Reply #5: You don't have your facts as much together as you think

[philb]

your sources are bogus: check out the real science; the lady is correct, notice that the sources here
are a board certified neurologist, the FDA, and medical studies

Aspartame Is Dangerous For Everyone (it affects everyone who uses it a long time)
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"I know that the average consumer has a devil-may-care something-is-gonna-kill-me attitude... but they don't realize that before THIS stuff kills they are going to have a miserable declining existence with LOTS of pain and other problems (not to mention cancer, tumors, and maybe even alzheimers,MS or similar things) before death solves the problem." - An Aspartame Victim

Long-Term Damage
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It appears to cause slow, silent damage in those unfortunate enough to not have immediate reactions and a reason to avoid it. It may take
one year, five years, 10 years, or 40 years, but it seems to cause some reversible and some irreversible changes in health over long-term use.

(this was known before it was approved; it was approved by FDA in spite of warnings due to Special Interest (very important person on Board) and political contributions)


Dozens of pilots and airline stewardesses have lost their jobs due to aspartame-related medical problems (balance and vision). United States Air Force AirMen's News
http://www.aspartame.com/blalockpilot.htm

FDA has thousands of cases of visual disturbances on record from individuals drinking too many diet drinks with aspartame Aspartame is neurotoxic and commonly causes headaches and chronic neurological conditions, mood disorders, confusion and memory loss, etc.
Russell L Blaylock(MD,Neurologist). Excitotoxins: The Taste that Kills. Health Press, Santa Fe, NM, 1995 http://www.naturodoc.com/library/nutrition/aspartame.htm
http://www.aspartame.com/blaylock.htm

FDA (DHHS 1994). Aspartame accounted for more than 75% of all adverse reactions reported to the FDA's Adverse Reaction Monitoring System (ARMS). Symptoms reported include:
Anxiety attacks, vision loss, other vision problems, mental confusion, memory problems, chronic fatigue, balance problems, headaches, dizziness, hypertension, insomnia, peripheral neuropathy,
and over 50 other symptoms
http://www.aspartame.com/symptoms.htm

Symptoms commonly associated with Aspartame are headaches, dizziness, balance problems, depression, vomiting/nausea, abdominal pain, diarrhea, etc. http://www.cyberbreezes.com/health/aspartame.htm

Aspartame Toxicity: Diagnosis and Treatment; Dr. Gary Hull,
http://www.sweetpoison.com/aspartame-detox.html

Diagnosis: labyrinthitis (inner ear/balance) Cause: Aspartame Toxicity: a story

http://www.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca/People/Michael_Richardson/aspartame.html


there are a lot of medical studies and clinical experience showing the above