to drinking it. but there is many benefits! you can also do other fruits too for flavor!
Thanks for sharing. I new it wasn't good but had no idea why.
Yeah its pretty terrible for you.. only benefit is of course the sweetness minus the calories. The only thing I still costume that has this in it is diet sodas, which I know are bad but I try and only have 1 or 2 a week. I use to drink a few a day years ago!
Lisa J I think I can give up all artificial sweeteners except in my Oh Yeah One protein bars. I eat about 4 a week. 😞
I had a major problem with Crystal Light too! After a week of taking it, I threw up violently. I knew it was the drink so stopped. After that, every time I would drink a diet Dr Pepper as a treat, my side where my liver is would hurt, so I don’t do that anymore. Forgot all about this when I started drinking a vitamin drink for 7 months...ended up with horrible stomach pains for months! Getting worse and worse. Had some tests, all negative. Just yesterday figured it out! Duh!! (Thank god because the doctors were clueless; I felt like I was being poisoned.) Can’t believe I ever consumed fake sugar again! It wasn’t aspartame but still another fake sugar. Hoping I heal now with total detox! Girl, never again touch any fake sugar.
Aspartame made my hair fall out
Me too!!! I didn’t realize till a few months ago, my hair kept getting thinner and one day I decided to look up if their was a link to hair loss and all the Diet Coke I was drinking and sure enough there is! Ever since I stopped I don’t have huge clumps falling out in the shower anymore! The results were instantaneous.
Diana did your hair grow back?
I’ve been doing keto for the last 3 months and have been using sugar substitutes like stevia and monkfruit as I’ve “heard” aspartame isn’t good for you. However, i have been lately eating low carb tortillas and drinking more and more Sucralose and my whole body has been itchy and tingling (just like she said in the video). Then i googled side effects of Sucralose and it’s that and more (like bloat and depression, digestive issues, etc). I am going to start detoxing and flushing out my system from all of that.. thanks for this video. Much needed confirmation.
I am SO glad you posted this. Aspartame is a poison. On another note, I like your glory skin. I'm 58 with sun damage and texture...and oily skin. I'm on a tight budget. As a makeup artist, what would you suggest to add some glow, other than a highlighter? I thought about adding L'Oreal pro glow infallible foundation to my matte BB cream I love so much. Other ideas? Thank you from hot, humid Oklahoma.
I think you have the right idea! Mix Loreal pro glow with a matte long wear foundation. I really like it mixed with a little of the Loreal Matte pro too...
Lisa J thanks!! I meant "gloWy" skin (ha). I thought about buying both. Will eventually do that. Because I'm sure they'd work particularly well mixed together.
Thank You for sharing
Thank you for watching Myra!
Thanks for sharing, that stuff is poison! I used to be horribly addicted to Diet Coke. I would drink it as a meal replacement when I was a teenager to help my weight loss, or so I thought it was helping. I got to the point where I would have a headache if I hadn't had one by a certain time of the day. And yes, if you're eating and drinking a diet drink with your meal and you start to feel full and then take a drink of your diet soda that full feeling subsides so you eat more!!
I use to drink a few coke zeros every day. it was my sweet treat when I was dieting and counting every calorie. Its interesting how the taste buds adjust when you eliminate all the junk. I still have a diet soda here and there but nothing like i use to.
I always wondered about the effects of aspartame! I used to drink 2 diet cokes per day and feel light headed. I figured it was a combination of aspartame and not enough water. I tolerate caffeine well. Thank you for posting this Lisa!!
Thank you Sarah for watching!
:) Of course!
Hi lisa.im so glad i found this video.I have been drinking a lot of aspartame in my drinks not crystal lite but basically the same thing and I have been so bloated not realizing it was coming from what i was drinking.So starting tomorrow im gonna give drinking more water with lemon and see what happenes.Thank Lisa
Had same symptoms just quick diet Vernon's....headaches etc....great vid thx
Wow that explains a lot! I've come to a weight loss plateau and I have to shamefully admit I do binge on the old aspartame in diet coke. I found I had similar symptoms as you as well. The other thing I find as well is that I have a psychotic hunger rage lol for sweet things after. I not touching coke zero again after this.
Luke: Thats how i ended up at 16 stone when i was 22, i started off at 9 stone, i was drinking pepsi max constantly, couldnt stop eating, i stopped drinking it and im now back to 10 stone and still losing, diet contains no sweeteners or dairy, gluten etc, just simple, healthy foods. I always tell people that diet food will make you eat more, it can also affect how you breakdown foods, something to do with the liver, google would give you more info
I know aspartame has effected me with headaches and also makes me feel like crap. I only know this because I would drink only water and eat healthy but once I drink anything with aspartame it makes me feel horrible with headaches and tingling in my head and jaw. I don't drink anything with aspartame anymore and it's made a huge difference in my life without it.
My God. I’m a diabetic. Been chewing a TON of Extra Gum. Two pieces at a time. NEVER had headaches before and in last few weeks have had headaches. I put two pieces in my mouth and started feeling the headache again. And it clicked. I KNEW better. Haven’t used any sweetener except Stevia for years. Thx for sharing!
