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Latter part of 2014, starts having itchy skin on arms, abdomen and upper legs. She breaks out into raised bumps, the bumps open and leave lesions again. Says her skin is driving her crazy. She scratches all of the time. Doctor gives her Allegra. Seems to get better, but the abdominal itchiness and sores continues off and on.
I've been drinking diet soda and using aspartame or some other artificial sweeteners such as sodium saccharine since the seventies and I'm healthy. I don't think a human can get aspartame poisoning unless they practically ate the stuff 24/7.
originally posted by: ColeYounger
a reply to: AutumnWitch657
I've been drinking diet soda and using aspartame or some other artificial sweeteners such as sodium saccharine since the seventies and I'm healthy. I don't think a human can get aspartame poisoning unless they practically ate the stuff 24/7.
People are affected differently. One person's tonic is another person's toxin.
I had a friend that drank 6-10 cans of diet Coke daily. ( This was about 6-7 years ago. ) She developed horrible
joint and connective tissue pains. It was agonizing. The docs never even questioned her diet. Not a word.
They thought she was developing rhuematoid arthritis, fibromyalgia or something worse. She had near off-the-chart inflammation. I had nagged her before about the diet Coke, but this time she took it seriously. She quit it and
her horrible symptoms completely stopped in 3-4 days,
originally posted by: Metallicus
I quit drinking diet soda in 2005. I lost 30 pounds, lowered my blood pressure and felt 100% better all within 3 months. That stuff is absolute poison. I will still drink a regular coke once in awhile, but won't touch diet drinks.
Just curious here, but was it the quitting diet pop that made you drop 30lbs or was it a diet change too?
originally posted by: Metallicus
a reply to: valiant
Just curious here, but was it the quitting diet pop that made you drop 30lbs or was it a diet change too?
I didn't change my diet or lifestyle except to stop drinking diet soda and I lost 30 pounds. I couldn't believe that these 'diet' drinks I was drinking actually made me retain 30 extra pounds.