Unknown Withdrawals

You pop open a can of diet soda, throw a piece of gum in your mouth and usually don’t think twice about this action. Maybe we should think more about what we are putting into our bodies. Both of these items and tons more on the market today have an ingredient in them that we consume every day. The ingredient we were told was good for us because it replaced sugar, its aspartame. It’s a very popular sugar substitute. Known by its brand names Sweet One, NutraSweet and Spoonful. There are also many off or store brands of sweeteners that are aspartame. What we haven’t been told about it is that it accounts for 75 percent of side effect complaints received by the ARMS (Adverse Reaction Monitoring System) of the US Food and Drug Administration. Once again the government is involved, not surprised are you?

According to new studies you can also become addicted to aspartame, it contains genetically engineered drugs and adjuvant that damages the mitochondria. Plus the more we have, the more we want. There are also many side effects that it carries with it; effects children very bad, causes vascular disease, neuron damage, headaches, confusion, balance problems, seizures and cancer.

There are some new alternatives to sugar and artificial sweeteners that have come out lately, like agave nectar or even honey, there is also raw sugar you can purchase.  Remember these products have to go through the FDA (food and drug administration), a governmental agency. When is the craziness going to stop. We don’t need to be ingesting all of these things, especially our children!