Weightloss Wednesday

Aspartame. Everyone has an opinion on it. I notice a lot of diet books, diet sites, etc. say to drink diet coke, not coke. Eat low calories foods, drinks usually containing aspartame. A friend of mine will not drink a regular pop to save her life. It HAS to be diet diet diet. She also uses Splenda which she claims is better, as well as Stevia.


I for one eat sugar. Unbleached raw sugar. I will not eat Aspartame, Splenda or Stevia. Yes, I am overweight, but I don't think its worth it. About 20 minutes after I have my first mouthful of Diet Pop I have the Worst. Headache. Ever. And I KNOW it's the Aspartame.

On the more extreme side of things: My sister used to drink 4 Litres of diet coke every single day. That's extreme. I don't think many people drink that much in one day. Over about 3 years, she was very sick. The doctors were positive she had MS. She had tingling in her hands, she couldn't think straight, she was in a lot of pain, and some days she could not get out of bed. She literally could not walk. She did not have the strength the stand - even for a moment. She had an MRI and thank Goodness it was not MS. She lived like this for a while when I suggested she go to a Naturopath. Conventional medicine was not working, she was willing to try anything. The first thing the Naturopath said is "do you drink diet pop" she said yes. He said stop. She did... and within about 6 months, she was fine. She is a whole new person. It's amazing. That is the main reason I refuse Aspartame.