Thank you 🙏, very similar experience.
Sorry to hear about your experience. I hate these sweeteners with a passion and here in the UK they put sweeteners in all our soft drinks because of their tax on sugar.
I know this is a long time ago but do you have any amount/numbers on the aspartame you used?
I have had this experience too!!! And one on the train and my tongue started tingling and I literally thought I was having a heart attack or something! I know it sounds dramatic but I was so scared! I used to chew so much gum and put so many artificial sweetners in my tea and constantly drink soda!
I'm addicted to soda I'm just now getting off of Coke Zero again after having those symptoms lightheadedness the tingling almost like a nerve issue. I hear it takes about two weeks to a month to go through the withdrawal, but you do what you have to do. Thank you for the video.
Thank you!
Brilliant coverage well done. When I get a picture of person on diet coke they are huge
I have a sweet tooth as well!! I use 3 stevia in my morning coffee!!i only drink water the rest of the day!!Every once in a while I drink a Sprite Zero, I struggle with my sweet tooth but I'm not overweight but I'm scared it's going to catch up with me😀also, aspartame triggers a migraine for me as well, it doesn't do it every time but every once in a while it will! Thanks for sharing this story😀
I have started using Stevia and I carry a bottle of liquid stevia in my purse to sweeten beverages away from home. I have been a Diet Coke addict and still struggle with that from time to time. I have started drinking a soda called Zevia which doesn't have any coloring in it and it is sweetened with Stevia. It is not bad at all and it helps with the soda cravings.
Yes, I love Stevia! I keep the little powder packets in my purse too because not all places offer it as an option... its but more expensive than the sweet n low and equal. I've tried those sodas too, they are pretty good replacement!
Great video. Honestly in college I did so much sugar free and I remember eating sugar free candy and I tried Ben and Jerry's sugar free ice cream once made with Splenda and I said NEVER AGAIN because it bloated me so bad!! The sugar alcohol made my stomach go nuts. I also quit diet coke because I felt addicted to it and it seemed to make me want to crave sugar MORE. Now I just have one tsp of regular cane sugar with coffee and avoid artificial sweetners other than stevia like you. Stevia is great. I did have gestational diabetes and the diabetic coaches had to problem pushing sugar free and to a PREGNANT woman. Yikes!
Thanks for sharing Melissa!
This is a very interesting story. Thank you for sharing. It helps more people to realize the dangers of over consuming aspartame.
So true. I went through the exact same symptoms
I had a similar experience but less intense. I was on vacation and i decided to drink aspartame flavored water that everyone with me swore by. I probably only drank a liter when I developed a constant headache and that weird skin tingle. I knew it was the water and stopped. I was the only one that had that reaction and I'm not sure they believed me when I said it must be that water. I knew it was. Sugar free gum doesn't affect me but I stay away from other fake sugars now.
Reading everyone's comments, its just validation that this stuff is so bad. thanks for sharing!
Went on a diet years ago and of course everything had aspartame in it. After about a week or so had the worst headache I had ever had....worse than any migraine I had ever had! Traced it back to the aspartame! So thankful to now know about stevia!
Me too Donna! Wow, everyone's comments have a similar story to mine... I'm glad I shared this!
Donna Schwab it took me a while to adjust to stevia, but I much prefer it now!
Another good natural sweetener to use is organic coconut sugar.
I switched from regular pop to diet pop & crystal light 2 months ago and lost 15#s.
3 weeks ago, I started having panic attacks while I was driving. I felt dizzy and had migraines. Insomnia was Horrible.
Scared the Sh*t out of me! I went to my doc last week & got blood work done & my liver enzymes are Elevated. 😳
I went to my natural food store yesterday and talked to the owner and she said your problem is Aspartame!! She said it is Poison! She told me to get the book called Excitotoxins.
I went home & threw away my pop and all my crystal light! I hope this feeling goes away ASAP... as I drive for my job!
Thank you for your Honestly!
When I used Aspartame I got to almost 100kg from Australia unsure of what it is in pounds and very overweight the moment I stopped I lost it and now maintain a healthy weight of 65kgs. That stuff is poison ☠️ it’s whole chemical structure is as I know how read it by certain colours particularly shades of red and purple which the define weather poison or not and numbers I’m autistic (Aspergers) I’m pretty cluey when it comes to knowing what a poison is. So thought to share but Im in no means a doctor but like to share what I learn. As for some of your symptoms they would match also methanol poisoning as there is methanol in the structure of aspartame which is a particular shade of red similar to the red line that you see when the video finishes on CZcams that are slightly a bit darker and different. Also methanol converts to for Formaldehyde (the stuff they use to embalm dead body’s in prep for a funeral) hence the reason for your body gaining weight and holding fluid there are other things to look for but I’m sharing because I care. If you would like to know more feel free to ask I’m more than happy to list more as I know that Aspartame is by far the most complained about sweetener to the FDA. There are well over 92 plus symptoms that are complained about often to the FDA from the last time I looked.
