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TRy Stevia or Truvia its made from a natural plant and offers nice sweetness with no headache! Good reviews on it.

Dejibo having those porph symptoms

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Originally Posted by Dejibo (Post 745975)

I simply cannot eat aspertame. it gives me a mind blowing headache. I am nauseous, and cant focus and simply must go to bed. its like my brain is bubbling. Awful awful stuff.

If I had my way I would vote to have it removed from our diets. Did you know your body converts it into Formaldehyde in your body? ick!

Dejibo, aspartame is contra-indicated for porphyria, which you suspect you
also have. Years ago I found it caused partial paralysis to drink a can of
"aspartame" sweetened pop. That was long prior to Porphyria dx.

I hate to say I'd like it removed legally. Because maybe it helps some people,
like people with diabetes that don't have other things wrong. But it's really not healthy, in my opinion, for anyone.

The headache complaint from aspartame has been around for a LONG time. It affects many people. I think it is real.

Aspartic acid is a neuroexcitatory amino acid. It and glutamate, both stimulate NMDA receptors which are pain receptors.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-Methyl-D-aspartic_acid

http://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/567856
This is an excellent paper and if you don't belong to Medscape, you can join for free easily. It is worth it for this paper.

Magnesium is an antagonist to the NMDA receptor. That is why fixing low magnesium levels improves pain for many people.

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Originally Posted by Dejibo (Post 747102)

TRy Stevia or Truvia its made from a natural plant and offers nice sweetness with no headache! Good reviews on it.

Until 2009 it was banned by the FDA as a food additive because of possible infertility and cancer side effects.

The FDA semi reversed this and now allows Rebiana (an extract of Stevia) as a safe food additive. This is used by Truvia.

So, although the whole jury is still out on this, it seems that Rebians/Truvia is relatively safe.

I would still stay away from it if I were of child giving/bearing years...both sexes!!

Went off aspartame for 2+ years, because I was tired of arguing with my husband about it. Prior to that, mind you, I'd spent hours and days and weeks online, searching reputable medical sites for aspartame concerns related to MS.

Found nothing, on reputable sites. Lots of stuff, on other sites, written by an apparent Nancy Markle. But, no confirmation that she is more than a fictitious person.

Finally, after more than 2 years with no asparatame, and -- surprise -- my MS symptoms neither disappeared or decreased, my husband backed off. As he is now over 50 (and, lol, has gained 5-10 lbs, even though he'd prviously remained at 172 lbs for 25+ years), he now drinks aspartame rather than sugared pops too.

I, currently, have actually cut way back on aspartame, because I believe it may (or, may not) help with weight loss. Have read various theories, including that the liver has to work harder to get rid of aspartame, so it is unable to work as hard at getting rid of fat. Or, that aspartame changes the metabolism by tricking the body into thinking we're injesting sugar.

May, or may not be true. But, now it's my decision, and not just something I'm doing to avoid daily arguments with my spouse.

~ Faith