How often have you heard “Sugar Free” or “99% Sugar Free?” Well that’s because the product makers add a little thing called aspartame, which is just a fancy word for artificial sweetener or fake sugar. They do this to make the product sound a whole lot better than it really is. But aspartame isn’t that great for you and has heaps of side effects if you unfortunately, receive aspartame poisoning. I think it should be banned.
According to doctors there is an enormous population suffering from side effects associated with aspartame, yet they have no idea why drugs, supplements and herbs don’t relieve their symptoms. Then there are users who don’t seem to suffer any immediate reactions at all. Also aspartame makes you crave carbohydrates, which will make you gain weight. Is this happening to you?
The side effects towards aspartame poisoning are very serious and have caused many problems with people all over the world, some of the effects include epileptic fits, pain in one or both eyes or even worse blindness, headaches, migraines, shortness of breath, personality changes, dizziness, unsteadiness and severe depression are all some of the possibilities you could get after receiving aspartame poisoning and trust me there are many, many more. What’s the point in suffering for something as little as this?
Aspartame is often included in your everyday snacks, meals and drinks such as coke zero, flavoured water, cereals, chewing gum, juice and even maple syrup and these are just a few, aspartame is consumed by the average person everyday and in your usual diet coke or diet lemonade and products similar to that contain round about 200 milligrams of aspartame. Do you eat or drink these products?
Artificial sweetener has been back and forth with the health board who is trying to get it banned while the government are saying its just a way of life and there's more people surviving than dying, so what's the point in taking away an amazing ingredient, for the unlucky few. But I beg to differ, because what if that unlucky person was someone in your family, someone who was really close to you. How would you feel? Would you rather sit back and say oh it doesn't matter, they'll be all right or would you rather stand up for that someone and make a big difference in somebody else's life.
