Aspartame, Pregnancy and Diet Sodas

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Aspartame is the artificial sweetener also known as Nutrasweet which is found in so many of our grocery store foods and in the little packets on restaurant tables. We’ve been told by the manufacturer and the FDA that aspartame is a safe alternative to sugar but many lay people in addition to medical doctors have found evidence that aspartame is far from safe.

Documentary filmmaker Cori Brackett produced a film called Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World – An Industry Case Study of a Food Supply in Crisis, which tells her own personal story of aspartame poisoning.

After being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and being confined to a wheelchair, Cori did some internet research and admitted that she was a heavy diet soda drinker. Because she was convinced that she had aspartame disease (or poisoning) rather than MS, Cori conducted a self-study to prove her case.

The results of Cori’s self-study are amazing. After ridding aspartame from her diet completely, her MS symptoms began to disappear. And after chewing one stick of gum, her symptoms started to reappear. In the course of making her film, she found numerous other victims of aspartame disease who wanted to tell their stories.

If this is what can happen to a fully grown and otherwise healthy person, just think what damage aspartame might do to a still-forming fetus.

By drinking just one diet soda each day, according to some research*, the aspartame is passing the placenta to the baby. Not even the liver, which is your detoxification organ, can protect the baby from the aspartame crossing the placenta. According to these studies*, the possible damage to the fetus includes lower IQ and brain damage. Granted, not every pregnant woman who drinks diet soda will have a child with brain damage but is that a chance you really want to take?

(Research Reference: Pregnancy & Aspartame)

Become your own health advocate and be aware of what foods and possible chemicals you are putting into your body.

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