I'm a migraine sufferer, aspartame is a huge trigger for me. It took me forever to figure this one out. Consuming it just once will trigger a 3-4 day migraine for me. MSG does the same thing. Aside from my morning cup of coffee, I predominantly drink water. If I have tea, I sweeten hot with honey, cold with natural sweetener (that I tote around in my purse) or I've learned to tolerate it unsweetened. I absolutely do not drink sodas. Thank you for this video, I love your content! :)
Thank you Gina! Wow... migraines seem to be a common side effect from a lot of others in this video... I'm glad I shared this and started this discussion!
Mascara to Midnight Hey! Yes, we DO have a lot in common! :) Yes, I DO receive treatment for the migraines. I've been a chronic sufferer since I was 13.
Mascara to Midnight PS I just subscribed to your channel! ;)
I have fibromyalgia- it is totally exacerbated by aspartame. All I can say is get off the stuff asap. It’s poison
Make sure you always read the ingredients no matter what the packaging says. I bought a bag of Stevia for baking and started feeling horrible, inflamed, and water weight gain. I tried to find out what was going on. I read the back of the Stevia bag and it said it was mixed with Maltitol !!😱Maltitol is worse than sugar!!!!! Please be careful. Blessings. 🙏
Hey. Just found this video.
Would describe the skin issue as sensitive but not really itchy? Did it cover your entire body?
I’m trying to break single digit body fat. Between no sleep and trying to stop eating I started gum chewing in excess of 3 packs a day then over last 3 weeks got up to 10 cans or more of aspartame sodas (caffeine helped).
Week 3 all of a sudden my entire body started feeling like I had burned my skin slightly. Itchy but not too itchy. Just uncomfortable.
Lmk if that was the feeling.
Did you develop a weird dry cough from drinking aspartame?
Hi :) Thank you for the video, Lisa - I just wanted to ask if you or to see if anyone else here has had the same experience as me with pepsi max/diet coke - I have been drinking it for years, about 2 litres a day - my health is not good - I catch every cold/chest infection/virus going and I was just wondering if the diet drinks have anything to do with that? I don't have the best diet either, which I am going to address, but I am wondering if anyone else has had that experience of catching viruses along with drinking a lot of diet drinks and if there is any connection?
I had the same problems with sucralose.
Great video! Aspartame is pure poison. I see all these young youtubers sucking down their energy drinks & supplements loaded with aspartame...makes me cringe. So glad you are wise.
Thank you!
Thank you so much for that. i was using equal and am feeling so dizzy now a days and i am also putting on weight am doing my morning walks and still not seeing any result but now i know what going on. thanks
Any luck with quitting
Why lemon? and, what's ur opinion on what's too much? probably even just a little for some piece right? and whether they do it consistently
Hi lisa! Sending love your way
Thanks Annie! Back at you girl! Hope you have a great week!
This was so good! I have drank diet cokes forever. I would have several through out the day. My husband quit diet coke and said about a week or so later how much better he felt. I knew I needed to quit but the thought of only drinking water discouraged me. But I did finally quit about a week ago. I am drinking water or tea, every now and then a coke (instead of diet). I know coke is bad as well but it has to be better than a diet coke. Thanks for the informative video.
Good for you! I still have a diet here and there, but its much better than I use to be.
Amy K but a Coke classic is so delicious, huh?? I rarely have one but when I do, it's the original. (I've always liked the "burn")😉
In the 90s I was trying to lose my baby weight, and I started having constant migraines. We finally tracked it back to aspartame. I'm so sensitive to it that if I have one bite of it or one stick of gum, it's an instant migraine for me. When I share this with my friends, several of them said they were getting headaches and they stopped eating it. I think it's a common problem, but people just don't realize what the trigger is.
Harris Cheryl Same thing for me. Migraine trigger. It really is a tough one to catch.
I think you are totally right!
Instant migraine for me too. It's a very nagging migraine that lasts all day
I started weight watchers about 8 months ago and I lost 28 lbs wasn’t even craving sugar everything was great. But recently for like the past month my left arm has been feeling weak/tingly/numbing so I went to the ER blood work was okay etc, went to my pcp and she’s now referring me to a neurologist to run more test. But I’m almost 100% sure it’s because during my weight loss I drank a lot of coke zero’s and Splenda and stuff and now I’ve cut that out and have been drinking water everyday , I’m just really praying irreversible damage hasn’t been done yet 🙏
I used to be addicted to chewing gum. Whenever my parents bought a pack, it would almost always be gone in a week. It got to the point where I was having jaw pain and pretty bad headaches. One day I took a pack that was half full, threw it in the trash, and I told my parents not to buy anymore of it. I'm pretty certain I was addicted to the aspartame in it. I haven't chewed a piece of gum since.
Thanks for this info! But are there non aspertame ways to sweeten water? Aside from lemon juice?
You can always fruit and cucumbers! Or check Whole Foods and see if they have any options... I may be wrong about this but I am pretty sure their standards don't allow aspartame products to be sold in their stores. I remember years ago I went to one that had a Jamba Juice inside it and they didn't offer a particular smoothie because it had it in the ingredients.