[Sca-cooks] sugar substitutes (Mostly Aspartame, but not totally)

[Kirsten Houseknecht]

yes.. but Coca Cola. and NON diet Barks. dont give him migraines... and he
drinks three cups of tea at a time.
on the other hand, non caffeinated things that have Nutra sweet in any
appreciable amount.. give himn screaming headaches

trust me, its the Aspartame.
Kirsten
kirsten at fabricdragon.com
http://www.fabricdragon.com

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Patricia Collum" <pjc2 at cox.net>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 12:39 AM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] sugar substitutes (Mostly Aspartame, but not
totally)


> Barq's rootbeer contains caffeine also, which will cause afternoon
> headaches, depending on your drinking habits.
>
> Cecily
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kirsten Houseknecht" <kirsten at fabricdragon.com>
> To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 4:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] sugar substitutes (Mostly Aspartame, but not
> totally)
>
>
> > actually the BIg problem with Aspartame is that if it is *heated* (not
> > ingested) too much... it breaks down into some nasty toxics........ and
it
> > is very easy to heat the stuff too much by accident, including leaving a
> > diet soda in your car.  this is backed by solid research.. although i
dont
> > undertsnd all the big words in it.  this is one of the reasons you dont
> want
> > to cook with it.
> >
> > many, many asthmatics react to it as an asthma trigger.. and many people
> > react to it as a migraine trigger.       even if they didnt know it was
> > there.  after one or two instances you start getting *really* intent on
> > label reading.
> >
> > my husband LOVED nutra sweet when he first tried it. He drank Barks root
> > beer as a diet drink when he went on his diet.. after about two weeks he
> got
> > migraines. bad. every day.. right after lunch.  he had never had
migraines
> > (as opposed to me, i get them all the time)  he thought it was from the
> low
> > calorie diet.
> > one day he skipped lunch entirely. no migraine.
> > but it was a similar lunch to what he ate before the diet...... and
> > obviously it *wasnt* from the lack of food...
> > so we tried one item from his typical lunch menu at a time.... (adding
one
> > item from his typical lunch back every day..)
> > low fat dressing? nothing
> > chicken sandwhich? nothing
> > within an hour of drinking a diet soda he was on the floor whimpering.
> > now, even if he accidentally eats anything with nutra sweet in it, he
gets
> a
> > migraine, because now he is sensitised to it
> >
> > (and no, he had never had it before that diet. as we didnt eat "low cal"
> > foods.......)
> >
> >
> >
> > as to the brain problems. . Aspartame breaks down into various neuro
> toxins.
> > usually if it is overheated. i understand it does so in the body to a
much
> > lesser extent... and YES so do some other things... but a lot of folks
> dont
> > really want tto *eat* neurotoxins.  i know a lot of folks with nervous
> > system problems... and their symptoms improved dramatically when they
cut
> > all Nutra sweet from their diet.  purley anecdotal.. yes.  but you still
> > couldnt pay me to eat it, especially when so many people react so badly
to
> > it.
> > Kirsten
> > kirsten at fabricdragon.com
> > http://www.fabricdragon.com
> >
> > "Did you vote?  No?   Then don't come whining to me...."
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> >
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