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

[Candace Selph]

I and my good friend have the same problem.  I can tolerate a piece of
gum in it, but if she has just one sip of something with it in it she
has problems.

Both of our doctors have said to stay completely away from it.

Some people can use it without issues, others cannot.

Mina


-----Original Message-----
From: sca-cooks-admin at ansteorra.org
[mailto:sca-cooks-admin at ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of Kirsten Houseknecht
Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 10:27 AM
To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] sugar substitutes (Mostly Aspartame, but not
totally)

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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