Is Diet Soda Toxic?
I know this isn't really 'Christian' related, but I feel people should be aware of the controversy surrounding diet soda and other 'sugar-free' products that contain the substance Aspartame. I made the switch from regular soda to diet soda about 1 year ago and noticed a few things out of the ordinary over that time. I would get severe headaches if I didn't have a diet soda early in the day(I am not normally prone to headaches), my long range vision was becoming a little blurry(I always had perfect vision). I just chalked the headaches up to a caffeine addiction, and the vision thing to me getting a little 'older'(32). My wife was having chest pains off and on, and she had problems with tendentious and other weird little problems here and there that she normally didn't have. A friend told me his girl friend went to see a doctor about some problems she was having and evidently she came home with information about Aspartame and the effects it has on people. I did my own research on the Internet and it didn't take to much digging to find all sorts of links with people all over the place discussing Aspartame and the controversy surrounding it.
I will mention that I only did Internet research, and you can take that for what it is. I haven't talked to any doctors and I haven't really dug to terribly deep on the subject, other than spending a few hours on the Internet looking over all the links and webpages devoted against Aspartame. So basically all I am saying is I am just throwing this out there and you can take it or leave it. Personally I am not going to risk drinking diet soda any longer, and will avoid any products with Aspartame in them. It sounds to me like its basically poisoning our bodies. Below are some of the links I found while doing my search on the Internet and I strongly invite anyone else that drinks diet soda to view them and even do your own research. At the very least you can atleast make a informed decision on rather or not you will continue to drink it, and you will know at the minimum that there is opposition to the product which they believe is based on scientific data.
www.downtoearth.org/dtenews20/aspartame.htm
These are just a few links. You can find tons more by doing a Google or Yahoo search with the keyword as Aspartame. This stuff sounds pretty scary to me, people coming down with MS and Lupus and up to 100 other ailments and symptoms of poisoning.
God Bless and Take Care..Brian